Watchin' the Dog...

every flea will have his dog...

Travis Armstrong fancies himself a gov't watchdog..at least Nipper thinks he is anyway. In that capacity, Travis has broken some big stories about city hall...Helene's bathroom remodel was a biggie; David Pritchett's oft-mentioned law breaking ways when he violated the Brown Act..a silly anti-free speech statute written by a guy from Turlock, that keeps government folks from talking to each other at lunch time... Yep. Gorgeous and awesome. So, why is it that local Californian Governments cannot use open maillists, forums, irc chat, wikis, etc. for project collaboration online and have to stick with the antiquated notion of driving to meet in a previously agreed to location face to face as their only means of coordination? Because, according to many critics, there is not enough public access to the internet. The Brown Act needs to be amended to keep frivolous lawsuits out of the courts!!
Travis has also exposed some emails that caught the mayor and Pritchett calling the NewsPress management bad names..what were those names? I don't know, but Travis said he'll share the emails later..what a fuckin' snoop dog this guy is..well, what could possibly be some bad names for the News-Press..how about Wendy is a cunt! Travis eats poo poo! Nipper is a jackass! Something along those lines perhaps...I hope the emails are juicy, Travis, because if that's all you got on City Hall, you're not a watchdog, you're a shithead..
Now, Mayor Blum has agreed to go on Travis' radio show, AM 1290, (day and date unknown) to discuss open government..that should be entertaining..I hope the mayor nails Travis to the microphone for all the stories he made up about city issues..the only problem with these shows is they are censored due to advertising..I'd love to interview the NewsPress folks..as a matter of fact, here's an open invitation for them to come on this blog and answer my uncensored questions..Travis? Wendy? Nipper? anytime!!
Government Watchdogs..we need them. However, when the dogs are flea-ridden, unethical, dishonest, criminal and spineless...they are the ones who need to be monitored to keep the fleas from spreading....the only way to do this is to make Travis, Wendy and Nipper wear flea collars....yip yip for now!