Please set your links to doorbellqueen.com
I'm making this move to help keep commenting open and free, while maintaining a bit of order. I just couldn't figure out how the heck to get Blogger to allow anonymous commenting, without allowing anyone to comment as "anonymous".
See you over there!
Showing posts with label Your turn. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Your turn. Show all posts
Saturday, November 5, 2011
Monday, October 17, 2011
Dick Black is against a woman's right to choose what to do with her...
...Work product.
Catherine Read, a professional photographer, was at the NARAL Black OUT event on Thursday, along with a host of pro-Choice Loudouners and Fairfaxians, and took a ton of pictures, which she put on her facebook page, and...
Well...Let me let her tell you the rest of the story.
Here's a screen capture of the requests to tag the photos in question.
And here's a screen capture of the Dick Black fund-raising page, with the stolen photo:
When Dick Black says he is 100% against a woman's right to choose, HE MEANS IT.
Catherine Read, a professional photographer, was at the NARAL Black OUT event on Thursday, along with a host of pro-Choice Loudouners and Fairfaxians, and took a ton of pictures, which she put on her facebook page, and...
Well...Let me let her tell you the rest of the story.
Apparently Dick Black's daughter Michelle Black Staton attempted to tag my photos not realizing AS THE OWNER OF THE PHOTO I have to give MY PERMISSION. Which I DID NOT. So Dick Black's campaign simply downloaded it from Facebook and used it for their email WITHOUT MY AUTHORIZATION OR PERMISSION!! Great judgment call for an attorney to make. I guess he thinks intellectual property doesn't mean the same thing on the Internet. Oct. 14, 2011. http://secure.campaigner.com/Campaigner/Public/t.sho w?O5Wl--AGQw-rwn1q3
Here's a screen capture of the requests to tag the photos in question.
And here's a screen capture of the Dick Black fund-raising page, with the stolen photo:
When Dick Black says he is 100% against a woman's right to choose, HE MEANS IT.
*
*
*
*
*
Don't like what Dick did? Donate to NARAL Pro-Choice VA or to Shawn Mitchell.
Thursday, October 6, 2011
Attention Candidates!!!
The State Board of Elections has ruled the following about websites:
Quite frankly, I would never have interpreted the law this way, since the law says,
However, I'm not in charge. The SBE is.
I will not insist that your campaign websites conform with this new ruling to be eligible for inclusion in my Campaign Websites page. From here on, I will list one link per candidate no matter what.
If you don't have a campaign website, but you do have a facebook page or a blog or whatever that, please send me ONE link to the site you would like me to include. I would prefer that it not be an official government site, but if that's all you've got, I'll accept it.
Each page is accessible via its own link and address. Therefore, each webpage must include the disclaimer.
Quite frankly, I would never have interpreted the law this way, since the law says,
Radio, TV and print media communications must include disclaimers displayed conspicuously. Print media includes billboards, newspaper and magazine ads, mailings, fliers, email and websites. Printed pieces consisting of more than one page need bear the disclaimer only on one page or face. VA. CODE ANN. § 24.2-955.1 (defining “print media”).
However, I'm not in charge. The SBE is.
I will not insist that your campaign websites conform with this new ruling to be eligible for inclusion in my Campaign Websites page. From here on, I will list one link per candidate no matter what.
If you don't have a campaign website, but you do have a facebook page or a blog or whatever that, please send me ONE link to the site you would like me to include. I would prefer that it not be an official government site, but if that's all you've got, I'll accept it.
Monday, September 26, 2011
News you can use:
- The campaigns for Shawn Mitchell, Jennifer Wexton, and Cliff Keirce have all announced yard sign availability.
- The Coalition for Women's Health is having a rally down in Richmond on October 15. Bus ride is free if you RSVP ASAP.
- Jennifer Wexton has challenged Jim Plowman to a debate. This is one to watch!
