Comments on: San José Spotlight wins SPJ’s James Madison Freedom of Information Award

By: HB

HB — Mon, 22 Mar 2021 04:28:47 +0000

Congrats on your award!

By: Evan Dowling

Evan Dowling — Sun, 21 Mar 2021 18:10:45 +0000

Congratulations. But you have only skimmed the service. Please look deeper and you will find a cesspool of corruption within the County of Santa Clara, including perjury, bribery, coercion, extortion, abuse of power, obstruction of justice, contempt of civil grand juries, criminal conspiracy, misuse of Federal, State, and local tax dollars (including MediCal), contempt of taxpayers, and a disregard of the public welfare. For the record, I am a recently terminated Management Analyst who served 19 years in the County of Santa Clara, mostly in the Social Services Agency. I was terminated because I am 64 years old in a County that has long practiced age discrimination, and because I was a whistleblower that reported organized crime in a County that celebrates it.

By: Never was SJ Kulak

Never was SJ Kulak — Sun, 21 Mar 2021 16:41:18 +0000

In reply to Econoclast.

This rag is a mouthpiece for the establishment and the rich…

What are you talking about?

I overestimated your critical thinking skills.

By: Sandi Strouse

Sandi Strouse — Sat, 20 Mar 2021 14:37:56 +0000

In reply to Econoclast. Congratulation on your award.

By: Econoclast

Econoclast — Sat, 20 Mar 2021 06:23:22 +0000

If it doesn’t burn a little going down, it ain’t real food.
If it ain’t a little messy, it ain’t real sex.
If it doesn’t make the wealthy and powerful a little uncomfortable, it ain’t real journalism.

Hoping this vote of confidence will multiply and magnify spotlights pointed toward the dark intersections of corporate business and the Madisonian democracy (http://cstl-cla.semo.edu/kpsexton/pdfs/MadisonianModel.pdf).

Congratulations.

By: James Madison’s ghost

James Madison’s ghost — Sat, 20 Mar 2021 01:52:38 +0000

I was not the creative force behind the First Amendment. Iwas part of the Federalist and believed the government would “stay in its box” and only do those things enumerated in the various articles of the constitution. It was the Anti-Federalist that said “no no no. We need a bill of rights”.

You should see my proposal for the second amendment after I finally agreed to a bill of rights. It was quite clear that people should be able to own firearms.

If you support me, write about federal government over reach such as the whole department of education. That’s not in the constitution. There are whole swaths of the federal bureaucracy that should be done away with so that states and the people can take over as I intended.

Also, where are the conservatives and constitutionalist on this site writing articles to debate the great ideas our city and state and federal government are implementing? I guess we should just go back to having polarized news and let people know where that org stands… like the good ol’ days in the founding. I ‘member… do you???