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Jun
30
TONIGHT’s Transparency Fishbowl Forum & Burbmerger Coverage from Local Weeklies
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Some outstanding transparency efforts are here in Cuyahoga County and I hope Pepper Pike residents will take an active interest in all of them. First up, tonight:
Community Dialogue: Openness in the Making (read this supportive Plain Dealer editorial)
Thursday, June 30, 7:00 pm
Trinity Cathedral, Room C/D
2230 Euclid Ave., ClevelandThis coming Thursday will be an opportunity to participate in an enlightening and refreshing conversation with senior staff in the new Cuyahoga County administration and Council about their work to make our county government more open and accessible to the people it serves and represents. We will also be joined by statewide Open Government advocate Catherine Turcer who can speak to how our county fits into the statewide context.
Here are our featured guests:
Joe Nanni, Chief of Staff, Council
Nicole Dailey Jones, Communications Director
Majeed Makhlouf, Law Director
Jeff Mowry, Chief Info. Officer
David Merriman, Special Assistant
Catherine Turcer, Ohio Citizen ActionUsing a innovative community dialogue format called a “Fishbowl,” members from the audience will have a chance to actually join the featured guests at our roundtable to ask questions about work within the county and share their perspectives on the future of our county. It’s rare to have the chance for such an intimate conversation with our county’s leaders. Please come and add your insight to the dialogue.
Parking: Lot on Prospect between E 22nd and E 24th.
I cannot attend – not one but two competing commitments on my agenda (with this one above, three). But I trust all the folks involved and look forward to hopefully some real-time twittering of the event in addition to mainstream media follow-up.
Then, tomorrow at 12noon at the City Club, I will be attending:
Ellen S. Miller
Co-Founder & Executive Director, Sunlight Foundation
Shedding Light on GovernmentFriday, July 1st, 2011 – noon
Ellen Miller is co-founder and Executive Director of the Sunlight Foundation, a Washington-based, non-partisan non-profit dedicated to using the power of the Internet to catalyze greater government openness and transparency. She is the founder of two other prominent Washington-based organizations in the field of money and politics – the Center for Responsive Politics and Public Campaign – and a nationally recognized expert on transparency and the influence of money in politics.
Ellen is outstanding in her work and I’ve heard her speak a few times at various forums. She is also a regular user of Facebook and Twitter and evangelizes excellent information about good government and transparency and openness.
Finally, put this on your calendar as well:
The Transparency Action Plan Summit (TAP Summit) on July 29-30
The Transparency Action Plan (TAP) Summit will be informed by the principle that meaningful public involvement requires access to information. This principle applies at every level from neighborhood block groups all the way to national and international politics.
The Cleveland Coalition and our partners are committed to facilitating a well-informed, outcome-oriented planning session on the topic of county-level transparency. Advancing this issue requires effective leadership both inside and outside governmental institutions. Our coalition intends to provide meaningful leadership to augment work already being advanced by the Cuyahoga County Executive and Council.
The Transparency Action Plan (TAP) Summit will convene representatives from every major sector whose collaboration and productive exchange of ideas and information is essential to the health of our community. These groups include governmental officials, business leaders, legal professionals, IT professionals, nonprofit practitioners, and community activists.
Over the course of two days, participants will be educated about best practices across the country and the world in the area of transparency, the exciting work already underway at the county level, and current opportunities at the county level for innovation. The bulk of the summit will include planning and design phases during which participants will be tasked with developing a plan for advancing transparent practices and policies in our community.
As the name suggests, the Transparency Action Plan (TAP) Summit is a planning event, and as such will serve as the beginning for a path of dynamic, innovative public participation in the months and years ahead. Please join us July 29-30, 2011 to help articulate a strategy for moving our community forward, and establishing Cuyahoga County as a national leader in the area of government transparency and public engagement.
Very excited about all of those events. Transparency – it does a (government & civic) body good.