- I've got 21 responses on the Metro question (out of 39), 7 responses on Full-Day Kindergarten (out of 23), and 4 on Donations (out of 20), with promises of more to come on each. Do you have a question you'd like me to ask the candidates? Let me know.
- Also, sometimes the obvious needs to be stated. Not everyone knows about the election on November 8. Make sure you get the word out to your friends and co-workers. People fight and die every day all over the world for the right to vote. Let's show our support by herding Federal voters of our aquaintance to the polls in the off-years.
Tuesday, September 6, 2011
Where Do You Stand on Metro to Loudoun
An open letter to Board of Supervisors and State Candidates:
People have been asking me if I know where each of you stands on Metro to Loudoun. Since the decision about whether to go forward with the project will rest with the next board and the next legislature, it's important to know what your position is on what could be the most important decision of the next four years.
I will create a page like the one I have with Campaign Websites, listing every candidate with his or her completely unedited answer to this one question:
Where Do You Stand On Metro?
The text of this post will be sent to each campaign, and as each answer arrives, I will post it.
People have been asking me if I know where each of you stands on Metro to Loudoun. Since the decision about whether to go forward with the project will rest with the next board and the next legislature, it's important to know what your position is on what could be the most important decision of the next four years.
I will create a page like the one I have with Campaign Websites, listing every candidate with his or her completely unedited answer to this one question:
Where Do You Stand On Metro?
The text of this post will be sent to each campaign, and as each answer arrives, I will post it.
Friday, September 2, 2011
PAY ATTENTION
Metro to Loudoun's fate will be decided by the Board of Supervisor that we are electing this November 8th. Because the change to the (less expensive) site at Dulles Airport means doing new site plans, which won't be done until January at the earliest.
This means that it is YOUR RESPONSIBILITY to ask the candidates where they stand on metro.
The League of Women's Voters won't be doing debates this year so it is UP TO YOU to get answers to your questions directly from the candidates.
Each of them has a website, use it to contact them and find out where they stand on Metro.
This is the single most important decision the next BOS will make. Make sure you know where the candidates stand.
This means that it is YOUR RESPONSIBILITY to ask the candidates where they stand on metro.
The League of Women's Voters won't be doing debates this year so it is UP TO YOU to get answers to your questions directly from the candidates.
Each of them has a website, use it to contact them and find out where they stand on Metro.
This is the single most important decision the next BOS will make. Make sure you know where the candidates stand.
Friday, August 26, 2011
The Complete List of Candidates for the November 8th Election
Brought to you by the patience and kindness of Judy at the Loudoun Registrar and Board of Elections and the website at the Virginia State Board of Elections.
Offices and Candidates within offices listed alphabetically:
Board of Supervisors
Now it's your turn. Do your research, be an educated voter. Vote for the person who can do the most for you and your community as your life is now, not as you wish your life would be.
Offices and Candidates within offices listed alphabetically:
Board of Supervisors
- Chair (At-Large)
- Algonkian
- Ashburn
- Blue Ridge
- Broad Run
- Catoctin
- Dulles
- Leesburg
- Sterling
- Commonwealth's Attorney
- Sheriff
- Mike Chapman (R)
- Steve Simpson (I) (no campaign website as of 08/03/2011)
- Ron Speakman (I)
- Commissioner of the Revenue
- Treasurer
- 10th District
- 32nd District
- 33rd District
- 34th District
- 67th District
- 86th District
- 87th District
- At Large
- Jay Bose
- Bob Ohneiser
- Tom Reed. 08/03/2011 website under construction
- Algonkian
- Eileen Tagg-Murdock
- Debbie Rose
- John Stevens
- Ashburn
- John Andrews
- Eric Hornberger
- Debbie Piland
- John Ryan
- Chris Souther
- Blue Ridge
- Priscilla Godfrey
- Jill Turgeon
- Broad Run
- Catoctin
- Jennifer Bergel. 08/03/2011 front page unavailable, no "paid for" or "authorized by" statement. (ht Nova Commonsense)
- Pablo "Paul" Arias
- Dulles
- Anjan Chimaladinne
- Margaret Michaud
- Jeff Morse
- Leesburg
- Bill Fox
- Tom Marshall
- Mark Nuzzaco
- Sterling
- Brenda Sheridan
- Peter Rush
- Chris Simmons
- James Wylie
- 13th District
- 27th District
- Shaun Broy (D)
- Donald Marro (I)
- Jill Holtzman Vogel (R)
- 31st District
- 33rd District
Now it's your turn. Do your research, be an educated voter. Vote for the person who can do the most for you and your community as your life is now, not as you wish your life would be.
