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Elected Irrelevancy

Ahh the razzing. You’d think I had said it. My friends and family know that I lived for 10 years in SE Wisconsin … and boast about the area like I was born there (was not). Then comes Peggy West – the Milwaukee County Supervisor who doesn’t know Arizona borders Mexico. Okay … now the ignorant, “Cheesehead” stereotype seems harder to defend. What troubles me isn’t West’s lack of Geography, it’s yet another example of … Irrelevant government. This fault I will lay on my beloved Wisconsin to excess. Milwaukee County has serious issues … schools in disarray, infrastructure in decay, pension scandals, much of the tax base moving to Waukesha or Ozaukee Counties, etc. Really … Nothing out of the ordinary for a rust-belt area in the throws of the great recession.  But still a lot to deal with. Yet a county supervisor is again wasting government time talking about something that will in no way effect the lives and lively-hood of her constituents. The shame is that the only reason this is national news is that she isn’t smarter than a 5th Grader. So much of government’s time is irrelevant. Yet WE pay for them to sit around a be irrelevant. It’s not just Milwaukee county that is wasting it’s citizens tax dollar time. Remember the California people who were all fired up to boycott Arizona … ’til someone reminded them that Arizona supplies a major portion of ther electricity ? Whoops. In New England: A Woonsocket Rhode Island radio station that carries city meetings allowed citizens to call-in afterwords and comment on the day’s business. The callers were almost numb in their dis-belief. Paraphrased Comments: Did the meeting ever start?  I didn’t hear any issues being discussed that effect me? We have the highest unemployment in the nation … yet no discussion of how our city is helping citizens?  Do they even know? At least I know which side of the street I will be able to buy sparklers during the 4th of July parade … How about we only pay government officials for actual results they garner in bettering the lives of their constituents?? The transparency of the 140 Character World is opening the electorate’s eyes as to just how irrelevant their government can be. In the old days (10 years ago), people would just tell their friends and neighbors about irrelevant government. Today … through the majic of YouTube and podcasting, we can experience it all for ourselves. Just don’t eat a big meal before viewing … ** I do not have an opinion on the Arizona issue. I have not read the law, and therefore wonder how I would pontificate on something I have not read … unlike most of your elected officials. **

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Posted by Bob | Posted in Uncategorized | Posted on 03-08-2009

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TV trade, THE WRAP, talks about the end of the commercial stop-set on television.

This is to follow-up to a previous post about 84% of DVR users skipping through TV commercials.

This is the right thing to do.

The networks have no choice but to innovate - or risk falling behind New Media.

Even so – they must remember that the consumer is in charge.  Their new creative had better be compelling.

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