Archive for November, 2007

Pennsylvania Refuse to Release Polling Results

Sunday, November 25th, 2007

Pennsylvania legislative leaders have paid out-of-state companies $466,000 this year to conduct focus groups and public-opinion surveys. Even though the polls have been paid for by taxpayer dollars, the politicians have refused to release the results.
Politicians are afraid of only two things; being publically embarrassed and being voted out of office. Release of […]

Adoption Records Might Become Public

Monday, November 12th, 2007

Should adult adoptees have access to their birth records and be able to learn the identity of their birth parents?
It is a question with two sides, that of the adoptee and that of the adoptee’s biological parents.
On one hand, every child seems to have an inner need to know from where they came.
On the other, […]

Texas Cities Unwelcome to Sex Offenders

Sunday, November 4th, 2007

Nearly two dozen North Texas cities have passed laws prohibiting sex offenders from living within 1,000 or 2,000 feet of schools, day-care centers, parks and other places frequented by children.
The attached Dallas Morning News story appears to argue that restricting the proximity of sex offenders to children doesn’t protect the little ones. To DMN […]