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Artist draws from emotion, regions for painted motifs
Wade Coggeshall
Reporter
As early as preschool, Elizabeth Huey has been fascinated with art, particularly painting and drawing. During a strange and emotionally searing adolescence, she became entrenched in psychology.
Her experience and subsequent studies are now partially responsible for painted motifs that can be both fantastically mirthful and symbolically unsettling.
As part of Wabash College?s McGregor Visiting Artist series, Huey will present her exhibition, ?The Old Jail.? The opening reception is 8-9:30 p.m. today in the Randolph Deer Art Wing of the Eric Dean Gallery at Wabash College?s Fine Arts Center. The Eponymous Trio also will perform. Gallery hours are 8 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday-Friday and 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Saturday.
Huey first came to Crawfordsville in August to find inspiration for the exhibition. Besides an obvious visit to the Old Jail Museum, she took in several area antique stores and the Indiana Medical History Museum on Indianapolis?s west side.
?It?s been a really enlightening time for me,? Huey said. ?I look for a little flavor in every region I visit in the United States.?
The Medical History Museum once was connected to an insane asylum, where doctors studied their patients after they died by performing lobotomies. Peering into the mind is a recurring theme in Huey?s art.
The Virginia native and Brooklyn resident attributes that focus from her own experience of being institutionalized as a teen for two years.
?I was definitely an over-emotional and rebellious teenager,? Huey said. ?I started drinking early and running away from home. I was socially ill-equipped. My parents talked to a therapist because they didn?t know what to do. The therapist recommended they send me to this place.?
She?s talking about Straight Inc., a nationwide program for troubled teens. Huey was sent to the one in Springfield, Va., just outside Washington, D.C.
?You had to sit in the same room from 8 a.m. until sometimes midnight, in the same chair, with no windows, and just listen to people all day talk, one at a time,? she said of the experience. ?Yeah, it got me interested in thought processes (a reference to her bachelor?s degree in psychology from George Washington University). Teenagers without radio and television, couldn?t go to school for quite a while until we earned the right. We were just in that room.?
Huey said Straight Inc. affected some 50,000 teens. It has since been closed for numerous allegations of abuse. But when asked how if affected her, Huey can?t give a specific answer.
?That?s the question that, for me, in part, continues to drive my work because it was such an intense experience,? she said. ?It shaped my life for better and worse. Every memorable experience for me embodies both ? very great things and things that aren?t so great.?
Such an event helps explain Huey?s attraction to the Old Jail, other than that she?d previously never heard of such a circular structure.
?(Prisoners) were really trapped in there, and someone else had to crank it to move it,? Huey said. ?As a metaphor, there are definitely things in my own life and things I see in other people?s lives that feel a little bit locked in and it keeps going around, there?s a desire to exit a situation, but maybe it?s difficult to get out. And visually, there?s no exit there.?
?The Old Jail? exhibition will feature Huey?s first sculpture ? a recreation of the interior of a room in a tutor-style house, complete with barred windows ? along with drawings and two large-scale collages. Much of her work centers on dualities: humans vs. nature, freedom vs. oppression, what is real vs. what your mind perceives, control vs. subjugation. The complexities of behavior and emotion afford Huey a wealth of stimuli in which to parse.
?I?m definitely interested in both the architectural and the organic,? she said. ?It?s very difficult, especially in New York, to go to a park without the intrusion of things like power lines and gas pipes. There?s very little left of the pristine landscape that one might?ve seen a hundred years ago. So I?ve opted to embrace that in my work and emphasize it. For me it begins to represent what I believe does happen in the mind ? that there are these things we can control, and then there are these things that are completely out of our control.
?During the Renaissance time, seeing the paintings then, the way they sculpted the landscapes and made elaborate people. They did this in part because they were afraid of the wild. At that time you never knew what could attack you. Even though we?re not living in that kind of world anymore, there?s this attempt still to make and build things we can have control over, turn on and turn off. That becomes even more prevalent in light of what?s happening with the weather and this feeling of the world being out of control.?
