Showing posts with label Government Transparency. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Government Transparency. Show all posts
September 6, 2020

Why the budget and the budget process is broken in Long Beach California

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As there is yet another budget hearing coming up in Long Beach on September 8 2020 we thought we would use our blog post as our comments. Ge...
July 11, 2014

The last day to submit FCC comment on network neutrality is July 15 2014

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The last day to submit FCC comment on network neutrality is July 15 2014. This is it folks. If you want blogs and small non corporate websi...
July 7, 2014

Lakewood is correct in opposing a California Assembly resolution which seeks to eliminate the ability of cities to outsource services

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The City of Lakewood is opposing this California Assembly resolution (also reprinted below as of this posting; House Resolution No. 29) w...
June 13, 2011

We could not have said this better ourselves

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If you want to learn about pro sports, yesterdays weather, police chases, lost pets, car accidents, fires and other headline catching news (...
April 29, 2011

Crime mapping in Lakewood gets a facelift (once it comes on line)

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We of course were not surprised when the Sheriff's dept. (LASD) managed to once again drop the ball on crime reporting. We applaud the L...
April 7, 2011

Transparency and Open Government in Lakewood: Larry Van Nostran does not get it

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The only thing that happened to LAAG's transparency pledge we sent to all candidates (including Larry Van Nostran) on 2/17/11 was that ...
March 18, 2011

"Sunshine Week" turns out to be rather overcast

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We have to agree with this editorial. Transparency is not hard but some government entities (especially local ones) sure like to make it app...
March 2, 2011

Lakewood City Council candidate roundup for the March 8, 2011 City Council election

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Well the day is almost upon us. Make sure you sharpen your pencils and make it to the polls on March 8, 2011 as this year, for a change, we...
February 21, 2011

The need for transparency in local government grows

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See our related post on our proposed candidates transparency pledge This story from the LA Times is quite timely given our prior post and...
February 17, 2011

The Lakewood transparency in local government pledge

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Update: see related post on need for transparency and our Candidate Review We are asking all Lakewood City Council candidates, and incu...