Now for the local weekly paper burbmerger roundup: Read more
By Jill Miller Zimon at 10:51 am June 30th, 2011 in BurbMerger, Cleveland+, CuyahogaCounty, democracy, Government, leadership, Ohio, Pepper Pike, Pepper Pike 2.0, Regionalism, social media, Tech, Transparency | Please comment
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Jun
29
Today’s Burbmerger Roundup & Tales of Two Dispatch Centers
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Several items in the news – two from today and others from the last week – all offering different narratives:
First, from Business Journal Daily, “Collaborations Expand Beyond Trumbull” an article that highlights action as well as talk about municipal collaborative efforts, a positive spin on merging dispatch centers:
For Tom Pascarella, director of administration for the city of Tallmadge, collaboration wasn’t only a best practice; it was a way to protect the city from dire financial straits. The city is saving $500,000 annually by combining police and fire dispatch services with the city of Stow.
Two notes on this article:
1. You can google up a bunch of articles about the dispatch arrangement, but here’s how it’s described on Stow’s website and here’s how it was described in March 2008 when it was first approved by Stow. I’ve contacted someone I know on the Stow council to learn more about his impressions of the arrangement and will share them if that’s okay with him once we communicate. I also have a friend who is running for Stow’s council and will be sure to ask her if she has an opinion about it too.
2. You can read the June 28 release from which the article was written here, and all the info about this Kent State project at what I believe is the website for the project itself (I’m not 100% clear on the naming), The Center for Public Administration and Public Policy, The Innovator’s Collaborative Series.
Now, on the other hand: “Regional dispatch center still adjusting to increased emergency calls”:
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By Jill Miller Zimon at 2:07 pm June 29th, 2011 in BurbMerger, Cleveland+, CuyahogaCounty, Executive, Government, Media, Ohio, Politics, Regionalism, Transparency | Please comment
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Jun
27
Ohio SOS Husted rules no more pre-checks for candidates/petitioners?!
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UPDATE: I found one article on it with some numbers re: the prevalence of the practice (so-so). I’m surprised to read that it’s interpreted as being a Democratic thing to not want them and a Republican thing to want them. Frankly, I would think that the kind of challenges that could go on, post-deadline, are a real pain and easily avoided when you do allow for pre-checks. I used the pre-check system when I ran in 2009 and I was grateful for it. I hope other electeds/former candidates weigh in on this. Am I missing something?
UPDATEx2: The decision about Summit County was made around April 26. The article states that Husted’s spokeperson, Matt McClellan, indicated that there was not a plan to issue a directive, but obviously that changed sometime between April 26 and June 10. Hmm.
Original post:
Was this ever in the news? I must have missed it if it was but wow – I am really dismayed. The main issue that come up for me, which was something that I could not ascertain with any certainty, was when someone would sign my petition, didn’t show up on the CD-Rom list of names that I had, but yet there were 50 or more people born in the year 1900 on the CD-Rom and clearly not still live, Pepper Pike voters. I.e., I knew that the list that I’d bought from the BOE definitely had problems on it – so just because a name of someone who signed my petition didn’t show up on it, that didn’t mean that the person wasn’t a registered voter in Pepper Pike. I had the adult son of friends sign the petition. His name didn’t show up on the list, but he also wasn’t registered to vote here, even though he was living at that moment with his parents. I learned through the pre-check that his name was not an eligible one. Read more
By Jill Miller Zimon at 10:05 pm June 27th, 2011 in Campaigning, democracy, Elections, Government, Ohio, Transparency, Voting | Please comment
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Jun
27
THIS MORNING: WCPN/Sound of Ideas covers Burbmerger with the Four Mayors
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You can listen here right now through 10am or listen by podcast or through your computer later. I will post a link to the audio on the blog, In The Arena, when it’s available. Here’s the blurb:
There’s been a lot of talk in Northeast Ohio about regional collaboration. Will there finally be some action? Four local communities — Moreland Hills, Orange, Pepper Pike and Woodmere — are considering a merger. On the next Sound of Ideas, we’ll discuss the benefits and the barriers and look at other communities ripe for merger. Would you be happy if your city joined with its neighbors in the name of government efficiency? Let’s talk about it Monday at 9 on 90.3.
