Comments for dill pickle club

Comment on 2012 peripheries tours: call for proposals by marc moscato

marc moscato — Sat, 10 Dec 2011 01:09:09 +0000

oh, we wish! no sponsorship on this one, albeit the spirograph did have a heavy hand.

Comment on 2012 peripheries tours: call for proposals by anon

anon — Sat, 10 Dec 2011 00:29:35 +0000

is this being sponsored by the Portland bank simple? http://simple.com

curious graphic choice if not.

Comment on report back on river tour by Russell Senior

Russell Senior — Sat, 03 Dec 2011 02:31:16 +0000

The Big Pipe projects were *not* paid for by taxpayers. They are being paid for by *ratepayers*. The City sold revenue bonds, which will be repaid using funds from sewer bills. The distinction is subtle, but I think it’s important. The same thing applies to the water system. No tax dollars have ever been spent on the water system; it doesn’t need tax dollars when the system has paying customers. We are fortunate to have public utilities providing these services *at cost*. It’s a continuing tragedy that other essential utility services are not provided on a similar *at cost* basis, like, say, last-mile communications infrastructure. Instead, we are saddled with a monopolistic federal telecommunications policy and a City Council that is tone deaf to please for relief.

Comment on the 99%: this upcoming monday by marc moscato

marc moscato — Tue, 15 Nov 2011 19:23:15 +0000

Hey Andrea, thanks for coming to the lecture. Yes it was recorded; look for it to be posted here on our website, dillpickleclub.org, within the next week. Thanks!

Comment on the 99%: this upcoming monday by Andrea Lynch

Andrea Lynch — Tue, 15 Nov 2011 18:03:07 +0000

I understand that the panel presentation from last night was recorded and will be shared. Can you tell us when and where that video recording will be made available? I would like to share it with friends who were unable to be there last night. Thank you.

Comment on How is News Made? Tour October 28th by Sam Churchill

Sam Churchill — Mon, 31 Oct 2011 01:07:53 +0000

Here are pictures from the tour.

Comment on How is News Made? Tour October 28th by Sam Churchill

Sam Churchill — Fri, 28 Oct 2011 20:42:38 +0000

Here’s a backgrounder on Incentive Auctions (www.dailywireless.org/2011/10/28/incentive-auctions-going-nuclear) . Three bills are currently in Congress to pay broadcasters for their spectrum. Incentive Auctions would sell off (unused) broadcast channels to build a nationwide broadband first responder network.

Broadcasters get a piece of the auction price. Currently, broadcasters don’t pay anything for their spectrum.

I believe consumers loose two ways:

(1) Consumers loose access to 700 MHz mobile broadband.
(2) Consumers loose access to [free] unlicensed “white space” access

Comment on report back from justice tour by MM Wheeler-Weber

MM Wheeler-Weber — Thu, 13 Oct 2011 20:23:22 +0000

One small correction – what Sergeant Jacobs probably said is the Justice Center is the only Maximum Security JAIL in the state, not facility. Oregon State Penitentiary is our maximum security prison. Thank you for a great tour!

Comment on report back on bull run tour by Thin-ice

Thin-ice — Sun, 18 Sep 2011 03:28:07 +0000

forget the first comment, I see it was covered later in the article.

Comment on report back on bull run tour by Thin-ice

Thin-ice — Sun, 18 Sep 2011 03:25:16 +0000

“no one has ever farmed there.”

Actually, unless I”m mistaken, timber companies have “farmed” trees there in the past. Though it’s protected now, it wasn’t always that way.