Excellent column from the 'Usual Suspect' Dave Danforth today. Even if it is being pulled from the archives of 2002.
Dave Danforth:
"The truth shall set you free, they say.
So how do you find it?
In Cincinnati, the clerk of the courts figured that all those “public records” — stacks and stacks of paper — should be scanned onto the Internet. The clerk, Jim Cissell, didn’t figure on the reaction.
Among the records available to anyone searching www.courtclerk.org are arrest warrants, dirt-bag dad notes, traffic tickets, divorce proceedings, histories of domestic violence and tax liens. In short, all sorts of dirty laundry.
Inquiring minds wanted to know. One father found out about his son’s traffic ticket. Another citizen reported his social security number stolen because it was listed on a court document. Some papers included drawings of homes — theoretically enabling anyone to figure out where you sleep....."
But what’s the difference between public record gathering dust at the courthouse and one that is electronically available to anyone with a keyboard and web connection?
Plenty, as it turns out. Just because the stuff is “public” doesn’t mean it has to be so easy to get, opponents told the New York Times. Inquiring minds should be forced to break a sweat, the argument goes.
Welcome to the concept of “practical obscurity” — a little-known artifact of law now being dusted off in preparation for what may be dozens of legal fights ahead....."
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"Unapologetic pursuit and tracking of patterns within news others make since 2010"
Showing posts with label Colorado's SandBox Commenetators. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Colorado's SandBox Commenetators. Show all posts
July 15, 2012
SandBoxBlogs: Aspen Daily News "Civil disobedience"
Michael Galvis:
"Editor:
The civil discourse committee wants everyone to be good little proles; lemmings that they can control. Sorry, but I’ll stick with individualism, and treat and give others the same.
“Wouldn’t it be a real drag if we were all the same?” — “I’m Tired,” Savoy Brown....."
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"Unapologetic pursuit and tracking of patterns within news others make since 2010"
"Editor:
The civil discourse committee wants everyone to be good little proles; lemmings that they can control. Sorry, but I’ll stick with individualism, and treat and give others the same.
“Wouldn’t it be a real drag if we were all the same?” — “I’m Tired,” Savoy Brown....."
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"Unapologetic pursuit and tracking of patterns within news others make since 2010"
SandBoxBlogs: Aspen Daily News "Judge postpones sentencing of local man in cocaine case"
Chad Abraham:
"A federal judge on Wednesday ruled that the personal safety of an Aspen man expected to serve prison time for allegedly leading a cocaine operation here could be jeopardized by his cooperation with federal investigators.
U.S. District Judge Marcia Krieger vacated the August sentencing date of Wayne Reid, 65, and reset it to Nov. 15. The extension will let Reid complete testimony against the remaining defendants in the case, a court filing says, and allow prosecutor Michelle Korver to better evaluate the “full measure” of his assistance to authorities ahead of sentencing.
“The request to continue Mr. Reid’s sentencing, however, is based on other factors, as well,” Korver wrote in her filing. “Most importantly, there are several significant security concerns affecting cooperating defendants when they begin their term of incarceration at a [federal] Bureau of Prisons facility and are then later brought back to the sentencing district to testify....”
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"Unapologetic pursuit and tracking of patterns within news others make since 2010"
"A federal judge on Wednesday ruled that the personal safety of an Aspen man expected to serve prison time for allegedly leading a cocaine operation here could be jeopardized by his cooperation with federal investigators.
U.S. District Judge Marcia Krieger vacated the August sentencing date of Wayne Reid, 65, and reset it to Nov. 15. The extension will let Reid complete testimony against the remaining defendants in the case, a court filing says, and allow prosecutor Michelle Korver to better evaluate the “full measure” of his assistance to authorities ahead of sentencing.
“The request to continue Mr. Reid’s sentencing, however, is based on other factors, as well,” Korver wrote in her filing. “Most importantly, there are several significant security concerns affecting cooperating defendants when they begin their term of incarceration at a [federal] Bureau of Prisons facility and are then later brought back to the sentencing district to testify....”
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SandBoxBlogs: Aspen Daily News "Ode to a snitch"
Jeremy Madden:
"Rat. Pigeon. Weasel. Blabbermouth. Turncoat. Patsy. Snitch.
No matter what word you use to describe an informant, not one is flattering. The position it holds in our parlance clearly shows the deck of society is stacked against the squealer. Some think that’s the way it should be. But not I. Despite society’s diss against the disseminator of untoward information, I cannot help but say it’s all right to be a snitch....."
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"Unapologetic pursuit and tracking of patterns within news others make since 2010"
"Rat. Pigeon. Weasel. Blabbermouth. Turncoat. Patsy. Snitch.
No matter what word you use to describe an informant, not one is flattering. The position it holds in our parlance clearly shows the deck of society is stacked against the squealer. Some think that’s the way it should be. But not I. Despite society’s diss against the disseminator of untoward information, I cannot help but say it’s all right to be a snitch....."
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"Unapologetic pursuit and tracking of patterns within news others make since 2010"
March 15, 2012
SandBoxBlogs: Steamboat Today "Charges filed in Steamboat heroin case"
Thank you to all the officers, agents and agencies who participated in this major narcotics bust in Steamboat Springs.
