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Jan 30	Newspaper Sponsorship for Municipal VoterMedia #bcmuni #bcpoli: [BTW in case you missed it, VoterMedia.org got some in-depth coverage at The Tyee the other day: A Math Wiz's Idea to Revive Local Journalism]I recently drafted this proposal -- would appreciate your comments & advice. Summary is below; full 7-page version here.Newspaper Sponsorship for Munic...
Jan 18	New video: Expand VoterMedia to Municipal Politics #bcmuni: We just released a video: Expand VoterMedia to Municipal PoliticsIn it, UBC students (and a poli sci professor) discuss the idea of VoterMedia blog competitions that cover municipal governments. They have already had a positive effect on UBC student union politics -- see video How VoterMedia Affe...
Jan 3	$1,000 for UBC blogs #amselections: The University of British Columbia's Alma Mater Society is sponsoring a $1,000 VoterMedia blog contest to encourage coverage of their annual elections this month. See: Entry form and contest info UBC blogs on continuous votermedia ballot AMS Elections web page

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VoterMedia Finance Blog

Aug 18	Petition for Disclosure of Corporate Political Spending: “A group of ten very prominent corporate and securities law experts submitted a formal rulemaking petition to the SEC last week urging the Commission to develop rules requiring public companies to disclose the use of corporate resources for political activities to shareowners…” – Read more at Cor...
2010 Oct	Rating the Raters: I applaud CalPERS for proposing that credit rating agencies (CRAs) should be hired by investors instead of by corporate management. This proposal was in CalPERS’ October 4, 2010 comment letter to the SEC: “Current legislation through the Dodd-Frank Act … appoints the Comptroll...
2010 Oct	My comments on the SEC Proxy Concept Release: My comments (dated September 29) are now available on the SEC website page for comments on their proxy concept release. Mainly I recommended the development of an open Client Directed Voting system. I’m pleased to see a growing consensus advocating CDV, including these diverse voices: John...

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