Comments on: JeffCo Commission Gives $15,000 to Eagle Forum http://www.queervoice.net/kmcmullen/2008/01/09/jeffco-commission-gives-15000-to-eagle-forum/ Suburban Mom-Employed-Outside-the-Home Gone Bad Fri, 21 Nov 2008 10:31:39 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: ronnyjcuuks http://www.queervoice.net/kmcmullen/2008/01/09/jeffco-commission-gives-15000-to-eagle-forum/#comment-243454 ronnyjcuuks Sun, 15 Jun 2008 01:15:51 +0000 http://www.queervoice.net/kmcmullen/2008/01/09/jeffco-commission-gives-15000-to-eagle-forum/#comment-243454 Hi how are you doing <a href="http://go-va-here76579.blogspot.com" rel="nofollow">:)</a> Hi how are you doing :)

]]> By: Birmingham Blues » Blog Archive » Our Tax Dollars At Work http://www.queervoice.net/kmcmullen/2008/01/09/jeffco-commission-gives-15000-to-eagle-forum/#comment-206095 Birmingham Blues » Blog Archive » Our Tax Dollars At Work Sat, 23 Feb 2008 18:01:29 +0000 http://www.queervoice.net/kmcmullen/2008/01/09/jeffco-commission-gives-15000-to-eagle-forum/#comment-206095 [...] how the Jefferson County Commission voted to allow two commissioners to give $15,000 to support a conference put on by the right-wing Eagle Forum? Yeah, me too. Despite some outcry from taxpayers, the Commission went ahead with the donation, and [...] [...] how the Jefferson County Commission voted to allow two commissioners to give $15,000 to support a conference put on by the right-wing Eagle Forum? Yeah, me too. Despite some outcry from taxpayers, the Commission went ahead with the donation, and [...]

]]> By: Birmingham Blues » Blog Archive » Vote Tomorrow! http://www.queervoice.net/kmcmullen/2008/01/09/jeffco-commission-gives-15000-to-eagle-forum/#comment-200358 Birmingham Blues » Blog Archive » Vote Tomorrow! Mon, 04 Feb 2008 23:20:54 +0000 http://www.queervoice.net/kmcmullen/2008/01/09/jeffco-commission-gives-15000-to-eagle-forum/#comment-200358 [...] know very little about any of these candidates, but Bowman did vote to allow Commissioners Bettye Fine Collins and Jim Carns to give $15,000 in taxpayer money to fund [...] [...] know very little about any of these candidates, but Bowman did vote to allow Commissioners Bettye Fine Collins and Jim Carns to give $15,000 in taxpayer money to fund [...]

]]> By: Birmingham Blues » Blog Archive » Judges Rule Against Riley http://www.queervoice.net/kmcmullen/2008/01/09/jeffco-commission-gives-15000-to-eagle-forum/#comment-197027 Birmingham Blues » Blog Archive » Judges Rule Against Riley Wed, 23 Jan 2008 17:06:19 +0000 http://www.queervoice.net/kmcmullen/2008/01/09/jeffco-commission-gives-15000-to-eagle-forum/#comment-197027 [...] exactly covered himself with glory so far, voting along with the Republicans on the Commission to give $15,000 to the right-wing Eagle Forum while claiming to know nothing about the [...] [...] exactly covered himself with glory so far, voting along with the Republicans on the Commission to give $15,000 to the right-wing Eagle Forum while claiming to know nothing about the [...]

]]> By: Kathy http://www.queervoice.net/kmcmullen/2008/01/09/jeffco-commission-gives-15000-to-eagle-forum/#comment-193953 Kathy Sat, 12 Jan 2008 16:11:23 +0000 http://www.queervoice.net/kmcmullen/2008/01/09/jeffco-commission-gives-15000-to-eagle-forum/#comment-193953 Scott Stantis had a <a href="http://blog.al.com/stantis/2008/01/giving_jeffco_taxpayers_the_bi.html" rel="nofollow">great editorial cartoon</a> in yesterday's paper. I wish the public would pay more attention -- and make more noise -- when things like this happen. I'm glad to see there have been several letters to the editor published (which likely means there were many more submitted). Scott Stantis had a great editorial cartoon in yesterday’s paper. I wish the public would pay more attention — and make more noise — when things like this happen. I’m glad to see there have been several letters to the editor published (which likely means there were many more submitted).

]]> By: jaleo23 http://www.queervoice.net/kmcmullen/2008/01/09/jeffco-commission-gives-15000-to-eagle-forum/#comment-193816 jaleo23 Sat, 12 Jan 2008 02:01:29 +0000 http://www.queervoice.net/kmcmullen/2008/01/09/jeffco-commission-gives-15000-to-eagle-forum/#comment-193816 I work for the county, all I can say is WOW! The whole Jeffco Commission is a mess to say the least, and a cleaning of house, election of nonpartisan commissioners with the creation of a county manager is the only things that will save this county. I work for the county, all I can say is WOW! The whole Jeffco Commission is a mess to say the least, and a cleaning of house, election of nonpartisan commissioners with the creation of a county manager is the only things that will save this county.