Wednesday, August 3, 2011
Input please
I've noticed that, in general, the School Board candidates haven't got campaign websites. They've got facebook pages, and government pages (if they are already serving), and blogs; but only a third have campaign websites.
Which means that my campaign websites page seems woefully incomplete.
However, I'm not really willing to widen my definition for that page, since it would be a holy mess to keep up-to-date if I count every fb page and blog that anyone had (if I were running, for example, I'd be able to list 5 or 6, that's ridiculous.).
I could create a new tab for School Board Candidates only and ask each for the ONE and ONLY ONE link that they would like included.
But treating School Board candidates differently from the other candidates really bothers me. One particular candidate complained to me recently that School Board races are treated as less important than all the other races; that they are after-thoughts; that people think of it as a "starter" race. Well, my friend, it doesn't make your case when you're not putting up a campaign website. Domains are cheap, and a website doesn't have to be expensive to create.
So, dear readers, what do you think? Do I create a separate and DEFINITELY unequal space for SB candidates? Or do I treat them as at least one has asked to be treated, as equal members of the candidate pool?
Which means that my campaign websites page seems woefully incomplete.
However, I'm not really willing to widen my definition for that page, since it would be a holy mess to keep up-to-date if I count every fb page and blog that anyone had (if I were running, for example, I'd be able to list 5 or 6, that's ridiculous.).
I could create a new tab for School Board Candidates only and ask each for the ONE and ONLY ONE link that they would like included.
But treating School Board candidates differently from the other candidates really bothers me. One particular candidate complained to me recently that School Board races are treated as less important than all the other races; that they are after-thoughts; that people think of it as a "starter" race. Well, my friend, it doesn't make your case when you're not putting up a campaign website. Domains are cheap, and a website doesn't have to be expensive to create.
So, dear readers, what do you think? Do I create a separate and DEFINITELY unequal space for SB candidates? Or do I treat them as at least one has asked to be treated, as equal members of the candidate pool?
Tuesday, July 12, 2011
Attention, candidates for offices in Loudoun County!
If you've got a website, and I haven't already posted it, please drop the link in comments here - along with what office you're running for (including district, please).
This is an open call to all candidates, Democratic, Republican, Independent, Whatever.
This especially goes for School Board, HOD, and State Senate. Thank you!
This is an open call to all candidates, Democratic, Republican, Independent, Whatever.
This especially goes for School Board, HOD, and State Senate. Thank you!
Wednesday, June 22, 2011
Off air due to illness and end-of-school-year/beginning of Summer hijinx.
Talk amongst yourselves.
Feel free to leave a comment about your Summer plans, or your kids' Summer plans.
Feel free to leave a comment about your Summer plans, or your kids' Summer plans.
Thursday, March 24, 2011
From the Inbox
Dear Liz,
It could come down to just 20 minutes.
The McDonnell administration is pulling out all the stops to steamroll through new, overreaching regulations that could force 17 of Virginia’s 21 abortion providers to close their doors.
Tell Gov. McDonnell to veto this bill today.
Last month, cunning anti-choice lawmakers voted to categorize Virginia’s abortion providers as hospitals! This, of course, is not only utterly ridiculous, but downright reckless. Their aim is to shut down clinics. And, if that happens, the majority of women in the Commonwealth will lose access to vital reproductive health care.
