http://www.chicagonewscoop.org/transparency-in-the-beholder%e2%80%99s-eye/ A nonprofit news organization dedicated to producing high-quality journalism in the public interest Tue, 07 Sep 2010 21:40:25 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 http://www.chicagonewscoop.org/transparency-in-the-beholder%e2%80%99s-eye/comment-page-1/#comment-2423 more sanchez Sun, 21 Mar 2010 17:03:25 +0000 http://www.chicagonewscoop.org/?p=1731#comment-2423 Gutierrez is HDO. Gutierrez is HDO.

]]> http://www.chicagonewscoop.org/transparency-in-the-beholder%e2%80%99s-eye/comment-page-1/#comment-2420 Beckett Sterner Sun, 21 Mar 2010 16:15:06 +0000 http://www.chicagonewscoop.org/?p=1731#comment-2420 This reminds me of how big oil and energy companies got to meet in secret with Vice President Cheney before the invasion of Iraq, and how difficult it proved to track down the influence they had on US energy and foreign policy. It seems the current Whitehouse's open events calendar that allows the public to see who has visited the Whitehouse is a major, if incomplete, improval in transparency. Perhaps a similar step would be helpful for the public to hold Mayor Daley accountable for his extensive executive power in the city. This reminds me of how big oil and energy companies got to meet in secret with Vice President Cheney before the invasion of Iraq, and how difficult it proved to track down the influence they had on US energy and foreign policy. It seems the current Whitehouse’s open events calendar that allows the public to see who has visited the Whitehouse is a major, if incomplete, improval in transparency. Perhaps a similar step would be helpful for the public to hold Mayor Daley accountable for his extensive executive power in the city.

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