The great City Hall cover-up came uncovered when the Columbus Dispatch broke the locally hushed fact that the alarm system in City Hall is not working, and hasn't worked for some time.
This is worthy of note for two reasons. One is that the City Hall computer guru, Jim Kolb, had sent a memo 2/21/08 which advised several administrators of the problem and said the matter should not be publicly discussed.
Duh. I knew about his memo that day or the next.
Which means so did the Advocate, in all probability, and though it isn't much of a story, it is a bit of the public's business and the Advocate got caught with its pants down - again. That's one aspect.
Another, and what makes it important, is the lack of security expertise that allowed this to happen and appears to be the real reason for the "cover-up" - that nobody wants to step forward and shoulder the blame.
So now that everyone knows there are no panic buttons that work, let's find out why they don't and what's it going to take to fix them. And in the meantime, until things are put in order, how about some assurances that Newark is at least trying to protect its employees?
Tuesday, February 26, 2008
Something about the White House that makes a person stupid
... Take Hillary, who spent eight years there, for instance.
"I know nothing about it," Clinton told ABC affiliate WFAA. "This is in the public domain. But let's just stop and ask yourself: 'Why are you -- why is anybody concerned about this?'"
Clinton said that she found questions about whether her campaign leaked the photo (of Obama dressed in African clothing) to be "really laughable."
Mrs. Clinton is another Bill - another liar, only more shrill and even more annoying than Bubba.
... Take George W. Bush, who spent nearly eight years there, for instance.
"I understand the mentality of the American people," Bush told attendees at the Republican Governors Association annual dinner. "I'm confident we'll hold the White House in 2008."
The man seems no longer trying to feign rationality. Nobody has ever been more distant from the mentality of the American people. And no President has ever done a more exquisite job of setting up his political party for a crushing defeat than has Bush. He no longer makes any sense whatever.
"I know nothing about it," Clinton told ABC affiliate WFAA. "This is in the public domain. But let's just stop and ask yourself: 'Why are you -- why is anybody concerned about this?'"
Clinton said that she found questions about whether her campaign leaked the photo (of Obama dressed in African clothing) to be "really laughable."
Mrs. Clinton is another Bill - another liar, only more shrill and even more annoying than Bubba.
... Take George W. Bush, who spent nearly eight years there, for instance.
"I understand the mentality of the American people," Bush told attendees at the Republican Governors Association annual dinner. "I'm confident we'll hold the White House in 2008."
The man seems no longer trying to feign rationality. Nobody has ever been more distant from the mentality of the American people. And no President has ever done a more exquisite job of setting up his political party for a crushing defeat than has Bush. He no longer makes any sense whatever.
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