You knew this, right? Of 18 Members of Nat’l Commission on Fiscal...
Yeah – so old, I know. And two of the three were appointed by the President. Of the 12 appointments from the House and Senate (there were 18 altogether, President Obama made six), one is the...
View ArticleEPA Finalizes Clean Air “Good Neighbor” Rule to Reduce Air Pollution, Improve...
From NPR: The new rule replaces a similar Bush administration regulation that was struck down by a court that deemed it too lenient. The new rule will cut almost 2 million more tons of pollution per...
View ArticleAdvocacy Loves Company in OH: Clean Air Act Benefits Small Biz Owners, Economy
Stefanie Spear, a resident of Chagrin Falls, owner of Expedite Renewable Energy and founder of EcoWatch, got her essay, “Why I’m Going To Washington” (posted here on Green City Blue Lake – a great NE...
View ArticleOccupy Wall Street Comes To Occupy Cleveland
Will it occupy you? More here at #occupycleveland’s official site (that’s the hashtag for it btw) and here (that’s the Google blog search results for “occupy cleveland”). UPDATE: Here’s a video with...
View ArticleWomen in the Workforce Disproportionately Disadvantaged if Issue 2 Passes
Mike Gillis, Ohio AFL-CIO communications director, has written up this excellent piece about the forum I moderated two days ago on the impact of Issue 2 (i.e., SB5) on women in the workforce. The...
View ArticleFirst Women’s Economic Empowerment Summit Held at NYU
I can’t think of anyone who is doing more than U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) is to transform women’s numbers and talents and skills and potential into action that improves life for all of us....
View ArticleOhio’s Own: EcoWatch & Stefanie Penn Spear, Publishing the Information We...
Stefanie Penn Spear is a resident of Chagrin Falls, a small business owner, mother of three and Founder and Executive Director of the soon-to-be launched 24/7 print and online news outlet about the...
View ArticleOn Feagler & Friends tonight: Dimora, County Economic Development, Arts levy...
It was a very fun taping – airs tonight at 8:30pm on WVIZ and again on Sunday at 11:30am. Ohio Channel broadcast info is on the WVIZ page in the sidebar to the right of the blurb: Prosecutors Lay Out...
View ArticleThis Thursday: Local Government Collaboration: Are We There Yet???
The last several months have been extraordinarily busy ones for me as I find and hit a groove with my work at The Civic Commons on behalf of the EfficientGovNetwork. You can check out what Jill built,...
View ArticleObama, Falling Gas Prices and Radio Silence
Yeesh – I posted this one little thing on my Facebook page: Filling up at 3.29/gal – who predicted that? And look at all the people thanking Obama after being so harsh on him when they feared the worst...
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