We have learned that the process to recategorize abortion providers are hospitals is being fast tracked and that the public will have little to no input. In fact, the Board of Health will only allow 20 minutes for public comment at their September meeting! That’s not how democracy should work!
You can help stop this power grab by putting pressure on Gov. McDonnell. It’s not too late. He has not yet signed this draconian bill into law, but every minute counts. He has until Tuesday, March 29.
After trying to pass this sort of bill into law for 20 years, it could come down to just 20 minutes of public comment - 20 minutes that could shape women’s access to safe, legal abortion in Virginia for the next 20 years and beyond.
The McDonnell administration is attempting to work in secret to eliminate safe, legal abortion care in Virginia. This cannot happen. It’s up to you to stop this attack!
Ask the governor TODAY to veto the bill designed to shut down abortion providers.
If Gov. McDonnell signs this bill into law, we will spend the next six months working tirelessly to make sure new regulations do not severely limit access to abortion in the Commonwealth. We have our work cut out for us, but I know pro-choice Virginia is ready to stand up and tell the McDonnell administration we will not tolerate its harmful anti-choice agenda.
Please stay tuned over the coming weeks to learn more about how we will be fighting this dangerous attempt to limit reproductive care.
For choice,
Tarina Keene
Executive Director
P.S. We will need a lot of support in the coming months to fight these attacks, so please consider making a donation to help us protect Virginia’s valuable abortion providers.
It could come down to just 20 minutes.
The McDonnell administration is pulling out all the stops to steamroll through new, overreaching regulations that could force 17 of Virginia’s 21 abortion providers to close their doors.
Tell Gov. McDonnell to veto this bill today.
Last month, cunning anti-choice lawmakers voted to categorize Virginia’s abortion providers as hospitals! This, of course, is not only utterly ridiculous, but downright reckless. Their aim is to shut down clinics. And, if that happens, the majority of women in the Commonwealth will lose access to vital reproductive health care.
We have learned that the process to recategorize abortion providers are hospitals is being fast tracked and that the public will have little to no input. In fact, the Board of Health will only allow 20 minutes for public comment at their September meeting! That’s not how democracy should work!
You can help stop this power grab by putting pressure on Gov. McDonnell. It’s not too late. He has not yet signed this draconian bill into law, but every minute counts. He has until Tuesday, March 29.
After trying to pass this sort of bill into law for 20 years, it could come down to just 20 minutes of public comment - 20 minutes that could shape women’s access to safe, legal abortion in Virginia for the next 20 years and beyond.
The McDonnell administration is attempting to work in secret to eliminate safe, legal abortion care in Virginia. This cannot happen. It’s up to you to stop this attack!
Ask the governor TODAY to veto the bill designed to shut down abortion providers.
If Gov. McDonnell signs this bill into law, we will spend the next six months working tirelessly to make sure new regulations do not severely limit access to abortion in the Commonwealth. We have our work cut out for us, but I know pro-choice Virginia is ready to stand up and tell the McDonnell administration we will not tolerate its harmful anti-choice agenda.
Please stay tuned over the coming weeks to learn more about how we will be fighting this dangerous attempt to limit reproductive care.
For choice,
Tarina Keene
Executive Director
P.S. We will need a lot of support in the coming months to fight these attacks, so please consider making a donation to help us protect Virginia’s valuable abortion providers.
Wednesday, March 23, 2011
Dear Anonymous
The answer to your question is, "No."
No, I will not primary Andrea McGimsey. I truly understand the anger and frustration behind the question, but I believe that she has been a very good supervisor, this one decision notwithstanding. Disagreement on one issue isn't a good enough reason to primary an incumbent, when she's done a good job on so many other issues.
I do wish she would change her mind on this one topic (and I wish she took a stronger position on Choice, but that's just me), but I will not run for her seat (or any other) this year.
There is still time for her to change her mind on the districts, see Stevens's blog for more info about that.