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Battaglia Firm Strengthens Influence In Pinellas Courts
ST. PETERSBURG--In a closely-watched case in Florida involving charges of political influence and judicial corruption, Tampa attorney Mark A. Adams has charged that principals in the politically-connected, high-powered law firm of Battaglia, Ross, Dicus and Wein of St. Petersburg have allegedly bragged about the influence they wield in the Florida court system.
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Straight, Sarasota
`80 - `82
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Yep ...now is the time :smokin:
On 2005-11-14 22:04:00, Antigen wrote:
"Battaglia Firm Strengthens Influence In Pinellas Courts
ST. PETERSBURG--In a closely-watched case in Florida involving charges of political influence and judicial corruption, Tampa attorney Mark A. Adams has charged that principals in the politically-connected, high-powered law firm of Battaglia, Ross, Dicus and Wein of St. Petersburg have allegedly bragged about the influence they wield in the Florida court system.
That influence just got a whole lot stronger and a lot more visible with Gov. Jeb Bush's recent appointment of firm principal Edwin B. Jagger to a judgeship in the Sixth Judicial Circuit Court of Pinellas and Pasco Counties---the same court system where the Battaglia firm has joined with Judge Crockett Farnell to bring contempt charges against Adams and to file complaints against him with the Florida Bar which could result in Adams' disbarment.
Adams openly admits that he has filed complaints with the Florida's Department of Law Enforcement and federal law enforcement agencies against the Battaglia firm and several judges regarding improper influence and alleged judicial corruption in the Tampa Bay area, supported by documentary evidence.
Adams has also asked Chief Justice Barbara Pariente of the Florida Supreme Court to open an investigation into alleged judicial corruption in the court system.
Jagger, 40, of Seminole, has worked for firm principal Anthony S. Battaglia, a member of the Republican hierarchy, since his graduation from Stetson Law School in 1991. He currently chairs the firm's tax, probate, estate and trust department.
Battaglia was a member of the Republican National Committee for Florida and is a member of the Florida Bar Board of Governors. A former chief assistant U.S. Attorney, Battaglia has also served as chairman of the federal district courthouse for St. Petersburg and as chairman of the Judicial Nominating Commission of the Sixth Judicial Circuit.
Battaglia was the defense attorney for Republican Congressman Richard Kelly, a former Pasco County Circuit Court judge, in the FBI Abscam sting. Kelly was the only Republican Congressman to be convicted in Abscam.
Battaglia has also represented Straight Inc., now known as the Drug Free America Foundation Inc.. Straight was founded in 1976 by Betty and Mel Sembler, appointed U.S. Ambassador to Italy by President Bush. Battaglia successfully represented Straight when the organization sued the state of Florida giving parents the right to force their children into drug rehabilitation without a court order.
Adams says that Weber and other members or employees of the Battaglia law firm had allegedly boasted that they could influence Sixth Judicial Circuit Court Judge Crockett Farnell in civil litigation in which the Battaglia firm was defending an action brought against Corporate Sports Marketing of Clearwater, their client, by Adams and his client.
Jagger is the son of long-time Pinellas County public defender Robert E. Jagger who is also a principal in the Battaglia law firm. Jagger began his legal career as a summer intern in college for Pinellas County chief judge Susan Schaeffer.
According to the law firm's website, Jagger has managed and built Battaglia into one of the busiest estate planning and probate practices in St. Petersburg, serving over 2,000 of the firm's will and trust clients, as well as providing counsel to many corporations and prominent business persons throughout Pinellas County. Mr. Jagger has been appointed by both private individuals and the courts to serve as personal representative (executor) and/or trustee of many significant estates and trusts.
10-22-05
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http://www.northcountrygazette.org/arti ... aglia.html (http://www.northcountrygazette.org/articles/102205Battaglia.html)I was born a heretic. I distrust those people who know so well what God wants them to do because I notice it always coincides with their own desires.
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And the walls come tumbeling down!!!!!