Have a great day – and feel free to call into the show or email them if you want to comment:
During the show: 216-578-0903 or 866-578-0903
Last Word line (for after the show comments): 216-916-6397 or email
Show ideas & comments? Contact Executive Editor, David Molpus.
By Jill Miller Zimon at 9:31 am June 27th, 2011 in BurbMerger, Council, CuyahogaCounty, Government, Ohio, Pepper Pike, Pepper Pike 2.0, Transparency | Please comment
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Jun
24
Regulations, What Are They Good For? Some Say Absolutely Nothing
Filed Under Business, Energy, Environment, Ethics, Government, Illness, Law, Moms Clean Air Force, Politics, Science, Social Issues, Utilities, Youth | 3 Comments
I’m not in that group, but it is those who are that seem to be the most willing to ignore anything good that does derive from what seems like almost any quantity of regulation of almost anything.
Where’s this observation of mine coming from? It really became highlighted for me in a thread about clean air regulations that got consumed by the philosophical differences related to how we prioritize what is important to us. The example comes from this post at The Moderate Voice where I’ve been co-blogging for years as an example. Just read through the comments. (I know several of the regulars and we have acceptable online rapports that have developed over years, so you can stick to considering the content of the arguments made, as opposed to anything that might seem kind of personal.)
I don’t think that the back and forth there is atypical at all in terms of how those who are prone to see matters in a binary way apply that to the topic of government regulation. In fact, I think it reflects that type of vision extremely well.
By Jill Miller Zimon at 8:30 pm June 24th, 2011 in Business, Energy, Environment, Ethics, Government, Illness, Law, Moms Clean Air Force, Politics, Science, Social Issues, Utilities, Youth | 3 Comments
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Jun
23
Plain Dealer Poll: Would You Vote to Merge Your City With a Neighboring One?
Filed Under BurbMerger, CuyahogaCounty, Executive, Government, Pepper Pike, Pepper Pike 2.0, Poll, Regionalism, Transparency | 1 Comment
Click on the screenshot below of the Plain Dealer’s poll to go answer it on their website or click here to go there.
Plain Dealer Would You Merge Poll 6/23/11
By Jill Miller Zimon at 2:18 pm June 23rd, 2011 in BurbMerger, CuyahogaCounty, Executive, Government, Pepper Pike, Pepper Pike 2.0, Poll, Regionalism, Transparency | 1 Comment
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Jun
23
#Burbmerger: Mayors’ Statement, Briefing from Regional Collaboration Director
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Lots of airtime – what will it bring? My Google alerts for “pepper pike” and “cuyahoga county merger” are going crazy right now. More for you to read:
Mayors Merger Statement 6-22-11
Mergers – Briefing & FAQ – June 22, 2011
By Jill Miller Zimon at 9:45 am June 23rd, 2011 in BurbMerger, CuyahogaCounty, Executive, Government, Pepper Pike, Regionalism, Transparency | Please comment
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Jun
22
Must-see video/must-read articles from today’s #BurbMerger Announcement
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The Plain Dealer: Four East Side suburbs in Cuyahoga County to study merger
Crain’s Cleveland Business: Mayors of four eastern suburbs in Cuyahoga County to explore merger
Cleveland Magazine: Pepper Pike, Orange, Moreland Hills & Woodmere may merge in 2014
By Jill Miller Zimon at 4:35 pm June 22nd, 2011 in BurbMerger, CuyahogaCounty, Executive, Government, Pepper Pike, Pepper Pike 2.0, Regionalism, Transparency | Please comment
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Jun
22
#burbmerger is here: Moreland, Orange, Pepper Pike & Woodmere
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I couldn’t be there and I can’t seem to get storify.com online, so here’s what’s out so far (check out @johnkohlstrand and @lauraejjohnston to see their streams on twitter.com). I’ll update as there are more:
All four communities share schools, senior services, recreation. #burbmerger
Residents would have to vote in 2012 for formal study. Then, vote on whether to merge in 2013.
Communities have tossed around new names. One idea: Chagrin Hills
Orange mayor says her residents don’t care where the truck comes from; they just need to know where to call.
County to help communities study cost savings. Residents could vote in 2013.