No, I will not primary Andrea McGimsey. I truly understand the anger and frustration behind the question, but I believe that she has been a very good supervisor, this one decision notwithstanding. Disagreement on one issue isn't a good enough reason to primary an incumbent, when she's done a good job on so many other issues.
I do wish she would change her mind on this one topic (and I wish she took a stronger position on Choice, but that's just me), but I will not run for her seat (or any other) this year.
There is still time for her to change her mind on the districts, see Stevens's blog for more info about that.
Thursday, January 20, 2011
Q&A
Paul (a friend of mine from High School) asks:
And the answers are: I often miss living in NY and...probably not.
There is so much about NYC that I love: not needing a car; the parks; the Indian Restaurants in the East Village; the general walkability; living near my parents.
But I love Loudoun and Virginia too. I feel at home here, I feel that my being here makes a difference, and I'm hoping that someday it will be a county where I won't need to drive everywhere. Now, if only someone would get working on a transporter so I can see my parents more often...
"Ok Liz, here's two questions. Do you miss living in New York and do you think you'll ever move back??"
And the answers are: I often miss living in NY and...probably not.
There is so much about NYC that I love: not needing a car; the parks; the Indian Restaurants in the East Village; the general walkability; living near my parents.
But I love Loudoun and Virginia too. I feel at home here, I feel that my being here makes a difference, and I'm hoping that someday it will be a county where I won't need to drive everywhere. Now, if only someone would get working on a transporter so I can see my parents more often...
Friday, January 14, 2011
It's national delurking day!
Comments! Put yer comments here!! Comments! Put yer comments here!
Ask me a question, and I'll answer it in the next couple of posts.
Ask me a question, and I'll answer it in the next couple of posts.
Sunday, October 10, 2010
For the sake of argument...
Let's take the other side seriously for a moment and assume, strictly for the sake of this discussion, that an embryo is a person from the moment of conception, and that it has the same rights as every other person has. You know that I think that's crap, but let's pretend it's not for now, okay?
An innocent person has a right to live, so an embryo has a right to live. (Hard to imagine an embryo as anything other than innocent, eh?) Killing an innocent person is wrong and we should prevent that. If we don't act to save that innocent embryo against its murder by abortion, we're as guilty of killing it as the person who performs the abortion is, and as guilty as the woman who has it performed on her is. Our only moral option is to prevent abortion, even if that means making it a crime to have or give one.
Seems pretty clear that, if we don't act to stop it, we are committing a moral wrong, because we are choosing to let an innocent person die. That's why we have to empower our police to arrest abortionists and their patients, our courts to prosecute them, and our prisons to lock them up. Heck, Virginia has the death penalty and prisons are expensive. Abortionists and their patients are not innocent. Execute them. If we don't, we're as bad as they are.
Some people point out that, if we use the power of government to control a pregnant woman's behavior, we're taking away her liberty. That's true, but we're talking life and death here! Any constitutional scholar will tell you that life interests outrank liberty interests under the constitution. So, government forcing choices on pregnant women is constitutionally okay, if that's what it takes to save an innocent person's life.
Right.
When was the last time you gave blood? Something like a quarter of a million people died in Haiti this year after a major earthquake struck their homes. Many died for lack of blood. Every single person who could have given a pint of blood, but didn't, might have saved an innocent life. But didn't. Why is that okay, but standing by and letting a woman make her own choice isn't? Because it should be your choice as to whether or not you give blood? How is it not, then, a woman's choice as to whether or not she gives birth? Because her choice kills and your choice doesn't? Sorry. You give blood, or someone dies. She gives birth, or someone dies. What gives anyone the right to compel a person to give birth, if no one has the right to compel a person to give blood? (By the way, giving blood is far less likely to kill you than giving birth.)
If an embryo is an innocent person, and it's morally wrong to allow others to kill an innocent person, and therefore we are morally obliged to compel a pregnant woman to give birth, are we not morally obliged to compel an able person to give blood?
Are we not obliged to compel every potential donor with a kidney to be tested for type and kept on file so their kidney can save an innocent life when that donor dies?
