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Independence Day in the Dark
By: Paul Miller, Washington Examiner - OpEd Contributor
7/3/09
There is something in the air this Fourth of July weekend, but it isn't barbeque, fireworks or freedom - its secrecy.
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Chris Brogan knows social media. If you have a long term interest in all things social media I suggest you subscribe to his website feed.I've been getting his stuff via e-mail since the first of the year and his blog has become a must read. For those of you that don't know I get about 150 e-mails a day and read probably 80-90 of them. The price for staying connected I guess.
About six months ago Chris wrote a great article titled "If I started Today". Basically a run down of things people or organizations need to do to get a basic start in social media. Read it here.
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By Greg Hinz
Crain's Chicago Business
6/1/09
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via Facebook e-mail........
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via e-mail from Illinois Senate Republican caucus........
Ending Illinois’ system of gerrymandering legislative and congressional districts is the goal of a new state constitutional amendment (SJR-CA 69) filed by State Senator Dale Righter (R-Mattoon). Senate Republican Leader Christine Radogno has called for a special legislative session in September to take up the issue.
The Illinois Reform Commission, appointed by Governor Pat Quinn, had harsh words for Illinois’ winner-take-all system of drawing legislative and congressional districts, declaring that “regardless of which party wins, the
people of Illinois are the losers…”
Gerrymandering, a term that was coined at the
beginning of the 19th century to describe the political drawing of legislative districts to pre-determine election results, has grown increasingly sophisticated with the advent of computer-aided mapmaking.
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