Posted by Where there's a Will, there's a way 2 days 23 hours ago.
The city press release puts it this way:
CWLP COMMUNITY ENERGY FORUM TO COVER COOL CITIES & ENERGY STUDY RESULTSCity Water, Light and Powers November 20th Community Energy Forum will include an update of the Citys Cool Cities activities, as well as the...
Posted by Where there's a Will, there's a way 3 days 21 hours ago.
Rev. Billy and the Church of Stop Shopping just released an album, The Shopocalypse. In a recent interview he linked the current financial crisis to a culture of rampant consumerism.
Q: You claim that the current financial crisis is an actual apocalypse...
Posted by Where there's a Will, there's a way 6 days 22 hours ago.
The Environmental Protection Agencys Environmental Appeals Board made a ginormously significant ruling that the EPA must regulate CO2 emissions from new coal power plants. Up until now, CO2 emissions that contribute to global warming were not considered...
Posted by Where there's a Will, there's a way 1 week 1 day ago.
I got an email from the Springfield Bicycle Club about their proposal for a Springfield Bicycle Advisory Council (BAC). They're advocating for a council that would be created by the city with representatives from the public, plus the Springfield Park Dis...
Posted by Where there's a Will, there's a way 1 week 2 days ago.
US News & World Report has an article today about veterans with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder and some of the challenges they face getting treatment. A group for Veterans of Iraq and Afghanistan has a Drowning Pool video campaign in support of a bill to ...
Posted by Where there's a Will, there's a way 1 week 2 days ago.
I complain about conservative talk radio often enough. There's a quasi-fascist movement in this country egged on by conspiracy theorists like Glenn Beck and Michael Savage. And no, I don't think that describes their entire listening audience, but they tr...
Posted by Where there's a Will, there's a way 1 week 3 days ago.
I'm giving the Clean Car powerpoint presentation for the SAGE meeting at UIS Wednesday November 12, 4:00pm, UHB 1004. The Sierra Club along with other statewide environmental groups made the Clean Car Act an issue in close elections for state representat...
Posted by Where there's a Will, there's a way 1 week 4 days ago.
After Bill Clinton was elected President, Arkansas elected only its third Republican Governor since Reconstruction, a Republican US Senator, and saw a resurgence of the state Republican Party. Despite trending more Republican in Presidential races, in th...
Posted by Where there's a Will, there's a way 1 week 5 days ago.
I'm getting a lot of traffic from google searches for Jehan Gordon this week so I might as well write about her successful election to replace Aaron Schock in the Illinois General Assembly. The Peoria Journal-Star covered the result.I don't follow Peoria ...
Posted by Where there's a Will, there's a way 1 week 6 days ago.
Sometimes I'm happy to be wrong. I never thought Obama would get above 51% of the popular vote but he won 53%. That's the largest popular vote margin for a Democrat since Lyndon Johnson in 1964. This is a once in a generation election, and the 2/3 of poep...
Posted by Where there's a Will, there's a way 2 weeks 10 minutes ago.
Many of the ways a partisan election official can influence the outcome of an election are within the law. We saw that this year in Sangamon county. Last year Sangamon county used Populex voting machines that alerted a voter when they skipped voting in a ...
Posted by Where there's a Will, there's a way 2 weeks 2 hours ago.
All the newspapers and blogs are writing about who Rod Blagojevich might appoint to replace Obama in the US Senate so I might as well weigh in with my suggestion that I've only written in the comments of other blogs until now. I'd pick Carol Moseley Braun...
Posted by Where there's a Will, there's a way 2 weeks 3 hours ago.
This year Sangamon County switched from one of the most obscure voting systems to one of the most common. The new voting machines in Sangamon county were popular with voters. Many people feel that having a paper ballot is simpler and more secure.Judging b...
Posted by Where there's a Will, there's a way 2 weeks 4 hours ago.
I've done Get Out The Vote work in many elections but Tuesday I got to experience things from a new angle as an election judge. There are all kinds of things you see as an election judge that most people don't usually think about. I enjoyed the experience...
Posted by Where there's a Will, there's a way 2 weeks 3 days ago.
I heard the county had trouble finding election judges the last time we switched to new voting machines so I decided to sign up this year. The new system has paper ballots scanned on electronic vote tabulators. I don't think the SJ-R reported the specific...
Posted by Where there's a Will, there's a way 2 weeks 3 days ago.
One of my blogging pet peeves is when I have a thought I want to blog about that I think is a good, original point, but before I write it down, I see a major columnist or TV pundit make the same point. I might make a few posts about the election since tod...
Posted by Where there's a Will, there's a way 2 weeks 3 days ago.
One of my blogging pet peeves is when I have a thought I want to blog about that I think is a good, original point, but before I write it down, I see a major columnist or TV pundit make the same point. I might make a few posts about the election since tod...
Posted by Where there's a Will, there's a way 2 weeks 6 days ago.
I just read on Capitol Fax that Rod Blagojevich opposes a constitutional convention. I've been feeling pessimistic about the chances of the Con-Con resolution getting the 60% it needs because most people I talk to (who aren't political junkies that read b...
Posted by Where there's a Will, there's a way 2 weeks 6 days ago.
I've been working Barack Obama's campaign slogan into daily conversations. For example:
Will's Friend: "Do you think we'll make it to the movie on time"
Will: "Yes we can!"
Will's Friend: "You are such a dork."Its good for a cheap laugh and it keeps me p...
Posted by Where there's a Will, there's a way 3 weeks 11 minutes ago.
The November 18 Liberty Brew & View feature is "What Would Jesus Buy" The synopsis says in part:From producer Morgan Spurlock (SUPER SIZE ME) and director Rob VanAlkemade comes a serious docu-comedy about the commercialization of Christmas. Bill Talen ...
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