As I think I’ve demonstrated here in the past, I’m intrigued by what’s going on around the United States in the emerging field of citizen journalism. I like the idea of regular people rising up, motivated by the ever-decreasing quality of local reportage, and launching their own online news communities. As some of you may […]
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Bonnie Bucqueroux on the Lansing Online News
Posted in Media, Michigan, Other, Politics, Uncategorized Also tagged advertising, Al Gore, alternative press, Alternet, Ann Arbor News, B. L. Bucqueroux, Bill Castanier, Bonnie Bucqueroux, Bringing the Thunder to Southwest Lansing, Broadside, BSQUEAKY, Caron Creighton, Chris Savage, citizen journalism, Clarice Thompson, Community Policing, Dana Casadei, Detroitblogger John, digital divide, digital media, Erin Slayter, Flint, Frank Feska, future of journalism, Gone Wired Cafe, industrial agriculture, interviews, iPhone apps, Jonah Maygar, Justin Tadlock, L.A. Free Press, Lansing, Lansing Area Capital Gains, Lansing City Pulse, Lansing Community College, Lansing State Journal, Livestream, Michigan State University, MLive, MSNBC, new media, Okemos, open source, print, Print is Dead, public access television, Rachel Maddow, Raw Story, retirees, Runner's World, Samuel Rose, Santos Ramos, shoes, spitting cat, survivalist, Sustainable Farmer, tea party, The Citizens' Communique, The Climate Project, the shameful state of the American press, Therese Dawe, Todd Heywood, Traveler's Club, Truth-dig, Truthout, Virg Bernero, WLNZ, Yelp, Ypsi Sentinel, ZeroHedge 11 Comments
Michigan continues to dismantle valuable community infrastructure, shift tax burden to working class, in order to pay for tax breaks for business owners
As you may have read on Eclectablog a few days ago, Joseph Harris, the Emergency Financial Manager installed by the Governor’s office to oversee the dismantling/privatization of Benton Harbor, recently put the City’s small, in-house radio station up for sale on Ebay. Well, Rachel Maddow just picked up on the story. Here’s her report. Visit […]
Posted in Media, Michigan, Politics Also tagged Benton Harbor, community assets, Earned Income Tax Credit, Ebay, Emergency Financial Manager, Emergency Financial Manager’s Act, Homestead Property Tax Credit, Joseph Harris, Michigan Business Tax, pensions, privatization, Rick Snyder, shifting the tax burden to the working class, tax policy, Tax Time Bomb, taxing the poor, threats to Democracy, WBHC 29 Comments
Plotting world domination with Chris Savage
If tonight’s posts are less coherent than normal, it’s the fault of Chris Savage, the man behind the highly acclaimed website, Eclectablog. He and I went out this evening, accompanied by his wife, Anne, to discuss the state of the progressive blogosphere in Michigan over beers. While I’m not at liberty to tell you much […]
Posted in Media, Michigan, Politics Also tagged Anne Savage, Beer with Bloggers, Chris Savage 7 Comments