]]> By: Helen http://www.queervoice.net/kmcmullen/2008/01/09/jeffco-commission-gives-15000-to-eagle-forum/#comment-193746 Helen Fri, 11 Jan 2008 21:37:11 +0000 http://www.queervoice.net/kmcmullen/2008/01/09/jeffco-commission-gives-15000-to-eagle-forum/#comment-193746 At the Immigration hearing in Hoover last night, a Council of Conservative Citizens member blasted the Southern Poverty Law Center for taking Government money, which it doesn't. Ironically he followed the hate-spin pronounced by Eagle Forum Executive Director (and chronologically eligible to be at least their granddaughter), Brooklyn Burgess, JD 2006, Pres of College Federalist Society, clerked for Susan Hirshmann, former National Eagle Forum Director and current lobbyist. http://www.williamsandjensen.com/principals.asp?id=15 Hirshmann is also a reported go-between for Tom Delay (she was his chief of staff) and Jack Abramoff and also with ties to Ralph Reed and Jack Scanlon. And there's more, she represented the Natl Indian Gaming Assn in 2004. http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Susan_B._Hirschmann She racked up $85,000 in travel expenses, "spent months away from Capitol Hill, visiting exotic international locales while conferring with heads of state and staying at oceanside resorts — most of the time with her lobbyist husband in tow." http://www.publicintegrity.org/powertrips/report.aspx?aid=77 At the Immigration hearing in Hoover last night, a Council of Conservative Citizens member blasted the Southern Poverty Law Center for taking Government money, which it doesn’t.

Ironically he followed the hate-spin pronounced by Eagle Forum Executive Director (and chronologically eligible to be at least their granddaughter), Brooklyn Burgess, JD 2006, Pres of College Federalist Society, clerked for Susan Hirshmann, former National Eagle Forum Director and current lobbyist.
http://www.williamsandjensen.com/principals.asp?id=15

Hirshmann is also a reported go-between for Tom Delay (she was his chief of staff) and Jack Abramoff and also with ties to Ralph Reed and Jack Scanlon. And there’s more, she represented the Natl Indian Gaming Assn in 2004.
http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Susan_B._Hirschmann

She racked up $85,000 in travel expenses, “spent months away from Capitol Hill, visiting exotic international locales while conferring with heads of state and staying at oceanside resorts — most of the time with her lobbyist husband in tow.”
http://www.publicintegrity.org/powertrips/report.aspx?aid=77

]]> By: Kathy http://www.queervoice.net/kmcmullen/2008/01/09/jeffco-commission-gives-15000-to-eagle-forum/#comment-193504 Kathy Fri, 11 Jan 2008 02:06:53 +0000 http://www.queervoice.net/kmcmullen/2008/01/09/jeffco-commission-gives-15000-to-eagle-forum/#comment-193504 bhb, given the Eagle Forum's positions on brown people, gays, and liberals, I'd say probably not. Well, the white women are welcome as long as they defer to the men. :) Lisa, :lol: ! Joe, I think the presumption is also on the part of the voters in their districts, who are sure they're voting for "good family men". (I have no reason to think they're wrong.) Katy, the Commissioners can probably use the dodge that the Eagle Forum is a non-profit. Which is not permitted to endorse candidates. Said restriction will in no way prevent the spewing of Republican talking points throughout the taxpayer-supported conference. You know, Bill, maybe Bettye Fine should have put that $10,000 aside in case she gets caught up in the ongoing sewer/bond investigation. It might cover a few days' worth of legal fees. bhb, given the Eagle Forum’s positions on brown people, gays, and liberals, I’d say probably not. Well, the white women are welcome as long as they defer to the men. :)

Lisa, :lol: ! Joe, I think the presumption is also on the part of the voters in their districts, who are sure they’re voting for “good family men”. (I have no reason to think they’re wrong.)

Katy, the Commissioners can probably use the dodge that the Eagle Forum is a non-profit. Which is not permitted to endorse candidates. Said restriction will in no way prevent the spewing of Republican talking points throughout the taxpayer-supported conference.

You know, Bill, maybe Bettye Fine should have put that $10,000 aside in case she gets caught up in the ongoing sewer/bond investigation. It might cover a few days’ worth of legal fees.

]]> By: Katy http://www.queervoice.net/kmcmullen/2008/01/09/jeffco-commission-gives-15000-to-eagle-forum/#comment-193483 Katy Fri, 11 Jan 2008 01:09:41 +0000 http://www.queervoice.net/kmcmullen/2008/01/09/jeffco-commission-gives-15000-to-eagle-forum/#comment-193483 Is that legal? Is that legal?

]]> By: bhmhomeboy http://www.queervoice.net/kmcmullen/2008/01/09/jeffco-commission-gives-15000-to-eagle-forum/#comment-193409 bhmhomeboy Thu, 10 Jan 2008 21:07:19 +0000 http://www.queervoice.net/kmcmullen/2008/01/09/jeffco-commission-gives-15000-to-eagle-forum/#comment-193409 "It is, of course, totally coincidental that every politiican scheduled to participate on the legislative panel has an R after his (white, male, presumably straight) name." Is the Eagle Forum open to people that don't fit the above criteria? “It is, of course, totally coincidental that every politiican scheduled to participate on the legislative panel has an R after his (white, male, presumably straight) name.”

Is the Eagle Forum open to people that don’t fit the above criteria?

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