UPDATE: This may just shape up to be a great constitutional fight.  I would love to hear opinions on both sides of this situation. Attorney Dean Broyles of The Western Center For Law & Policy was shocked with what happened to the pastor and his wife. Broyles said, “The county asked, ‘Do you have a regular meeting in your home?R [...]

I was happy to learn last night that Portsmouth City Council did not buckle to Senator Louis Lucas’ high pressure tactics and voted against funding her hotel and conference center project. Vice Mayor Bill Moody Jr., council members Elizabeth Psimas, Doug Smith and Steve Heretick voted against $38 million in bonds to help finance the project, whi [...]

Image via Wikipedia It is being reported here, that Senator’s Ted Kennedy and Robert Byrd have been taken by medical personnel from the inauguration luncheon. Rumor mill has it that Byrd is ok but Kennedy is not. Please keep the Senators in your prayers. Technorati Tags: Ted Kennedy,Robert Byrd,inauguration,luncheon,medical issues [...]

Tomorrow launches the Nevada Open Government Initiative website where Governor Gibbons of Nevada hopes to apply complete transparency to government spending. The website plans to have complete fiscal records for the last 3 years online. Good on ya Nevada! H/T:  Government Bytes [...]

I don’t know how I missed this editorial on July 20th but it’s a good one.  Dealing with the recent indictments of 4 of the Gloucester County Board of Supervisors, and what to do. The debacle in Gloucester County is a vivid example of why we have, and need, open government laws — and how those laws benefit citizens who are willin [...]