You are appreciated.
Stay the course.
Matt Stensland:
"Steamboat Springs — The Routt County District Attorney’s Office on Wednesday filed 22 felony charges against four Steamboat Springs men arrested Friday night following a weekslong undercover investigation by the All Crimes Enforcement Team drug task force.
The four men suspected of possessing or selling heroin appeared in custody Wednesday before Routt County Judge James Garrecht. Court documents related to their arrests have been sealed because of an ongoing investigation...." (Read more? Click title)
"Unapologetically pursuing and tracking patterns within the news others make since 2010."
You are appreciated.
Stay the course.
Matt Stensland:
"Steamboat Springs — The Routt County District Attorney’s Office on Wednesday filed 22 felony charges against four Steamboat Springs men arrested Friday night following a weekslong undercover investigation by the All Crimes Enforcement Team drug task force.
The four men suspected of possessing or selling heroin appeared in custody Wednesday before Routt County Judge James Garrecht. Court documents related to their arrests have been sealed because of an ongoing investigation...." (Read more? Click title)
"Unapologetically pursuing and tracking patterns within the news others make since 2010."
December 13, 2011
SandBox Comments: Summit Daily News "Liddick: Education funding ruling a boondoggle"
"Hold on to your wallets, everyone, this is going to hurt. District Judge Sheila Rappaport has single-handedly decided your taxes should go up by 50 percent, minimum. And no whining, because “It's for the children...”
(Morgan Liddick)
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(Morgan Liddick)
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September 23, 2011
SandBox Comments: Aspen Daily News/Doug Allen "Nobody likes a bully"
Bullying?
Self-Defense or defense of a group?
Communication or free speech?
Effective communication on a level another will hear you?
Doug Allen of Aspen gives his definition. Up on The Aspen Daily News.
(...whisper..whisper...wonder who "we" is....whisper...whisper...wonder who "our" government is...whisper...whisper....)
"...I found a variety of different definitions for “bully” online, and they can all be generally summarized as a person with a desire for conflict who is habitually cruel or overbearing, typically to force a person or persons to do as they want.....
.....Disturbingly, the article also quotes Commissioner Rob Ittner, who voted for Marks, as saying “I just find it incredibly hypocritical to be judging her on her desire to have conflict.” I find it equally incredible that Ittner doesn’t understand a “desire for conflict” is about as welcome and useful on a volunteer advisory board as a clown is at a funeral.
Commissioners Richards, Hatfield and Owsley are to be commended for refusing to give this perennial malcontent yet another platform from which to bully the community. Through the democratic process, the majority of Aspen voters have time and again rejected Marks and Co.’s positions and behaviors, and the commissioners honored their constituents with this decision.
The people of Aspen have done nothing to deserve Marks’ brand of community service. And no, Marilyn, we don’t even want you to volunteer on the Noxious Weed Board, although the childhood rhyme “takes one to know one” does spring to mind. How many times, and in how many ways, must we tell you that we don’t want you involved in our city government?....."
(Doug Allen)
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"Truth goes through three stages. First it is ridiculed. Then violently opposed. Finally, it is accepted as self-evident."
Self-Defense or defense of a group?
Communication or free speech?
Effective communication on a level another will hear you?
Doug Allen of Aspen gives his definition. Up on The Aspen Daily News.
(...whisper..whisper...wonder who "we" is....whisper...whisper...wonder who "our" government is...whisper...whisper....)
"...I found a variety of different definitions for “bully” online, and they can all be generally summarized as a person with a desire for conflict who is habitually cruel or overbearing, typically to force a person or persons to do as they want.....
.....Disturbingly, the article also quotes Commissioner Rob Ittner, who voted for Marks, as saying “I just find it incredibly hypocritical to be judging her on her desire to have conflict.” I find it equally incredible that Ittner doesn’t understand a “desire for conflict” is about as welcome and useful on a volunteer advisory board as a clown is at a funeral.
Commissioners Richards, Hatfield and Owsley are to be commended for refusing to give this perennial malcontent yet another platform from which to bully the community. Through the democratic process, the majority of Aspen voters have time and again rejected Marks and Co.’s positions and behaviors, and the commissioners honored their constituents with this decision.
The people of Aspen have done nothing to deserve Marks’ brand of community service. And no, Marilyn, we don’t even want you to volunteer on the Noxious Weed Board, although the childhood rhyme “takes one to know one” does spring to mind. How many times, and in how many ways, must we tell you that we don’t want you involved in our city government?....."
(Doug Allen)
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"Truth goes through three stages. First it is ridiculed. Then violently opposed. Finally, it is accepted as self-evident."
SandBox Comments: Snowmass Sun "Barbara Lucks: ‘You're still pertinent. Keep writing'"
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"Truth goes through three stages. First it is ridiculed. Then violently opposed. Finally, it is accepted as self-evident."
"Truth goes through three stages. First it is ridiculed. Then violently opposed. Finally, it is accepted as self-evident."
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