The role of independent media on local politics
…the measure of a historian is not the history he documents but rather in the details he omits and it is the omissions made by the local paper that motivate bloggers like myself.
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Regarding controversy over executive sessions and the media
closed discussions all too often stray over the exempt boundaries as described by law and once suggested that local papers collaborate or at least coordinate to take shifts or turns having reporters observe these sessions. This Tuesday I will be speaking on the Mark McKelvey show between 5 and 6 PM and will discuss specific local examples of abuse of the executive session exemptions.
Read MoreOccupy Wall Street movement growing more mainstream
On Tuesday, over 700 uniformed pilots, members of the Air Line Pilots Association, took to the streets outside of Wall Street demanding better pay.
Read MoreObama continues to disappoint with draft executive order for indefinite detention
>Obama administration’s “presidential assassination program,” whereby American citizens are targeted for killings far away from any battlefield, based exclusively on unchecked accusations by the Executive Branch that they’re involved in Terrorism.
Read MoreNew details on stimulus package
Talking Points Memo has more but here are some tidbits on renewable energy, energy independence and sustainability. Yeah! Clean, Efficient, American Energy: To put people back to work today and reduce our dependence on foreign...
Read MoreBill Sizemore nominated for 2008 Golden Duke Award
Nominees for the annual awards presented to the most corrupt politicians. I am rooting for Bill
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