Is any one else as happy as I am today
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On 2005-11-15 06:38:00, Anonymous wrote:
"And the walls come tumbeling down!!!!!
Is any one else as happy as I am today"
Yes, happy, very very happy and very pleased. However, I don't think this is The Break® yet. Not even sure there will be one. It may be more of a gradual, subtle shift in attitudes.
But this does mark some progress in the right direction, in my opinion. Evidently, the word is out and starting to take purchase that Straight was one fucked up project and that it and DFAF are one and the same. So, instead of skipping right over it as irrelavent, some journalist investigatng a character like Bataglia knows to include that little detail in their coverage.
MORE, please, kind journalists! These people have their fingers in a LOT of pies. Just please include that information wherenver and whenever it is true and correct. That'll do it for me.
Ministers say that they teach charity. That is natural. They live on hand-outs. All beggars teach that others should give.
--Robert G. Ingersoll, American politician and lecturer
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Straight, Sarasota
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Thank you all so much!
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On 2005-11-14 22:04:00, Antigen wrote:
"Battaglia Firm Strengthens Influence In Pinellas Courts
ST. PETERSBURG--In a closely-watched case in Florida involving charges of political influence and judicial corruption, Tampa attorney Mark A. Adams has charged that principals in the politically-connected, high-powered law firm of Battaglia, Ross, Dicus and Wein of St. Petersburg have allegedly bragged about the influence they wield in the Florida court system.
That influence just got a whole lot stronger and a lot more visible with Gov. Jeb Bush's recent appointment of firm principal Edwin B. Jagger to a judgeship in the Sixth Judicial Circuit Court of Pinellas and Pasco Counties---the same court system where the Battaglia firm has joined with Judge Crockett Farnell to bring contempt charges against Adams and to file complaints against him with the Florida Bar which could result in Adams' disbarment.
Adams openly admits that he has filed complaints with the Florida's Department of Law Enforcement and federal law enforcement agencies against the Battaglia firm and several judges regarding improper influence and alleged judicial corruption in the Tampa Bay area, supported by documentary evidence.
Adams has also asked Chief Justice Barbara Pariente of the Florida Supreme Court to open an investigation into alleged judicial corruption in the court system.
Jagger, 40, of Seminole, has worked for firm principal Anthony S. Battaglia, a member of the Republican hierarchy, since his graduation from Stetson Law School in 1991. He currently chairs the firm's tax, probate, estate and trust department.
Battaglia was a member of the Republican National Committee for Florida and is a member of the Florida Bar Board of Governors. A former chief assistant U.S. Attorney, Battaglia has also served as chairman of the federal district courthouse for St. Petersburg and as chairman of the Judicial Nominating Commission of the Sixth Judicial Circuit.
Battaglia was the defense attorney for Republican Congressman Richard Kelly, a former Pasco County Circuit Court judge, in the FBI Abscam sting. Kelly was the only Republican Congressman to be convicted in Abscam.
Battaglia has also represented Straight Inc., now known as the Drug Free America Foundation Inc.. Straight was founded in 1976 by Betty and Mel Sembler, appointed U.S. Ambassador to Italy by President Bush. Battaglia successfully represented Straight when the organization sued the state of Florida giving parents the right to force their children into drug rehabilitation without a court order.
Adams says that Weber and other members or employees of the Battaglia law firm had allegedly boasted that they could influence Sixth Judicial Circuit Court Judge Crockett Farnell in civil litigation in which the Battaglia firm was defending an action brought against Corporate Sports Marketing of Clearwater, their client, by Adams and his client.
Jagger is the son of long-time Pinellas County public defender Robert E. Jagger who is also a principal in the Battaglia law firm. Jagger began his legal career as a summer intern in college for Pinellas County chief judge Susan Schaeffer.
