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Wednesday, January 17, 2007
A Different Sort of Ethical Problem in Government
How do you stand? Is it all right for two Council members to work for each other?
An article in the Chieftain reports that two of the seven finalists for City Council District 2 seats have close ties to current members of Council, but there’s “no conflict.” Of interest, we assume.
It seems that finalist Betty Martinez works at the same firm as Randy Thurston, and finalist Derrick Padilla is Council Member Ray Aguilera’s boss at PCC. It makes for an interesting ethical situation.
Friday, January 12, 2007
Caveat Emptor
Phoney phone calls from a phoney Health Department ‘official’.
Here’s a blurb from the Pueblo Public Health Department about someone impersonating one of their staff….
Friday, January 05, 2007
Funding Higher Ed: Two Points of View
One asks the state for more higher ed money, saying it’s needed. The other says to the feds: why do you think they need it?
Today’s Pueblo Chieftain trumpets the need for more state spending on higher ed in the state, lauding the efforts of Colorado Succeeds to get the legislature to pump more money into the state’s colleges and universities.
Meanwhile, over on Townhall.com, Jason Mattera points out how fat cat universities don’t need any more money because they’ve got endowments with investment incomes that make third world countries jealous. He points out how tuitions keep rising, while at the same time, endowments keep increasing and federal government aid keeps increasing. And no one has effectively demonstrated why colleges and universities need the money, although he notices a lot of bloat in administrative positions.