Archive for March, 2008
Tuesday, March 25th, 2008
Leroy Schad molested an 11 year old boy. Now District Judge Ron Svaty has sentenced him to five years of probation and house arrest, and ordered him to prominently post signs declaring his sex offender status
Schad said the loneliness and isolation imposed by the house arrest are the toughest to deal with.
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Wednesday, March 19th, 2008
Government bureacracies implement a standard set of dodges to avoid the accountability that comes from disclosure.
In its dealings with FEMA (Federal Emergency Management Agency), The Advocate newspaper has been the victim of two of the most common ploys to avoid disclosure:
1. Charge extraordinary amounts for copying,
2. Provide information in the most difficult to use for […]
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Tuesday, March 11th, 2008
Arlington Mayor Robert Cluck said he would not name the lone pharmaceutical chemical found in the city’s drinking water.
Once again a “people’s servant” concludes that he knows what’s best for you.
The Open Records Project remembers similar arguments against release of sex offender names and addresses. “Trust us” the bureacrats said. Of course we […]
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