Heck, if you have two good kidneys, why should you be allowed to keep them both? Some people don't have one. Government simply must take one of yours or else some innocent person dies.
If you believe an embryo is a person and that government must force a pregnant woman to give that person birth, then roll up your sleeve. And keep next week open, too, because you're going to be due in surgery. Someone out there needs one of your kidneys, and by God, the government's gonna give it to him.
Nothing else would be moral.
An innocent person has a right to live, so an embryo has a right to live. (Hard to imagine an embryo as anything other than innocent, eh?) Killing an innocent person is wrong and we should prevent that. If we don't act to save that innocent embryo against its murder by abortion, we're as guilty of killing it as the person who performs the abortion is, and as guilty as the woman who has it performed on her is. Our only moral option is to prevent abortion, even if that means making it a crime to have or give one.
Seems pretty clear that, if we don't act to stop it, we are committing a moral wrong, because we are choosing to let an innocent person die. That's why we have to empower our police to arrest abortionists and their patients, our courts to prosecute them, and our prisons to lock them up. Heck, Virginia has the death penalty and prisons are expensive. Abortionists and their patients are not innocent. Execute them. If we don't, we're as bad as they are.
Some people point out that, if we use the power of government to control a pregnant woman's behavior, we're taking away her liberty. That's true, but we're talking life and death here! Any constitutional scholar will tell you that life interests outrank liberty interests under the constitution. So, government forcing choices on pregnant women is constitutionally okay, if that's what it takes to save an innocent person's life.
Right.
When was the last time you gave blood? Something like a quarter of a million people died in Haiti this year after a major earthquake struck their homes. Many died for lack of blood. Every single person who could have given a pint of blood, but didn't, might have saved an innocent life. But didn't. Why is that okay, but standing by and letting a woman make her own choice isn't? Because it should be your choice as to whether or not you give blood? How is it not, then, a woman's choice as to whether or not she gives birth? Because her choice kills and your choice doesn't? Sorry. You give blood, or someone dies. She gives birth, or someone dies. What gives anyone the right to compel a person to give birth, if no one has the right to compel a person to give blood? (By the way, giving blood is far less likely to kill you than giving birth.)
If an embryo is an innocent person, and it's morally wrong to allow others to kill an innocent person, and therefore we are morally obliged to compel a pregnant woman to give birth, are we not morally obliged to compel an able person to give blood?
Are we not obliged to compel every potential donor with a kidney to be tested for type and kept on file so their kidney can save an innocent life when that donor dies?
Heck, if you have two good kidneys, why should you be allowed to keep them both? Some people don't have one. Government simply must take one of yours or else some innocent person dies.
If you believe an embryo is a person and that government must force a pregnant woman to give that person birth, then roll up your sleeve. And keep next week open, too, because you're going to be due in surgery. Someone out there needs one of your kidneys, and by God, the government's gonna give it to him.
Nothing else would be moral.
Tuesday, October 5, 2010
Pop and Politics
Can you guess WHY this video makes me think of politics?
Okay, okay, okay. I've been reliably informed that, no, NO ONE would guess why this video makes me think of politics. The answer is, one of the band members looks like he could be the brother of The World's Best Campaign Manager, Bar None.
Okay, okay, okay. I've been reliably informed that, no, NO ONE would guess why this video makes me think of politics. The answer is, one of the band members looks like he could be the brother of The World's Best Campaign Manager, Bar None.
Saturday, October 2, 2010
Do you remember?
Which was the first presidential election you voted in and who you voted for?
Which was the first presidential election you were aware of and who the candidates were?
The first presidential election I voted in was 1988: Bush v. Dukakis. I voted for Dukakis.
The first presidential election I was aware of was Carter v. Reagan (and Anderson). We held debates in my elementary school, and I spoke in favor of Anderson.
Which reminds me of this song:
Which was the first presidential election you were aware of and who the candidates were?
The first presidential election I voted in was 1988: Bush v. Dukakis. I voted for Dukakis.