Woodmere mayor: “Our community will not be gobbled up.”
Moreland Hills, Orange, Pepper Pike and Woodmere are studying merger
And we have a hashtag now – #burbmerger
From Cleveland Magazine, which ranked Pepper Pike #3 in this years suburb ratings:
@ClevelandMag: Woodmere Mayor Smith: “Time for leaders in smaller communities to try to come together.” #burbmerger (best hashtag ever)
I have to agree – burbmerger is a good one!
Previous Cleveland Mag tweets on the announcement:
One possible name for towns considering merger: Chagrin Hills. #burbmerger
Suburbs shocker: The four merged suburbs will be Orange, Pepper Pike, Moreland Hills and Woodmere. #burbmerger
If voters approve a merger, they should be allowed to crowdsource the name of the new municipality.
By Jill Miller Zimon at 11:27 am June 22nd, 2011 in BurbMerger, CuyahogaCounty, Government, Pepper Pike, Pepper Pike 2.0, Regionalism, Transparency | Please comment
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Jun
21
Media Advisory: FITZGERALD AND MAYORS ANNOUNCE PLANS TO STUDY MERGER OF COMMUNITIES
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Received at just after 9:45pm in my inbox:
MEDIA ADVISORY
Media Contacts: Nicole Dailey Jones: (216) 263-4602, (216) 338-0863 or ndjones@cuyahogacounty.us
John Kohlstrand: (216) 698-2099 or jkohlstrand@cuyahogacounty.us
FITZGERALD and mayors announce plans to study merger of communities
CLEVELAND – Cuyahoga County Executive Ed FitzGerald and four area mayors will announce on Wednesday, June 22 their intention to study the benefits of a merger of four communities.
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WHAT: |
Important announcement about regionalism in Cuyahoga County |
| WHO: | Cuyahoga County Executive Ed FitzGerald, four area Mayors |
| WHEN: | 10:30 a.m. on Wednesday, June 22, 2011 |
| WHERE: | Fourth floor, Cuyahoga County Administration Building, 1219 Ontario St., Cleveland |
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By Jill Miller Zimon at 9:52 pm June 21st, 2011 in Government, Ohio, Regionalism | Please comment
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Jun
20
PD’s Frolik: Only One Question Voters Need to Ask Mayor, City Council Candidates: What Collaboration, Consolidation, Mergers Will You Pursue If Elected
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Plain Dealer editorial writer, Joe Frolik, is one of my most favorite PD people. I got to know him a bit in 2007 when I regularly participated in WCPN’s weekly regional roundtable.
I loved his Sunday editorial, “Consolidation question should be uppermost of voters’ minds.” It was front and center on the Forum page. His gist: In recognition of this year being a municipal election year, when mayors and city council members run for election, retention or re-election, Joe suggests the following litmus test (and I do not mean that in a negative way but rather as the one question that he suggests voters should ask):
…let me suggest a question — one that my colleagues on the editorial board and I will certainly pose when we interview candidates seeking The Plain Dealer’s endorsement this fall:
“What collaborations, consolidations or mergers of city services will you pursue if elected?”
If the answer is something along the lines of “None that I can think of,” or “No, we’re good,” end the conversation right there.
Anyone who can’t see the need for local government to get dramatically more efficient isn’t worth your time — or your vote.
While I think voters can make that decision for themselves re: is the candidate worth your time, there’s no question that collaboration, consolidation and mergers fevers are in the air.
Dave Lange, the editor of the Chagrin Valley Times, minced no words about this topic in his most recent commentary, “Regionalism vs Duplication” which you can read below:
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By Jill Miller Zimon at 4:38 pm June 20th, 2011 in Government, Media, Ohio, Pepper Pike, Pepper Pike 2.0, Politics, Regionalism, Transparency | Please comment
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Jun
20
Please consider participating on Sunday, June 26th, in the garden tour of eight beautiful gardens in Pepper Pike and Moreland Hills. The event will benefit New Directions, a non-profit facility in Pepper Pike that has been serving chemically dependent adolescents and their families in NE Ohio for more than 30 years.
