Posts Tagged ‘budget’
Twitter Updates for 2009-05-15
- Two words: Go Blackhawks. I have no particular loyalty to the team, but any team up against the Red Wings is my favorite. #
- Knock ‘em dead, Rog! RT @RogerSalazar: I’ll be on Good Day Sacramento (KOVR 13) at 6:30 am tomorrow discussing the Doomsday budget. #
- If the first clip is an indicator, Interview Project from @DavidLynch will be superb X 121: http://tinyurl.com/ozbc2d #
Twitter Updates for 2009-05-09
- @lauriepercival Did I see you mention Coin Op yesterday? I actually went to Art Center with @pennyman. It’s a small Twitterverse. in reply to lauriepercival #
- RT @Krom4Congress: Share Mother’s Day with me & my family at: http://www.actblue.com/page/krommothersday #
- @pennyman I’ll come post-March 19 Special Election. Very busy right now. Now if someone can just watch the kids, Jennifer can come too! in reply to pennyman #
- Arrived at FAME for setup of Budget Reform townhall with Speaker Bass and coalition partners. Underestimated driving time w/o traffic. #
- CDP Regional Director Terrence Montgomery kicks things off. #
- Speaker Karen Bass adressing a packed house at 10:00 AM Saturday. People have a lot of questions and concerns about California’s future. #
- Mary Rose Ortega – a teacher for 26 years – talks about importance of passing Props 1A and 1B to save critical school funding. #
- Rochelle from the California PTA stands up to speak on Propositions 1A & 1B. On education: “need an investment to match our expectations.” #
- Kathy Icenhower of Shields for Families makes a compelling case for Props 1D & 1E from a caregiver’s point of view. #
- AARP representative: “We’re at a Church…remember Noah and work two by two. Call two friends or family. Have them call two others.” #
- @thereisnoplan Agree with you (for the most part) and would love a Constitutional Convention to sort out the mess. How does that help today? in reply to thereisnoplan #
Twitter Updates for 2009-05-05
- RT @LAist: Another Comedy Death in LA: The Onion, Reportedly: The Los Angeles (and San Francisco) edit.. http://tr.im/kyIl #
- http://tinyurl.com/dzxmvr RT @sacbee_news: Schwarzenegger says ‘time for debate’ on legal marijuana http://tinyurl.com/ca9om2 #
- RT @KQED_CapNotes: If budget ballot props fail, Schwarzenegger to propose suspension of 2004 local govt $ measure. http://bit.ly/14vfsN #
David Plouffe or Mitch Stewart: Who’s more of a pill? (Watch and decide)
Organizing for America, the nationwide undertaking that picks up where the Obama campaign left off, has a video out today encouraging folks to join their Pledge Project in support of President Obama’s budget and program blueprint.
The video is in the stlye of Obama for America campaign manager David Plouffe’s frequent and popular webcam updates – right down to the compelling delivery.
Mitch Stewart, Director of the new OfA, hits all the thrilling Plouffe-ian notes: The stoic, staid monotone. The mind-nimbingly spartan slides. Art direction consisting of Obama signs and maps on office walls.
Nothing like sticking to what works, eh?
So look at the video above and the one below and tell me, who’s more boring Plouffe or Stewart? And does it matter if they continue to be so successful?
Funny Money – Rick Jacobs’ Courage Campaign Passes Counterfeit “Arnold Bucks”
Here’s the latest creative effort from our good friends at the Courage Campaign Issues Committee, calling attention to Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger’s sending Californinans IOU’s instead of much needed aid or tax refunds.
Many Californians are so overwhelmed by this paralyzing crisis that they’ve just tuned it out. As a result, Arnold is not being held accountable for his failure to lead.
That’s why we decided to try something a bit unorthodox — raise awareness by using humor to highlight the absurdity of these IOU’s, or what we are calling “Arnoldbucks.”
We asked one of our members to see what would happen if he tried to use “Arnoldbucks” as legal tender at a few businesses in the area. You won’t believe what happened. It’s all caught on camera — even a few security cams.
Know a friend who might need a laugh? Share this video with them, download your own Arnoldbucks below, then tell us your ideas. (Courage Campaign: Arnold Bucks)
My favorite part: “The State of California would gladly pay you Tuesday for a cheeseburger today.”
Arnold can haz cheezburger?
Indie 103.1 is Dead. Long live Indie 103.1
New logo for a new Indie 103.1 - now going all web-based
Driving to work this morning I was a little surprised to hear Sinatra’s My Way on Indie 103.1 FM. Not too terribly surprised, mind you. Free from the usual constrained playlists, Indie was capable of anything.
What followed the last trailing strings of the Anka-penned tune was very disheartening for me. A promo that Indie 103.1 was leaving the radio dial and becoming an internet-only broadcaster.
I don’t know how this change will effect their revenues and budget, and worry that the array of hosts won’t stick around for web only broadcasting.  WIll this be goodbye to Jonesy, Rollins, and the other great jocks Indie has had picking and spinning records since going on the air a few years back?
Aside from losing a great voice for independent, new and local music on the Los Angeles airwaves; I always take stations changing formats hard. I grew up around the radio business. Since he was seventeen – not too long before I was born! – my dad has been a disc jockey. A station changing formats hits a radio station like a factory closing. People and families who work there are thrust into a very uncertain situation.
So here’s the best to Indie 103.1 in its new incarnation, and to the staff and their families who will be effected by this change. May Marconi smile down on you from the radio heavens.
I’ll leave you with an in studio acoustic performance by The TIng Tings on Indie 103.1 (including That’s Not My Name):
Governor Schwarzenegger’s Hit Christmas Family Movie (but not Jingle All the Way)
The good folks at Courage Campaign Issues Committee (disclosure: I’ve done a bit of work for them) are making spirits bright…at the Governor’s expense.
Robert in Monterey talks about the piece at Calitics:
The Courage Campaign, in partnership with Donkey on the Edge and with the support of Cheri and Naren Shankar, put together this video of Arnold’s “California Carol” – Arnold is visited by the ghosts of California past, present and future, showing him the error of his ways.
Unfortunately, California’s Ebenezer Scrooge isn’t going to have a Christmas morning change of heart and suddenly decide to provide funding for schools and health care. Not unless we the people demand that he stop cutting and start saving California by signing the Democratic budget deal. (Calitics – Arnold’s Nightmare: A California Carol)
Lest ye forget, this is not the Governor’s first foray into holiday entertainment. As bad as the situation is in Sacramento, do we really want him going back to this…