The first presidential election I was aware of was Carter v. Reagan (and Anderson). We held debates in my elementary school, and I spoke in favor of Anderson.
Which reminds me of this song:
Monday, May 3, 2010
VOTE TODAY!!!!
Virginia town elections are TODAY! TUESDAY! MAY 4! Go vote!
Leesburg: Marty Martinez.
Herndon: Cesar Del Aguila.
I'll be working the Brandon Park polls at Loudoun County HS from 4 PM till closing. See you there!
Leesburg: Marty Martinez.
Herndon: Cesar Del Aguila.
I'll be working the Brandon Park polls at Loudoun County HS from 4 PM till closing. See you there!
Friday, April 23, 2010
Adjectives
Do you have a race?
A gender?
A sexual orientation?
A gender identity?
An abled status?
A religion?
When you watch people of your gender play sports in a professional league, is the league's name preceded by an adjective specifying the gender playing that sport?
When you read a story describing someone of your race, does the writer mention hair color first or skin color?
In this country, the generic person is a white man who is straight, identifies as male, and has no disabilities.
This generic person represents fewer than 22% of people in the US. But it is he who is considered typical for medical purposes. He who is considered typical for advertising purposes, he who is considered typical for manufacturing purposes, he who is considered typical for writers of all stripes (including me).
So, an exercise for the reader (h/t my Small Group Communications Professor): Describe yourself using 20 sentences beginning with the words, "I am".
I'll start.
I am a woman
I am white
I am Jewish
I am straight
I am happy identifying as a woman
I am not currently disabled
I am a mother
I am a wife
I am a daughter
I am a sister
I am a (recent) college graduate
I am a reader
I am a blogger
I am a knitter
I am a Democrat
I am a member of several boards
I am a grand-daughter
I am a cousin
I am a niece
I am a friend
Your turn!
A gender?
A sexual orientation?
A gender identity?
An abled status?
A religion?
When you watch people of your gender play sports in a professional league, is the league's name preceded by an adjective specifying the gender playing that sport?
When you read a story describing someone of your race, does the writer mention hair color first or skin color?
In this country, the generic person is a white man who is straight, identifies as male, and has no disabilities.
This generic person represents fewer than 22% of people in the US. But it is he who is considered typical for medical purposes. He who is considered typical for advertising purposes, he who is considered typical for manufacturing purposes, he who is considered typical for writers of all stripes (including me).
So, an exercise for the reader (h/t my Small Group Communications Professor): Describe yourself using 20 sentences beginning with the words, "I am".
I'll start.
I am a woman
I am white
I am Jewish
I am straight
I am happy identifying as a woman
I am not currently disabled
I am a mother
I am a wife
I am a daughter
I am a sister
I am a (recent) college graduate
I am a reader
I am a blogger
I am a knitter
I am a Democrat
I am a member of several boards
I am a grand-daughter
I am a cousin
I am a niece
I am a friend
Your turn!
Tuesday, April 13, 2010
School budget
School Board Chair John Stevens has written several posts about the school budget on his blog. He also included a link to At-large School Board member Tom Reed's survey looking for what people think should be cut.
I think Reed's survey is disingenuous at best. Where are the cuts to technology spending? Where are the cuts to grounds maintenance? I do like the increase to walk-zones.
Now that the Board of Supervisors has given the School Board a chunk of money, remember that it is up to the School Board to decide how to spend it. If you have strong feelings about what should be saved and what should be cut - especially if you spoke at the BOS public hearings - make sure that your voice gets heard by the School Board.
I think Reed's survey is disingenuous at best. Where are the cuts to technology spending? Where are the cuts to grounds maintenance? I do like the increase to walk-zones.
Now that the Board of Supervisors has given the School Board a chunk of money, remember that it is up to the School Board to decide how to spend it. If you have strong feelings about what should be saved and what should be cut - especially if you spoke at the BOS public hearings - make sure that your voice gets heard by the School Board.
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)