You can read great write-ups about the tour here and here. You also can view the announcement flyer with more information here. The essentials:
Date: Sunday, June 26, 2011
Time: 12pm-5pm
Cost: $20 in advance, $25 day-of
For more information, please call Kelly Welsh at New Directions, 216-591-0324 x164
By Jill Miller Zimon at 2:44 pm June 20th, 2011 in Pepper Pike | Please comment
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Jun
17
Attention Michele Bachmann: If You’re So Pro-Life, Explain Desire for People-Killing Abolishment of the EPA
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It’s hard to know where to start, as a mother of three kids under 18, one of whom has a recurring respiratory problem whenever he gets a cold, and living in a state that gets an overall F in clean air, when it comes to how universally savage the Republican presidential hopefuls are toward the Environmental Protection Agency.
If you missed the news, here’s a breakdown of how each of seven candidates addressed environment and energy issues in this past Monday’s Republican presidential primary debate in New Hampshire. (Note: it’s from a blog called Energy & Capital, and you can read about the editors of it here.) U.S. Representative and presidential primary candidate Michele Bachmann, had the most choice words. Her solution to all our problems that she deems are connected to regulation? She demands that we start with changing the name of the agency from “Environmental Protection Agency” to “Job-Killing Organization of America.”
Hmm. Really? A name change? Well, I get the obsession with the image is everything thing, but I think she’s going to have to do a whole lot more research, analysis and formulating before she’s going to convince anyone that a name change is going to make a difference.
So, what information might she need to check out before she stands by this literal kiss of death policy position of hers? Read more
By Jill Miller Zimon at 9:46 pm June 17th, 2011 in Business, Campaigning, conservatives, Energy, Environment, Ethics, michele bachmann, Moms Clean Air Force, Politics, Republicans, WH2012, White House 2012, Women, Youth | 6 Comments
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Jun
15
For those worried about me after positive critique of Bachmann debate performance
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This is what I saw, and how I saw it.
This is what I know and why I don’t buy it:
[U.S. Rep. and Republican primary candidate for president Michele] Bachmann is now the vanguard of the rightwing populist movement—particularly with the more genial Mike Huckabee out of the race and her sister-nemesis Sarah Palin not yet in it—she will be the voice of this strand of social conservatism in the campaign.
While her followers portray Bachmann as a “modern woman,” never forget that what she really represents is a retro throwback to a kind of American that is intolerant, bigoted and out of step with the best instincts and possibilities of this country.
Add to that, many blog posts I’ve written over the last three years indicating how scary and wrong I find Bachmann’s statements and re-defining of terms to suit her political positions.
Finally, watch The Nation’s Katrina vanden Heuvel explain more about noting Bachmann’s presentation versus her positions, last night on MSNBC (zip to 2:35 mark in the video):
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By Jill Miller Zimon at 10:48 am June 15th, 2011 in conservatives, michele bachmann, Politics, Republicans, WH2012, White House 2012 | 1 Comment
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Jun
15
CA Campaign Ad from Right Portrays Dem Female Candidate as Stripper, Calls Her B-word & “Ho”
Filed Under Campaigning, conservatives, Gender, Josh Mandel, Kevin Boyce, leadership, Politics, Religion, Sexism, Social Issues, Women | 1 Comment
Just one morning I’d like to not see news that feels so compelling that I can’t turn it away for noting on the blog. For sure there are days when against all pressure I don’t give in, but this is just so ill I’m not posting the video here – you can see it for yourself at Salon’s post, “Creator of offensive campaign ad won’t apologize.” Excerpt:
The creator of a deliberately offensive ad portraying a female congressional candidate as a stripper and featuring two black men holding guns and repeatedly screaming, “Give me your cash, bitch!” is refusing to apologize to critics of the spot.
“We decided we would launch with a controversial ad that would piss a lot of people off,” says Ladd Ehlinger, Jr., a conservative filmmaker who has produced unconventional political ads in the past. “If I get dinged a little, then so be it,” he adds, acknowledging that he wrote and produced the ad for his new political group, Turn Right USA.
The ad targets Los Angeles Councilwoman Janice Hahn, who is running in a special election for an open congressional seat against a tea partyer named Craig Huey.
