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Program Information
News Report
Brett Bersey
 Christopher Maxwell  Contact Contributor
May 27, 2005, 10:27 p.m.
Producer this week was Lauren Ball. Also contributing: Matt Beckwith, Sara Barret, Dustin Richardson, Christopher Maxwell
WRIR news 5-27-05

Brett Bersey Freedom of Speech Trial
GREAT sound bites !!
"I said I was in a Free Speech Zone, The United States!"
If this is allowed to stand, Secret Service can create a bubble that prevents the dissenters from protesting the president effectively.

Citizen Commentary on National Security at Airports

City Budget: City Council guts Mayor's staff
Council dropped plans to renovate City Hall
Mayor says he would reject raise anyway.

OHHIC continued. OHHIC's Town Hall Meeting summary from 47 residents and OHHIC Board of Directors meeting to discuss new directions for OHHIC.

City of Richmond has changed out verifiable mechanical voting machines for the electronic voting machines.

Virginia Performing Arts Foundation (VPAF) succeeds in pursuading City of Richmond in letting them get an extension on their fundraising deadline to get money from Taxpayers who are paying an additional penny on Meals Taxes. Some (SaveRichmond.com) claim this is corporate welfare that will harm and not help the Arts. "They didn't do any studies ... They decided to build a Symphony Hall because they thought Symphony doners had a lot of money."
NOW there are two City Councilperson on the Board and will be inspecting some expenses that are alleged to be excessive.
Mayor Wilder is now joining the critics of the VPAF. The former Executive Director of the Carpenter Center (Mr. Katz) that would be a key component to the VPAF facility was interviewed and is a critic as well.

Andrew Large's Patented (well, ought to be) weather report.

Global Warming debate on film "We Are All Smith Islanders" segways to discussion of Wind Power in Virginia. as an example, the Maple Syrup industry USED to be centered not in New England but in Maryland!

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