http://www.chicagonewscoop.org/transparency-in-the-beholder%e2%80%99s-eye/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=transparency-in-the-beholder%25e2%2580%2599s-eye Reporting and Analysis About What Matters in Chicago Wed, 08 Feb 2012 15:44:48 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.1 http://www.chicagonewscoop.org/transparency-in-the-beholder%e2%80%99s-eye/#comment-1787 more sanchez Sun, 21 Mar 2010 17:03:25 +0000 http://www.chicagonewscoop.org/?p=1731#comment-1787 Gutierrez is HDO. Gutierrez is HDO.

]]> http://www.chicagonewscoop.org/transparency-in-the-beholder%e2%80%99s-eye/#comment-1786 Beckett Sterner Sun, 21 Mar 2010 16:15:06 +0000 http://www.chicagonewscoop.org/?p=1731#comment-1786 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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