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Permalink Reply by bamage on May 16, 2008 at 12:51pm

How about this? (Greenwald says it much better than I do)
http://www.salon.com/opinion/greenwald/2008/05/13/rove/index.html
Several aspects of this story are newsworthy.
1. The virtually complete news blackout on the story itself.
2. The program's patent illegality.
3. Dana Perino's explicit denial of White House knowledge of the program.
4. Karl Rove's apparent involvement.
5. Harry Reid's promise of congressional investigation. (I'm holding my breath)

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Permalink Reply by Meymo Lyons on May 16, 2008 at 2:37pm

Thanks for responding but I think its a fair request for a news organization such as our network NPR. WAMU news really focuses on local Washington metropolitan area stories. Please do stay in touch! And pitch me some local news.

Meymo

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Permalink Reply by Julia on May 16, 2008 at 4:55pm

Columbia, MD 40 years after. Will the original pioneers be able to let go and let succeeding generations take control of Rouse's American City?

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Permalink Reply by Tex Harris on May 16, 2008 at 10:51pm

Here is a tale on the local news front

Alert folks to the preparations being done to add pay lanes to the beltway from the Am Legion Bridge to the mixing bowl in Springfield. Huge multiyear project which will cost billions and impact all of Nothern VA.

VDOT has begun to bulldoze huge spaces along the hiway to store equipment , matericals and locate offices.. with NO consent or notice to the Fairfax Co. or to local folks. It just happens.. See the site at Balls Hill road and 193 (exit 44 of the beltway.)

cheers Tex Harris

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Permalink Reply by Evie on May 19, 2008 at 7:52am

Ohhh... so that's why I have noticed a mass clearing of trees along 495 outer loop around the 66 exit. The HOT lanes are coming soon along with years of disruption and millions of dollars spent.
It annoys me to no end that a better public transportation infrastructure is not being built. Instead, more lanes for more cars (cars with drivers willing to pay, that is). What about a metro train? What about bike lanes? Buses? I'm sure there are reasons for not opting to build a metro line (cost? ridership? space?), but, I wish I knew why.

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Permalink Reply by Meymo Lyons on May 19, 2008 at 10:42am

Hello Tex,

We are going to tackle this issue again this week. When we do would you mind weighing in yourself as a citizen? If you are not comfortable with us using your full name we could just use your first . Nothing drives people crazier than the commute. I drive in from Loudoun County every day. OMG !

Meymo

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Permalink Reply by Meymo Lyons on May 19, 2008 at 10:43am

Hello Evie,

Thanks for your email. We will get on this story this week. I really appreciate your input. Please stay in touch.

Meymo

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Permalink Reply by Meymo Lyons on May 19, 2008 at 11:18am

I love this. I wonder if you know someone in the foreign service . The best way to do this is to personalize the story with someone involved. Please let me know and thanks for the input. Keep pitching !

Best,

Meymo

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Permalink Reply by Sharlene Asendio on May 20, 2008 at 9:56pm

As the school year winds down across the US, I would like to focus attention to the gross inequity in resources in our schools. I have had the opportunity to work in the School District of Philadelphia for the last two years ( after 36 years _and one year of 'retirement' in Long Island education systems). The lack of EVERYTHING in Philadelphia is deplorable and heart breaking. The book cover of Philly schools looks great, but the chapters are empty.

My students there deserve the same quality of education as my past LI students and every other student in the US. However, many of the schools are old, run down and DIRTY. While there are many excellent, hard working teachers - many more are inexperienced and overwhelmed. Poor and "in trouble" teachers are keep in "rubber rooms" (At full pay) for months , while classrooms remain overcrowded.

The school behavioral climate is out of control and there are too few school personnel to put a dent in correcting the problems. Cultural arts are non-existent. Children who most need "the extras", don't have many of the basics.

At my school, a clean cafeteria, good food, a playground void of glass and cracked cement and some after school activities would go a long way.

Is there anyone reading this who can help my school out???? I have the energy to organize, but I personally don't have the financial backing that it takes. If I could "fix up" John Kinsey Elementary School - it would be a small step in the right direction.

Thanks for listening. I can be reached at sdasendio@optonline.net

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Permalink Reply by Chris on May 21, 2008 at 7:08am

Too late. The pioneers already have, for the most part, "let go". And the results are not good.

Go take a look at the Wilde Lake village center, where the new owner just "can't find" anyone to sell groceries at the location that Giant abandoned, and just can't think of anything to do with the center other than to build 500 apartments there (ka-CHING).

Go take a look at my street, where the current town management thought it would be just swell to allow a resident to tear down his rancher and replace it with a McMansion that is not only twice the size of any other house on the street but also totally out of synch, architecturally, with the rest of the neighborhood. (This explains why, whenever I'm working in our front garden, walkers and bikers routinely stop and ask me why there is a [pick one: funeral home/bed and breakfast/multi-family dwelling] on our residential street.)

Oh, and why was the old house a rancher? So that it would not block the other residents' view of Wilde Lake. Jim Rouse insisted on this and would not sell the lot until a builder agreed to his condition. Well, he's dead, so who cares?

There's more, but it's all just too depressing.

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Permalink Reply by Karl on May 21, 2008 at 8:25am

I would love to hear a follow-up story on how DC bars are faring with the smoking ban. The focus should be more on the neighborhood bars that do not rely on tourists. Have they lost customers? Have they gained them? Etc.

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Permalink Reply by Meymo Lyons on May 21, 2008 at 11:46am

Dear Sharlene,

Thank you very much for your impassioned plea. I could not agree more. God willing, someone with deep pockets will respond. How shameful that any children, much less the children of the most richly blessed people in the world, would be subjected to shabby and unsafe conditions. Please keep me posted. The love you have for children is palpable. You are a treasure !

Best,

Meymo

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