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Turning campaign laws into a political weapon

Have our municipal elections in Longmont suddenly become so corrupt and rotten that we need a draconian version of the already confusing state and federal fair campaign laws to bludgeon our neighbors over the head with, in case they step out of line? I don’t think so. But that’s what the Longmont Fair Campaign Practices Act seems to be turning into – just another political weapon.

Longmont needs you (and your car) to help to make history this Friday for satellite from space photo

How many cars, when placed in a lettered row in a high school parking lot, does it take to spell out the letter "L" in the name Longmont? Five. How many does it take to spell out Longmont? Forty-four. Add the word "Google" and you need a total of 82 cars.

Read the article by the Longmont Examiner about the community effort being planned for a photo shoot from space by Longmont's own Digital Globe in our city's continued plan to win the Google Fiber Project...

Levisons "Chicago" moment

The June 8, 2010 Longmont City Council meeting might turn out to be one of the more dissected, now and in the future.  This is Part 3 (of hopefully 3) of what occurred that night, this time it's the Sarah Levison Show.  She had a "Chicago" moment.  Not the city, the band.  Remember the song that had the line "hard for me to say I'm sorry"?  Switch the word hard with impossible.

Sammoury shines in otherwise ludicrous council meeting

This is basically Part 2 of 3 of the June 8, 2010 Longmont City Council meeting.  First was "Longmont loons on parade" where I showed a group of citizens basically making themselves look like the south end of a horse.  Thankfully, now I'll go from shameful to uplifting, as I present you the presentation that Councilmember Alex Sammoury made.  And attention nutjobs:  his name rhymes with the spanish word amore, not Toyota Camry.  This video is solid gold, the best of the group (mainly because the next one of Councilmember Sarah Levison is mostly pathetic).