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NPR on Amendment E

For those of you checking in as a result of Nina Totenberg’s story about Amendment E on today’s Morning Edition, welcome. It also led to hearing from long lost college friends (Hi, Paul) and former newsroom compatriots (Hi, Gordon.)

For those who did not hear the story, here is a synopsis and the audio. And […]

That darn media

If you occasionally glance at the web site run by Amendment E’s California “publicist,” you’ll see the disjointed stream of consciousness rantings and ravings are directed more and more at the media. Could it have anything to do with the fact condemnation of Amendment E keeps coming in from around the nation? Here’s a couple […]

Amendment E polling

As I have distanced myself from politics over the years, I likewise am probably years if not decades behind on polling. That said, it looks like there’s some interesting developments in polling on Amendment E (J.A.I.L.).

I heard over the weekend that within the last 10-14 days, three separate polls — one by the No […]

E as in editorial pages

As the election nears, Amendment E (J.A.I.L.) is starting to pop up a bit more frequently on the editorial pages. Here’s a look a few recent mentions.

First, as local residents know, the Argus Leader began running its election positions and endorsements. It didn’t use many column inches on Amendment E but it was to […]

Bill’s “bombshells” a/k/a the truth

Many of my posts on J.A.I.L. (Amendment E) over the last year have focused on what I have no problem calling lies and misrepresentations. Yet I like it more when the backers, such as South Dakota J.A.I.L.er-in-Chief Bill Stegmeier, tell the truth. Why? Because it reveals the heart, purpose and intent of Amendment E.

One […]