BE BREITBART: DoIT Right To Know Request : Outbound Internet traffic summarizations – Update 3 - Granite Grok

BE BREITBART: DoIT Right To Know Request : Outbound Internet traffic summarizations – Update 3

Telephone Rotary

Well, a quick update on setting up the Commish meeting:  Got a call yesterday afternoon from the “DES Commish Lady” (Commish Burak  Administrative Assistant, but DCL sound more bloggish) – the tentative meeting with Commishs Burack and Rogers (DES and DoIT) this  Friday at 6 pm is out of the question – somehow, I was not surprised.  Here’s how the [admittedly paraphrased] conversation went (hmm, next time I should just flip on the sound board on and record such conversations):

  • She asked – how about next week?  SURE!
  • And then I aGAIN explained we all work full time day jobs – we’re located all over the state and I said I’ll have to check schedules – several of us travel for biz and that can mean country-wide rather than just state-wide.
  • Hesitation on her part: “Er, well, the only days he REALLY has is Wed or Friday.”
  • Well, that will be OK – still at 6pm, though?  Remember, we’re working stiffs.  And being computer folk, we REALLY want to ask some questions (yes, I made a point to say it that way to make it PERFECTLY clear what our intent is).
  • Another hesitation moment.  “Um, that could be a problem – you see, he has a lot of work appointments – like ground breaking ceremonies and the like”

Yes, you REALLY read that right- she REALLY did say ground breaking ceremonies.

OK, I just hate to be cynical (watch for a post a bit later this evening – you’ll understand why my outlook would be a bit “shaded”), but methinks I be getting a sniff that perhaps  he’s not all that willing to make time after his working hours even as we are after ours – having dealt with politicians personally for a while, the “is it a ‘for show’ deal meter” is starting to twitch a tad.

  • I reiterated: I’ll ask about Groksters schedules
  • Her parting words “Commissioner Burack remains committed to meeting with you”

I will take him at your word – let’s see how soon this takes.

GraniteGrok live streaming at Americans For Prosperity RightOnline

BTW, GraniteGrok will be covering the Nashua Republican Committee’s shindig this Saturday niteSpecial Keynote Speaker: Howie Carr, government muckraker supreme at WRKO and the Boston Herald.  We will be providing the live stream of the event and have been told that Howie will saunter over to talk with us – LIVE.  He LOVES stories like this! 

And yes, that’s me with my back to the camera, interviewing Tim Philips, CEO of Americans for Prosperity (on the right) and national blogger friend (with the fedora) Warner Todd Huston (he loves stories like this, too – along with my national Samsphere blogger buds).

Oh, yeah – GraniteGrok will be at RightOnline again this year – with lots of New Media friends (bloggers, Conservative talk show hosts) – all online blogging and talking right around the clock.  We talk lots and this will be discussed.

Wonder if the Concord Monitor is ready to talk as well – according to “Grok commenters, they’ve been deleting comments referencing this story and links to GraniteGrok.  I guess it is time to ping Ann

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