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“Been through the DISTORT on a KEY with No Name…”
GREEN Reactor column
[Published in The Blue Paper newspaper on May 24, 2013.]
“Been through the DISTORT
on a KEY with No Name…”
In the Keys there are two “mainstream” newspapers: the daily Key West Citizen (owned by the Cooke family, previous owners of the LA Daily News and the NFL Redskins, nowadays owners of over a dozen smaller papers in FL and NC); and the twice-a-week KeyNoter (owned by the McClatchy Company, 3rd biggest US newspaper publisher, including the Miami Herald). Though various incarnations of The Blue Paper have been around for almost 20 years, its reach currently pales in comparison to these bigger corporate papers.
Their reach grants them significant impact on local affairs. Quite often government wonks bow to their editorial pronouncements. At a minimum their opinions reach a lot of people who get little other “authoritative” input on local affairs. (more…)
Paging Doctor GREEN
GREEN Reactor column
[Published in The Blue Paper newspaper on May 10, 2013.]
Paging Doctor GREEN
After the elections last year I made it clear that I no longer consider myself a Democrat (see “Farewell Democrats”). No, I didn’t jump to the dark side — but I no longer trust that the Dems as a party are willing to push hard enough toward the goals that we as a society must reach to
provide what mankind needs to survive and thrive. I’ve turned to the Green Party to fill that void, and I will do everything I can to increase its viability in our political process.
The Green Party isn’t just for tree-huggers, it’s a full-platform political party with a slate of 10 values backing its positions. Among them is the value that I hold most dear: SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EQUAL OPPORTUNITY. And it is hard to find a better example of LACK of social justice/equal opportunity in today’s world than this one: Access to health care. This absolutely is a GREEN issue.
Here in Florida the situation is atrocious. (more…)