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The Brian Lehrer Show

Tuesday, March 21, 2006
  • cutting money

    The $75 Solution

    Albany has a reputation as an arena for no-holds-barred lobbying. So when the head of the New York Lobbying Commission recently decided to interpret a $75 cap on gifts to apply on a yearly basis, rather than on a per-gift basis, he threw the state capitol’s political culture into tailspin.

Left Behind

Ronald B. Mincy, Maurice V. Russell professor of Social Policy and Social Work Practice at Columbia University School of Social Work and author, Black Males Left Behind (Urban Institute Books 2006)
and
Walter Fields, vice president of Political Development at Community Services Society of New York
- on the dim prospects of many young black men in America today

» Ronald B. Mincy (Columbia)
» The Community Services Society

Why Wi-fi?

Esme Vos, founder of Muniwireless.com, a portal for news and information on city wide wireless projects worldwide
-on the effort to get a municipal wireless network in major cities

» Muniwireless

Lobbying in New York: Part II

David M. Grandeau, executive director of the New York Temporary State Commission On Lobbying
-on making lobbying oversight more effective in Albany

» The New York Temporary State Commission On Lobbying

"I'm Spending that Capital on the War"

Steve Clemons, senior fellow and director of the American Strategy Program at the New America Foundation and blogger for TheWashingtonnote.com
-on the Presedent's press confrence earlier today

» The Washington Note
» The New America Foundation

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