According to the law firm's website, Jagger has managed and built Battaglia into one of the busiest estate planning and probate practices in St. Petersburg, serving over 2,000 of the firm's will and trust clients, as well as providing counsel to many corporations and prominent business persons throughout Pinellas County. Mr. Jagger has been appointed by both private individuals and the courts to serve as personal representative (executor) and/or trustee of many significant estates and trusts.
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I'll see what I can find out about Battaglia, Ross et al. Battaglia is known for his flirting and who knows whta esle. Hopefully after a few drinks he might open up a bit. It's been known to happen on quite a few occasions after some drinks (not that I know of specifically with him, but with MANY of the other attys in town). They LOVE to gossip, especially after getting loosened up a bit.
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ANy specific questions or talking points anyone wants addressed? Remember, in order to keep him talking I can't go in attacking him. Any help would be appreciated, I'm not good at unprepared confrontation.
MOst of you know who I am but I'm doing this under anon in case 'the powers that be' get wind of this'. He knows me, I go in their every so often to catch up on the legal gossip and I wouldn't want my 'cover' blown and have him catch wind of what I'm trying to do.
If you don't know who I am, please ask Ginger to forward any messagess/suggestions. Thanks
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On 2005-11-14 22:04:00, Antigen wrote:
"Battaglia Firm Strengthens Influence In Pinellas Courts
Jagger is the son of long-time Pinellas County public defender Robert E. Jagger who is also a principal in the Battaglia law firm. Jagger began his legal career as a summer intern in college for Pinellas County chief judge Susan Schaeffer.
http://www.sptimes.com/2002/06/26/Tampa ... e_he.shtml (http://www.sptimes.com/2002/06/26/TampaBay/Judge_advised_Cope_he.shtml)
CLEARWATER -- Former Pinellas-Pasco Chief Judge Susan Schaeffer said she was trying to buy time for a judge in pain.
After his April 2001 arrest in California, Judge Charles Cope faced the prospect of telling state judicial authorities. Then he needed to tell his wife about a drunken dalliance with another woman. Unwanted publicity was sure to dog him, too.
"He told me, 'I might as well jump off the Sunshine Skyway bridge,"' Schaeffer told a Judicial Qualifications Commission panel on Tuesday. "This was not a joke in my mind ... I was worried."
Schaeffer recalled that Cope asked her: Did he have to immediately tell the JQC about the arrest? Schaeffer decided he didn't.
"This was about all one judge could bear at that time," Schaeffer testified.
The question of why Cope didn't immediately report his misdemeanor arrest is central to the JQC case that accuses him of violating judicial canons. Schaeffer testified in the second day of a JQC hearing that could lead to Cope's removal from the bench.
The hearing is expected to conclude today. A decision by a six-person JQC panel about whether Cope is guilty of violating canons may not be released for weeks, or even months. The panel makes a recommendation to the Florida Supreme Court.
Schaeffer's decision to allow Cope to delay reporting his arrest had repercussions. The JQC ultimately informed her that she was wrong and privately scolded her for the advice she provided Cope.
[Times photo: Douglas R. Clifford]
Former Chief Judge Susan Schaeffer defended her decision to allow Charles Cope to delay reporting his arrest.
"Frankly, I did what I thought was right. I'm still not sure the JQC is right," said Schaeffer, who left her post as chief judge in July but remains a circuit judge.
Cope, 53, was visiting Carmel, Calif., for a judicial conference when, after midnight, he went out for a walk while intoxicated. He met two women, a 64-year-old doctor and her 31-year-old daughter, having a conversation on their hotel balcony. The women also were intoxicated.
Later, Cope walked on the beach with the daughter. She says he tried to kiss her repeatedly. She finally ran away, saying she was terrified.
Cope testified the pair passionately kissed and returned to his hotel room for foreplay that stopped short of sex. The woman said Cope is lying.
The next night, the women said, Cope used a key he stole from them to try to break into their hotel room.
Cope took the stand on Tuesday and publicly explained his version of that night for the first time.
He said publicity in newspapers, especially the St. Petersburg Times, has "been the political equivalent of political assassination and a lynching."
