From the Committee of Seventy web site:
*20. I will seek the* // *enactment of an ordinance requiring all
lobbyists, and individuals acting * *as lobbyists, engaged in business
with the City, City-related departments, agencies and * *commissions
and quasi-City agencies and authorities, to register as lobbyists,
identify * *their clients and make public their expenses.*
*10. I will* *promote greater public access to, and participation in,
meetings and hearings * *convened by City Council and its committees
-- including holding more sessions * *during evening hours and in
locations throughout the City and also providing timely * *and
complete transcripts on City Council's web site.*
Knowing Mr. West, I believe these two priorities of the Committee of
seventy would definitely put them on Mr. West's hit list. Since the
committee is interested in ethics and governance there could be many
more reasons for West's assault.
West says below: "Stalberg is an odd person to pass judgement on the
journalistic worth of working press like Nicole Contosta and myself."
Mr. West, he did not pass judgement on Ms. Contosta. Two people said
the facts of Mr West are wrong and did not mention Ms. Contosta. (You
tricky devil)
West says: "Nice work if you can get it, Zack. How Nicole and I wish!"
Can you send Nicole's exact supporting quote Mr West?
From the text, Mr West has tried to equate the broad recommendations
(averages) from some ngo/think tank as if they were law. He appears to
be using the ratios in their guidelines to make a case that the
Commiittee is avoiding transparency requirements in their operations.
His evidence does not address or prove a lack of transparency. It's
nonsense. It's the usual fallacious arguing tricks we've come to know
so well on this list.
The committee of seventy seems to have openly given its budget numbers
to the Weekly Press showing no desire to avoid transparency. They
simply assert that Mr. West got his facts wrong on what appears to be an
attack, such as destroyed the innocent and excellent group Acorn (proven
to have been innocent of all fake journalism charges)
Shirley Sherrod, Michael Moore, ACORN and I have all been assaulted by
character assassins posing as journalists. More important than funding
ratios for groups looking at corruption and back room dealings is for
people to examine these attacks and fake journalism. It's important to
recognize this as a power play rather than reporting and it's important
to deconstruct the fallacious techniques used by "reporters" and civic
association leaders such as Mr. West!
Glenn, a real citizen journalist
On 11/24/2010 6:25 PM, Anthony West wrote:
Translation: Four days after I reported the facts about Committee of
70's 2008 and 2009 tax filings, the Committee belatedly updated them
in order to be more current and transparent -- as this body
rightfully, but pompously, demands all public-sector agencies should
do, in order to live up to Committee of 70's alleged standards of good
government.
After I published my article, Zack Stalberg found Jesus and decided to
bring his own corporate lobby's filings up to date -- as he has long
demanded all audits of City agencies should be.
He was right about them, and I am right about him.
Contosta's article shows that by Stalberg's own admission, Seventy's
fundraising costs are consistently above the average for all nonprofit
associations. Stalberg claims he finally got his administrative costs
below the national average last year. Good for him, if true!
Stalberg is an odd person to pass judgement on the journalistic worth
of working press like Nicole Contosta and myself. He's a former
journalist who now holds down a comfy gig in the neighborhood of
$200,000/yr, shilling for the political agenda of Philadelphia's
big-business elite. Nice work if you can get it, Zack. How Nicole and
I wish!
-- Tony West
On 11/24/2010 12:22 PM, Glenn wrote:
Here is a report of a controversy involving local civic association
leader, Tony West. I love the comment below by Mr. Stalberg. (Mr
West was the author of the "Glenn's Whores" series published on this
public listserv.)
"But to Stalberg, "Many of the key facts in the story are w
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