Today - It is a Roundup Kind of a Thing

Work is such that I will not be posting much here, so just got tidbits this morning.

Open Congress Website

I did find out about OpenCongress:

OpenCongress brings together official government data with news and blog coverage to give you the real story behind each bill.

Thought this might interest the more politically inclined of my readers.


New Hampshire A Rigged Election?

First I heard of it: Kathy Dopp: NEW HAMPSHIRE DEMOCRATIC PRIMARY – WERE VOTES COUNTED ACCURATELY?


NAACP Sends Out Questionnaires.

This one merits a closer look. First thoughts: a bit of prodding of the elected officials by the NAACP and dismay at the people writing the comments and nothing went to the Mayor-in-exile. Next, the questionnaire has the following questions:

1 Equal opportunity programs such as affirmative action

2 The investigation and prevention of hate crimes

3 The creation of a civilian review board for local police

4 Access to job training for prisoners

5 Legislation to extend civil rights to the gay community

6 Efforts to reduce disparities between school districts

7 A fair share agreement between Anderson and the NAACP

8 The Count Every Vote Act

9 Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act

10 A paper trail and random audits for electronic voting machines

I must admit a few items I do not know what they mean (like "a fair share agreement") but what really struck me was that how many of these affect and benefit the white population? NAACP unveils ‘report card’.

Reminder: State of the State Tonight.

From yesterday's Taking Down Words:

The Guv will give his State of the State address tomorrow night, and he's promised to talk mostly about property tax relief. (Apparently, it finally sunk in after three years that people are upset about their tax bills.) What else do you think he should discuss?

Thanks Pádraig