Of the woman who accused him of unwanted sexual advances, he said, "That woman is no more vulnerable than a rattlesnake."
Of the JQC special counsel prosecuting him, Cope said, "I've never seen a prosecutor put on a witness he knows is lying."
Cope said he made errors in judgment and is sorry for getting drunk and making a pass at a woman while married.
Cope said he was detained by police after a legally shaky arrest involving a woman he considered was unstable. He thought he would be quickly cleared. He denied trying to conceal the arrest from the JQC.
Schaeffer said she learned of the arrest a week afterward when State Attorney Bernie McCabe called her. McCabe had been told by Clearwater police, who themselves were called by Carmel police.
"He said, 'You don't know about this, do you? Oh, gosh. You better call Judge Cope,"' Schaeffer said.
Schaeffer called Cope. She said she told him to start thinking about reporting the arrest to the JQC.
She said Cope told her that he had spent up to $15,000 for a criminal lawyer in California.
"He said, 'I don't have the funds to hire another lawyer. Do I have to do it right now? Can it wait?"' Schaeffer said.
Schaeffer said she carefully research the options and her obligations. She said she determined the chief judge had leeway, especially if she developed a plan for Cope's alcoholism.
She made Cope a deal: They wouldn't report to the JQC if he immediately saw an alcoholism counselor and followed the counselor's directions.
"It just seemed to me to be fair under the rules to buy him a little time and let him get his finances in order and let him report later," she said.
She said both agreed the incident would have to be reported once his case was resolved, or when the press reported the arrest.
"Charles and I thought the case would be resolved quickly and favorably to him," Schaeffer said.
Schaeffer said chief judges had not previously received clear guidance from the JQC on when a minor misdemeanor need be reported.
She said Cope followed her lead in not reporting the incident and both would have reported the matter immediately if they believed they were required to do so.
Schaeffer said, "I didn't take my responsibility lightly."
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http://www.drunkdrivinglawyers.com/regi ... /NID/8901/ (http://www.drunkdrivinglawyers.com/regional-dui-news.cfm/state/FL/NID/8901/)
Schaeffer, who was chief circuit judge when Cope was arrested in California and who testified in his defense at his 2002 trial before a JQC hearing panel, did not return a call for comment Friday. Her judicial assistant confirmed that Schaeffer was in Tallahassee last week.
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http://www.theempirejournal.com/082005_ ... _Sale.html (http://www.theempirejournal.com/082005_Justice_For_All_Or_Justice_For_Sale.html)
Just a portion...
In December, 2001, Adams filed a lawsuit against CSM on behalf of Smith in the Sixth Circuit Court in Pinellas County, Florida, and it was assigned to Judge Crockett Farnell. According to Adams, shortly thereafter, Chris King began boasting to Jeff Smith and others that his attorneys, the Battaglia firm, were connected and that? they were going to bury Jeff Smith?
Farnell?s wife, Dee Anna Farnell, is the Administrative Criminal Judge in the Sixth Judicial Circuit.
The principal of Battaglia, Ross, Dicus and Wein firm of St. Petersburg is Anthony S. Battaglia, member of the Republican National Committee for Florida from 1956-64; member of Florida Bar Board of Governors; past president of St. Petersburg Bar Association; past president of the U.S. Attorneys Association of the Middle District of Florida. He has also served as chairman of the federal district courthouse for St. Peterburg and as chairman of the Judicial Nomination Committee of the Sixth Judicial Circuit.
Battaglia was the defense attorney for Republican Congressman Richard Kelly, a former Pasco County Circuit Court judge, in the FBI Abscam sting. Kelly was the only Republican Congressman to be convicted in Abscam.
Battaglia has also represented Straight Inc., now known as the Drug Free America Foundation Inc.. Straight was founded in 1976 by Mel Sembler, U.S. Ambassador to Italy, and his wife, Betty. He successfully represented Straight when the organization sued the state of Florida giving parents the right to force their children into drug rehabilitation without a court order.