By Jill Miller Zimon at 10:06 am June 15th, 2011 in Campaigning, conservatives, Gender, Josh Mandel, Kevin Boyce, leadership, Politics, Religion, Sexism, Social Issues, Women | 1 Comment
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Jun
13
Republican Debate Winner: Michele Bachmann
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It’s possible no one else will say it, but US Rep. and now Republican presidential candidate Michele Bachmann got major earned media tonight at the New Hampshire primary debate because she announced that she’s officially entering the presidential primary competition. Why else was it her night? (If you missed the debate, I live-blogged it all here and so did Joe Gandelman, here.)
She did not use any cards with graphs on them.
She did not make any sweeping generalizations about liberties, history or how much President Obama spent to do something that would fail a fact check.
She rarely evaded answers.
Her tone of voice was proper and appropriate.
And while there are other observations about her presentation that say she won this debate – or at least came out of it as the top winner, the biggest wins for her also include: Read more
By Jill Miller Zimon at 11:05 pm June 13th, 2011 in Campaigning, conservatives, Elections, Politics, Republicans, WH2012, White House 2012 | 6 Comments
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Jun
13
Live-blog tonight for Republican Primary Debate
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Here’s where the action will be! I love live-blog season! And Emily Zanotti of American Princess will be co-hosting with me. If you’re not familiar with EM’s writing and punditry, she is sharp, witty and firmly from the right of center. Should be a lot of fun – if not for the seven GOP candidates, at least for us following them.
By Jill Miller Zimon at 1:30 pm June 13th, 2011 in Announcements, BlogHer, Campaigning, Elections, live-blog, Politics, WH2012, White House 2012 | Please comment
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Jun
12
In Seeking Political Gender Parity, Choosing Women Solely Because They’re Female Does Not Work
Filed Under Gender, Government, leadership, Politics, Sexism, Social Issues, Voting, Women | Leave a Comment
Christiane Amanpour hosted an excellent roundtable this morning on This Week that explored the following observation:
You’d be hard-pressed to find a sex scandal involving a female politician these days, which begs the question, what if there were more women in politics and in positions of power? Would they change the way business is done from Wall Street to Washington and beyond?
I urge you to watch the entire segment (but you can also read the transcript here, located on page 9):
I particularly love when France’s former first lady (Cecilia Attias, previously married to president Nicolas Sarkozy) talks about how we need to help facilitate getting women into the power pipeline: Read more
By Jill Miller Zimon at 9:29 pm June 12th, 2011 in Gender, Government, leadership, Politics, Sexism, Social Issues, Voting, Women | Please comment
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Jun
11
Three Days Left to Vote for Top 25 Political Mom Blogs
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And WLST is hanging in – thank you to everyone who has been voting daily. You have through midday Monday to keep doing so. It’s EASY – just go here and click on the thumbs up. And, as always, thank you.
By Jill Miller Zimon at 8:47 pm June 11th, 2011 in Announcements, Blogging, Parenting, Women, Writing | Please comment
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Jun
10
Kids’ Images of Clean Air Opponents & How Polluted Air Lingers Over Schools
Filed Under Energy, Environment, Health Care, Moms Clean Air Force, Ohio, Parenting, Politics, Social Issues, Utilities, Youth | 1 Comment
Children on a playground with and without pollution
Letter, drawing from 9 year old asking Duke Energy to be a leader in clean air
Bad and good Duke power plants
Those children’s drawings and many more can be found here and here, courtesy of Ohio Citizen Action. The posts are titled, “Children’s Drawings for Duke Energy.” And while the images illustrated by the children reflect their awareness about the air quality around them, thanks to a 2008 USA Today multi-part, multi-media series on air quality around school buildings, findings are now coming out that highlight how those industrial pollutants endanger schoolchildren. The premise of the 2008 articles:
By Jill Miller Zimon at 11:03 pm June 10th, 2011 in Energy, Environment, Health Care, Moms Clean Air Force, Ohio, Parenting, Politics, Social Issues, Utilities, Youth | 1 Comment
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