Vermont Yankee's operating license is up for renewal in 2012, and the state's elected officials have the unique power to "green light" or "red light" the project. Specifically, it's up to them whether the Public Service Board can hear the case. Democracy in action, right? Until the first lawsuit. That's really too hypothetical to address at this point," said Entergy VY spokesman Rob Williams. If the legislature hasn't ruled on relicensing by April 2011, the date when Entergy needs a decision, his answer may be more concrete. So the word "reliability" trumps the term "safety" in each and every VYrelated discussion. For example, state nuclear engineer Uldis Vanags recently testified before [Tony Klein] on the subject of VY's leaking underground pipes. Whenever lawmakers, or Vanags, got i...
Perhaps the most impressive aspect of Tuesday's primary election in this region was the willingness of voters to keep their property taxes slightly elevated, to make their communities better. By an awesome margin of 84-16, Kanawha County voters extended a longstanding excess property tax levy that provides $15 million a year for bus service and ambulances, plus extra support of police and fire protection.
Internet is a too valuable tool to be left just for the businessmen. Modern governmental activity can benefit a lot from the use of the Internet. Web-sites and active participating in web-based activities is and should be an integral activity in the life of political actors. Parliament members are in a central position, as they have a lot of political power, and they are often so far from the electors both mentally and physically, that keeping in touch with electronic means becomes a necessity. First, we briefly discuss the concepts of eGovernment and eDemocracy, and situate Members of Parliament's www-pages in that context. Second, we survey on the websites of Finnish Members of Parliament is based on a survey completed in September 2006. Finally, conclusions are drawn.
In less than a week, the presidential campaigns have shifted from the direct democracy of the Iowa caucuses to the "campaign as usual" format of today's New Hampshire primary. Many candidates, especially the losers in Iowa, seem glad to return to the tried-and-true formula: raise more money than your opponents + test your messages with focus groups + run more negative ads than your opponents + wait for the ballots to be counted = win. Although many people and candidates are not enamored with the Iowa caucus system, anyone who watches the process can recognize a dynamic democratic process at work as neighbors debate the merits of the various candidates and persuade their fellow citizens to vote for one candidate over another. Contrast that caucus process with the primary's carpet-bombing...
For weeks now, senators, congressmen, Cabinet officers, and even President Barack Obama, have been holding packed town hall meetings on proposed health-plan reforms. Ordinary citizens have turned out in thousands to listen and ask tough questions. Groups outside, both supportive and critical, wave placards and argue with each other while police stand by, usually benevolently. Some critics tut-tut about all this, finding it unseemly. Indeed there have been a few raucous and impolite moments we could have done without. However what we have been witnessing is a grand spectacle of democracy in action.
Democracy in action To the editor -- Vote yes on Proposition 1. Let's make county government better.
Alan P. Greene's letter characterized Occupy Wall Street protesters as "a bunch of lazy, spoiled children." I have attended rallies in both New York and New Haven, and I am not lazy or spoiled. Many other protesters are just like me -- hardworking, educated, patriotic citizens who are concerned about America's future. I found it ironic that Occupy New Haven took place in the shadow of the New Haven Savings-NewAlliance-First Niagara corporate offices.
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