“Pray remember ye poor debtors.”

January 29, 2010

Here is the new edition of my spot on Comcast Local Edition, which will begin running in February. In this episode I talk about one of my pieces of legislation, which would ban municipal authorities from being able to put people in jail for failing to pay their sewage bills. It’s a shame we even [...]

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Mailbag Fun

January 26, 2010

I love getting email comments from visitors to this blog. There is nothing quite like the ability to get raw, unfiltered feedback from people who care enough to check out your work online.
But every now and again I get something like this, which I just don’t know how to respond to:
From The Gov’T, Here To [...]

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2:16

January 21, 2010

I wasn’t planning on being at my keyboard at 1:26 AM, but a combination of heartburn from some wings I had earlier and utter and complete frustration have led me here.
I took office in January 2007. Since that time, I have ridden an emotional roller coaster while doing the very best job possible to serve [...]

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Every Now and Then We Do Get it Right

January 18, 2010

Last week, a terrible tragedy unfolded just 681 miles off the coast of Miami, as a devastating earthquake rocked the nation of Haiti. The quake left hundreds of thousands of people dead and left the remaining 9.7 million residents, who are among the poorest people in the world, in even more dire straits.
Almost immediately, the [...]

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Pat Robertson, you’re a j-hole. True story.

January 13, 2010

Seriously, what kind of jerk is this guy? He’s blaming the earthquake in Haiti on the “true story” of the Haitians making a pact with the devil to get rid of the French?
How can you call yourself a man of God if that’s the best you can do on a day where the world is [...]

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Hello, Bella

January 7, 2010

Earlier today, I became an uncle for the second time when my sister Brittany gave birth to her first child. Bella Rene Renaldi came into the world, weighing in at 6 pounds, 10 ounces. Good looking kid.

Scridb filter

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If Paul Long were still alive, he wouldn’t have put up with these shenanigans.

January 4, 2010

As much as I enjoy the holidays, there is always something annoying about the way the world shuts down for the two weeks between Christmas and New Year’s. You can never get ahold of the people you need to talk to, and nothing of any consequence gets accomplished. So I was excited for the world [...]

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