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Fundraiser for Fred Menard at Townhouse Bar Sunday Jan. 29 -- 2-4 PM
Full info HERE
Who Cares?
By LaVonne Sallee
1/27/12
When Fred Menard's roommate found him bleeding in his front yard he called 911. A fire truck, an unmarked police car and an ambulance came. The ambulance took Fred to Kaiser where they declared that, much longer and Fred would be dead as his skull had been crushed. The fire truck and the police officer left without asking questions or taking a report. Later the roommate followed the trail of blood to the crime scene and there he found Fred’s house keys. The area was not blocked off and it seemed clear that no evidence had been gathered.
Fred Menard
I went to the police dept. and asked if a report had been filed. At first the clerk could not find a report. She explained that the report should be listed under the address where the 911 call was made from. Finally she found that a police officer that was at Kaiser took a statement from Fred and filed a report (#12.00897, Officer Fowler). I called and left a message for Officer Fowler three days ago but have not received a call back.
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Citizen Public Safety Committee is a much needed first step.
By Councilmember Marti Brown
1/26/12
On the day of Officer Capoot’s memorial service, local public safety jurisdictions covered the streets so that Vallejo Police Officers could attend the service. Essentially, they ran the city’s police department for a day. I was stunned to learn that these participating jurisdictions determined that the city needed approximately 18 police officers on duty per shift in order to cover the work load. That’s three times more officers than ordinarily work an average day shift. I was reminded once again that our highly skilled and experienced police officers and fire fighters are in the trenches everyday performing triage with few resources. They provide a tremendous service to our community under extreme duress and very demanding circumstances. I’m grateful for their service and can only imagine the daily challenges that they face.
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Miessner to Run for District 1 Supervisor Seat
1/25/12 -- You know and love her for her Council Reports. They say she can dance...but now she's decided to run. Yes it is true VIB's own Katy Miessner has thrown her hat into the ring and is running for Solano County Supervisor in District 1. Her full announcement is below:
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Ethicalego Speaks
Ethicalego (Kenneth Brooks) discusses current events from a critical thinking perspective rarely expressed elsewhere
Critical thinking about the Civil War
By Kenneth Brooks
1/22/12
There is growing criticism that American schools and universities do not teach critical thinking skills. More outrageously, their academic policy destroys students' ability to reason skillfully by accustoming them to accept memorization of conclusions by authority figures as learning and regurgitation of memorized conclusions as reasoning.
Reason-based learning requires the ability to take in new information and make conclusions by associating or linking it to something known. However, schools prevent reasoned-based learning by teaching subjects out of context with students' experiences. They teach about Columbus discovering America or George Washington as the America's first president before students have concepts of continents, oceans, foreign nations, or even government. Therefore, students have no foundation for examining the information. They must accept the information based on the authority of their teachers that it is accurate and necessary for learning. This makes pleasing authority figures the goal for students' learning and not developing an understanding of the world. This impressed information becomes the foundation for prejudiced adult thinking by Americans already predisposed to accept the unsupported conclusions of government officials as fact without challenging them.
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1/21/12 Read the latest City of Vallejo Newsletter HERE
Your City Council Report
For January 17, 2012
1/19/12
By Katy (ADQ) Miessner
Another packed evening: Hiring a New City Manager, a vote on WinCo, Medical Marijuana Tax. And to think the Police Committee discussion was to also take place—that’s been postponed until January 31 (whew).
DANIEL KEEN HIRED UNANIMOUSLY
Despite a complaint over Keen’s salary from Buck Kamphausen – (Council Member Hermie Sunga’s sometime employer)—even Sunga voted yes. How could Sunga not, after Interim City Manager Phil Batchelor’s articulate reasoning for why Keen should be hired. And, despite complaints of pay too high, Keen will be making less than the two most recent “permanent” city managers: Joe Tanner and the disastrous Roger Kemp.
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