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Apologies if this has been posted before. The more pieces written, the better!
http://www.northcountrygazette.org/arti ... eform.html (http://www.northcountrygazette.org/articles/100705MediaReform.html)
LETTERS - Media Reform Movement Growing
Editor, The North Country Gazette:
I have been getting involved with the growing media reform movement. I am encouraged by the number of people who made the effort to show up for the media reform meeting in Tampa on the second weekend in September. I think that we all know many people who feel like national news coverage is biased, and I am sure that some of you feel like the local press also ignores or slants stories.
(Local will be interested in this) Tom Tito provided an excellent example of this at the meeting. Tom knew that information for a story had been provided to the St. Petersburg Times about Mayor Rick Baker's involvement with his family's business which was charged with defrauding the government well before the last election. However, instead of reporting on this information in a timely manner, the St. Pete Times sat on it until after the election, and then apparently ran it so that they would not look like they were ignoring it all together. Tom has just informed me that the the St. Pete Times ran the story because they had learned that the Weekly Planet was going to run a story on the St. Pete Times failure to cover this story on Rick Baker.
(As this)This story about Rick Baker can be found in the St. Pete Times on April 11, 2001 on page 1B, but as Tom pointed out, it cannot be found by searching the St. Pete Times website. Why would the St. Pete Times not report on this before the election and why has it made this story difficult to find in its database? Wes Fager's article below has some information which may explain the Times questionable actions.
We have all heard that politics is local. I think that in order for the media reform movement to have the greatest impact, it must focus on the local media's distortion of stories and failure to cover stories.
While exposing the national news media's failures to cover stories and biased coverage of stories is important to inform the public, the national news media often ignores this information because it doesn't experience any direct impact from the exposure of its failures. If it becomes a big enough story in the alternative news media, the national media can pick it up then and put their spin on it. Most people will never know the difference.
However, local media can be affected by their failure to cover stories. If enough people know about a local media outlet's failure to cover a story or its biased coverage of a story, then it may lose readers or viewers to a competitor. This explains why the St. Pete Times ran the story about Rick Baker's family after the election. If it had completely ignored the story, it might have lost more of its credibility and some of its readers.
The internet provides a low cost means to report on issues, but most of the internet news sites only cover national stories. A few websites try to cover local news, but most of these do not get very much traffic. The Indy Media sites are trying to do this, but due to the volunteer nature of Indy Media, most of the Indy Media sites lack continuity and include stories that would seem to be more appropriate for the National Enquirer.
Wes Fager has posted some of his articles on the Tampa Indy Media website, but they still have been ignored by the local mass media. Apparently, the local mass media does not believe that the Tampa Indy Media reaches very many people. Of course, this belief is bolstered by the fact that the counter for the Tampa Indy Media website is regularly reset without changing the date to reflect the date on which it was reset. As a result, it appears that the site only gets about 100 hits a day when it gets well over 1,000.
As many of you know, I am fighting the corrupt judges of Pinellas County, Florida and Florida's Second District Court of Appeals. They have been willing to ignore the law for the influential local Republican law firm of Battaglia, Ross, Dicus & Wein . I have evidence of their corruption, but as in most cases, the local media is ignoring the scandal. The St. Pete Times did a very biased story about this which completely ignored the documents that I provided to them. I have included the link to this story below so that you can compare their coverage to the other sites' coverage. Fortunately, I have a paid invoice showing each of the documents that I gave to the St. Pete Times, and I am about to call them on it. This could prove to be very embarrassing for them, and it could be a detailed example of media bias which could generate significant public interest.
Florida's frontrunner for the Republican nomination for Governor in 2006 is its current Attorney General Charlie Crist who is a Pinellas County Republican. I have evidence showing that Florida law enforcement ignored felonies committed by court personnel and members of the Battaglia firm. Some of it is shown at the Rule of Law link below. I think that this could be very embarrassing for Florida's Republicans if it ever gets widespread exposure.
