Couple of things
- Damned if you, damned if you don't, eh Darrell Fichtl? While I would argue that local and state officials are looking at long-term solutions to our water situation, a price-tiered system for water is a very appropriate way to approach water management on a daily basis. This would, under non-severe drought situations, permit users to water their yards (or just run their shower for hours on end), just for a higher rate if they exceed a certain level of usage. It seems like a pretty sound approach to me.
- Someone take the keys from Ben Harbin because his comments regarding museum funding are off base because, as I can attest from having actually worked at one, the bulk of the money that funds their operations come from the private sector. Most state funds handle building expansions/renovations and basic administrative costs. All other funds are raised in the private sector. Of course, aside from that, allocating a very small amount of the actual budget toward preservation of history and culture isn't a bad idea.
- Not that I really cared either way, but Brett Favre played awful and, well, just looked old out there.
- Ultimately, I agree with Josh Marshall on this, and I'm glad to see that Obama is hitting back. It arguably is troubling for an ex-president, who is considered the statesman of the party, to aggressively attack another party member - particularly over false premises and distorted statements - solely with the goal of electing his wife. It seems more petty than political, and I think that though it may get Hillary Clinton the nomination, it could do some verifiable damage to the party in the long term.
- Someone take the keys from Ben Harbin because his comments regarding museum funding are off base because, as I can attest from having actually worked at one, the bulk of the money that funds their operations come from the private sector. Most state funds handle building expansions/renovations and basic administrative costs. All other funds are raised in the private sector. Of course, aside from that, allocating a very small amount of the actual budget toward preservation of history and culture isn't a bad idea.
- Not that I really cared either way, but Brett Favre played awful and, well, just looked old out there.
- Ultimately, I agree with Josh Marshall on this, and I'm glad to see that Obama is hitting back. It arguably is troubling for an ex-president, who is considered the statesman of the party, to aggressively attack another party member - particularly over false premises and distorted statements - solely with the goal of electing his wife. It seems more petty than political, and I think that though it may get Hillary Clinton the nomination, it could do some verifiable damage to the party in the long term.
posted by Jmac at 8:02 AM
1 Comments:
The thing that really struck me in that LTE was another example of the popular theme of "I read all about it in the paper and __(insert favorite elected body or official here)__ did not consider/say/mention/discuss anything about __(insert favorite cause/alternative/interest group here)__ " - it's almost a formula used for complaining.
As much as I think the newsies do a pretty good job of writing about the key points, they don't really cover the complete discussions or every single word that was said. I don't blame them for this - why would they? Nobody would read it, anyway.
This formula is the cousin of the "why are they talking about __this__ when they should be talking about more important issues such as __that__ ?" formula for LTE rants.
Anyway, the main point is that if you rely only upon the media to know what's going on in the public sector, you're never going to get the whole story. Again, that's not a slam on the media - that's just the way the mop flops.
Al
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