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September 2008

Register To Vote

Submitted by Pam Thompson on Sun, 09/28/2008 - 3:27pm
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Katherine Haenschen, a volunteer with the Obama campaign and a graduate student in the Radio-Television-Film Dept. at the University of Texas, appeared on Austin News Real to discuss efforts to register voters in Austin and Travis County. The deadline for voter registration is October 6, 2008.

In this episode of Austin News Real were photographs of Obama campaign volunteers registering people to vote, an interview with Sissy Farenthold at the Texas State Democratic Party Convention in June 2008, and a 5-minute story about that convention from ATXedition.TV.

MLK's Vision Revisited, Part 2

Submitted by Pam Thompson on Sun, 09/28/2008 - 3:24pm
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This is part 2 of a program about Martin Luther King, Jr. Part 1 aired on September 11, 2008.

Roscoe Overton of the Austin Center for Peace & Justice (ACPJ) introduces iconmedia video footage of an ACPJ event commemorating Martin Luther King, Jr. The ACPJ sponsored event - "BECAUSE INJUSTICE IS HERE" The Vision of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Revisited - was held at the University Presbyterian Church on April 4, 2008 to remember the 40th anniversary of his assassination in Memphis.

MLK's Vision Revisited

Submitted by Pam Thompson on Sun, 09/28/2008 - 10:06am
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Roscoe Overton of the Austin Center for Peace & Justice (ACPJ) introduces iconmedia video footage of an ACPJ event commemorating Martin Luther King, Jr. The ACPJ sponsored event - "BECAUSE INJUSTICE IS HERE" The Vision of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Revisited - was held at the University Presbyterian Church on April 4, 2008 to remember the 40th anniversary of his assassination in Memphis.

Disabled Voters Unserved

Submitted by Pam Thompson on Mon, 09/22/2008 - 10:34am
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Austin News Real program featuring Vote Rescue’s Jenny Clark and Karen Renick along with testimony from Noel Runyan at the Elections Committee of the Texas State Legislature recorded on July 25, 2008. Mr. Runyan, who is sight impaired, discusses problems faced by people with disabilities using electronic voting machines to cast their ballots.

This Austin News Real program aired on September 4, 2008 on channelAustin 10. channelAustin is Austin’s public access television station / community media center (www.channelaustin.org).

Water Management

Submitted by Pam Thompson on Mon, 09/22/2008 - 7:58am
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Austin News Real’s Pam Thompson interviews David Venhuizen who discusses water management as an integrated holistic practice. David Venhuizen, P.E. is an engineer involved with “Planning and Engineering as if Water and Environmental Values Matter”. For details see www.venhuizen-ww.com

This Austin News Real program aired on August 28, 2008 on channelAustin 10. channelAustin is Austin’s public access television station / community media center (www.channelaustin.org).

Electronic Voting in Utah

Submitted by Pam Thompson on Mon, 09/22/2008 - 7:56am
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In this episode of Austin News Real, Vote Rescue’s Jenny Clark and Karen Renick (www.voterescue.org) introduce the testimony of Bruce Funk who spoke before the Elections Committee at the Texas State Legislature on June 25, 2008. Bruce Funk is a former county clerk from Utah with experience in hand counted paper ballots who is now critical of electronic voting systems.

This Austin News Real program aired on August 14, 2008 on channelAustin 10. channelAustin is Austin’s public access television station / community media center (www.channelaustin.org).

Dahlstrom Ranch Conservation Easement

Submitted by Pam Thompson on Mon, 09/22/2008 - 12:23am
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On August 7, 2008, the Austin City Council approved $1 million toward the purchase of a conservation easement on the Dahlstrom Ranch, located in Hays County in the Barton Springs segment of the Edwards Aquifer. The ranch includes several recharge features that are estimated to provide a substantial amount of recharge to Onion Creek. Experts consider the ranch to be the most important aquifer recharge property in the region.

Black Box Voting

Submitted by Pam Thompson on Sun, 09/21/2008 - 9:58pm
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Austin News Real features Vote Rescue’s Jenny Clark and Vickie Karp along with additional video footage from testimony recorded at a hearing of the Elections Committee at the Texas State Legislature on June 25, 2008. The testimony is from Jim March of Black Box Voting.

This Austin News Real program aired on July 10, 2008 on channelAustin 10. channelAustin is Austin’s public access television station / community media center (www.channelaustin.org).

Florida Electronic Voting

Submitted by Pam Thompson on Sun, 09/21/2008 - 9:56pm
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Austin News Real’s Pam Thompson and her guests from Vote Rescue, Jenny Clark and Abbe DeLozier, present video of testimony recorded at a hearing of the Elections Committee at the Texas State Legislature. This episode features Clint Curtis, a computer programmer for the Wang Corporation in Florida in 2000. At that time Wang was asked by a high level official in the Florida legislature to design software that could change the results of an election. Mr. Curtis became a whistle-blower when he realized he was being asked to do something highly unethical.

Candidate Laura Morrison

Submitted by Pam Thompson on Sun, 09/21/2008 - 9:54pm
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Austin News Real’s Pam Thompson interviews Austin City Council candidate Laura Morrison and shows footage of Laura Morrison at a Save Barton Creek Association (SBCA) meeting and at another event hosted by the Austin Center for Peace & Justice. Footage shot on June 9, 2008 at an SBCA meeting is a conversation between Laura Morrison and run-off Cid Galindo, moderated by SBCA President Jackie Goodman.

This Austin News Real program aired on June 12, 2008 on channelAustin 10. channelAustin is Austin’s public access television station / community media center (www.channelaustin.org).