Fortunately, several websites that focus on judicial corruption have posted information about my plight, and June Maxam of The Empire Journal and The North Country Gazette has recently done stories about it.
Following are links to some of this coverage:
Mark Adams Article 1
Justice For All Or Justice For Sale.
Mark Adams Article 2
Pinellas Judge Crockett Farnell No Stranger To Recusal Motions.
North Country Gazette article
Contempt Hearing Set In Florida Attorney?s Case
Rule of Law info
http://www.rule-of-law.info/adams-smith.htm (http://www.rule-of-law.info/adams-smith.htm)
The St. Pete Times article about me
He's sure he's right, but he's all alone.
Wes Fager has written numerous articles about the Pinellas County Republicans and corruption for http://www.thestraights.com/index.htm (http://www.thestraights.com/index.htm). There is an interesting one on their front page now about an influential Pinellas County Republican, Ambassador Mel Sembler, and his lawsuit to get his penis pump back. That's right his penis pump, but that's not news, is it? How about the millions of dollars of taxpayer money used to build his shopping centers and "rehab" centers, is that news?
Wes has published other articles about the Pinellas County Republicans which have been ignored by the local press. See the article about Mel Sembler, Pinellas Republicans, and St. Pete Times which explains why the St. Pete Times has begun ignoring stories about local corruption.
http://www.tampaindymedia.org/bin/site/ ... 3.5625.dat (http://www.tampaindymedia.org/bin/site/templates/default.asp?area_2=imc/open%20newswire/2005/Mar/53793.5625.dat)
and more
http://www.tampaindymedia.org/bin/site/ ... 265625.dat (http://www.tampaindymedia.org/bin/site/templates/default.asp?area_2=imc/open%20newswire/2005/Feb/10602.447265625.dat)
You would think that these stories would be picked up by the local press, but they have either failed to cover them at all, or as in my case, they published a misleading story. Once again, I think that the best way to reform the media is by exposing the failures of the local press. I think that we all know many people who are tired of the way that the mass media is reporting the news and who are ready to get their news from a media outlet that they trust. This is a vast untapped market. An organization that reported the news honestly and provided differing points of view could tap this lucrative market while providing the public with valuable information that is currently being withheld. This could give the local mass media some serious competition that would force them to reform their coverage especially if it began to compete for advertising revenue.
I believe that a new media revolution can be started by just a few determined people. We need a few people with journalism experience, business experience, website design experience, and legal experience and a few others who can contribute time and funds to make a difference. I think that we have the experience, desire, and resources among our group. We already have stories that we can use to show the public that our local mass media is not reporting the news accurately, and we can get the word out about our revolutionary news outlet in a variety of cost effective ways.
One of my friends is currently running for mayor of Pinellas Park. He is trying to shake up the Pinellas County Democratic Party. Its current leadership has not been very successful, and he is tired of seeing Republicans elected over and over. He is interested in helping start up a new online media outlet, and so am I. If you are too, email me at localnewsreform@hotmail.com and let's start putting this together.
Please spread the word to your contacts to see if more people are interested in our local news site and to let them know about these stories. Thank you for your attention and your efforts to inform the public.
Sincerely,
Mark A. Adams, Esquire
Tampa, FL
10-07-05
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Riiiiiiiiite. We know who YOU are, and you make yourself sooo much more credible by coming on to a little immature forum and boasting about your valid cons. Good luck with your stories.
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On 2005-11-18 15:39:00, Anonymous wrote:
"Riiiiiiiiite. We know who YOU are, and you make yourself sooo much more credible by coming on to a little immature forum and boasting about your valid cons. Good luck with your stories."
shush with your paranoia boy. call me.
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On 2005-11-19 23:27:00, Anonymous wrote:
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On 2005-11-18 15:39:00, Anonymous wrote:
"Riiiiiiiiite. We know who YOU are, and you make yourself sooo much more credible by coming on to a little immature forum and boasting about your valid cons. Good luck with your stories."
shush with your paranoia boy. call me."
pedophiles all of you. child fuckers.