February 2008

The Flowchart: Your money to the congressman and his pals

When investigating local corruption, it’s hard not to stumble upon Mike Turner and his cronies. Here’s an example of one of Turner’s schemes that allowed him to cash in on his Congressional seat using taxpayer money.

Hot Button Question: Sex Offender Laws

I’m pretty sure none of you would want to run for Congress if you realized how many issues there are, and how many are really difficult to answer honestly, without fearing huge backlash. I got an e-mail from a constituent who asked my position on the Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act. It’s a Read More

Connect the dots: Dayton Development Coalition Board- hire your own, no-bid

Well, finding the link to the DDC board took some help, and here is the link to the 2007 version: Dayton Development Coalition 2007 Board of Trustees But, I couldn’t find the 2006 trustees- so I called and didn’t get a call back. I was able to verify that the 2005 trustees had one person Read More

Watching the debate: how practiced are the lines?

First off- calling these events “debates” is almost as much of a misnomer as calling our current system of auctioning off public office to the highest bidder an election :-) To me, these moderator run talks are more like a game show, than a real discussion of issues. Every answer is couched in such a Read More

Barack Obama’s speech at the Nutter Center- podcast from the floor

I was on the floor, maybe 30 feet from the Senator- Wright State University- Nutter Center, I had my Olmpus WS-300M hanging in my name badge on my chest- it sounds like you are in a fishbowl- but, that’s what the Nutter Center sounds like. Every seat was filled, there were people 10 deep on Read More

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