New Orleans Catching up on Skype this week, it was great to hear the progress ACORN Bristol had made in the United Kingdom in advancing the campaign to win what they call an Ethical Letting Charter or a model set of standards for landlords and tenants. The campaign has been developing for months as …
Month: March 2015
Hardball on Disproportionate Share Might Equal State Expanded Medicaid
New Orleans When the archly conservative National Journal asks whether the Obama Administration is preparing to play hardball with Florida over $1 billion in Medicaid funding that is set to expire later this year for “disproportionate share,” the heart quickens as people, meaning most rational and sentient beings, committed to better health care for all, …
The Political Issue of Traffic Cameras
New Orleans No matter whether you care who is the mayor of Chicago or not, and believe me it is a factor in an important and hot contest between incumbent and former chief of staff for both Clinton and Obama, Rahm Emmanuel, and challenger Cook County Commissioner Jesus “Chuy” Garcia carrying the flag for progressives …