Thursday, May 10, 2007
5/13/2007 No Talking Heads Topics (work in progress . . .)
(guests will be TJ Johnson, Jacqui Brown-Miller, Meta Hogan, Geov Parrish)
Local
Downtown Safeway to Close in June
Oly City Council Cuts School Impact Fees to Encourage Downtown Development
Tumwater Investigates Making Old Brewery a Regional Historical Tourist Attraction
Camp Quixote Use of OUUC Space Ends on May 19th
Estimate for port dredging skyrockets to $6.2 million; Increased cost could lead to higher taxes ( . . .higher taxes! Over my dead body!)
Regional
3 US Attorneys Speak at Seattle U; AG Gonzalez Testifies Again (so what?)
(Weird . . .) Dead fawn, dressed like baby, left outside Tacoma theater
National
Michael Moore Investigated
NYTimes: Colleagues Cite Partisan Focus by Justice Official
A pivotal hearing on case of Abu-Jamal
Police intimidate Mumia supporters as May 17 court date looms by Hans Bennett
- can tie into Jacqui's story, "ThreeUS
International
(guests will be TJ Johnson, Jacqui Brown-Miller, Meta Hogan, Geov Parrish)
Local
Downtown Safeway to Close in June
Oly City Council Cuts School Impact Fees to Encourage Downtown Development
Tumwater Investigates Making Old Brewery a Regional Historical Tourist Attraction
Camp Quixote Use of OUUC Space Ends on May 19th
Estimate for port dredging skyrockets to $6.2 million; Increased cost could lead to higher taxes ( . . .higher taxes! Over my dead body!)
Regional
3 US Attorneys Speak at Seattle U; AG Gonzalez Testifies Again (so what?)
(Weird . . .) Dead fawn, dressed like baby, left outside Tacoma theater
National
Michael Moore Investigated
NYTimes: Colleagues Cite Partisan Focus by Justice Official
A pivotal hearing on case of Abu-Jamal
Police intimidate Mumia supporters as May 17 court date looms by Hans Bennett
- can tie into Jacqui's story, "Three
International
Wednesday, May 09, 2007
McKay, Iglesias, Charleton
I attended a forum today on the firing of 8 US attorneys (referred to as USAs in the handouts) at Seattle University (organized by my dad) and it was really informative.
One professor started by giving a historical background of the office and how an act in the 1700s created the positions of USA. Then, how the Justice Dept was created in the 1800s.
Another professor described the role of the office and some of the tensions that exist when some USA adhere to central control of the office vs more local autonomy.
The 2nd session had the three former USA, U.S. Attorneys Paul K. Charlton (District of Arizona); David Iglesias (District of New Mexico); and John McKay (Western District of Washington, now Visiting Faculty, Seattle University School of Law).
A woman in front of me was live blogging to an About.com website about US Politics - I think she got her headline the most right ("McKay: Time For Special Prosecutor"), especially since McKay was squarely asked if a special prosecutor should investigate the firings and his answer was an unequivocal "Yes!".
Good job dad - I'm especially proud of you!
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