GrokMeetUp

A Few Thoughts About the Last GrokMeet!

I ventured into the wilds and attended the Rochester Granite Grok meet-up.  Good time.  I was especially gratified at Skip & Steve specifically mentioning me, and doubly so for actually getting what I’d call a significant amount of applause at that mention.  So, wait, people actually read my stuff?  Kewl!

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Right to Know

Nashua Alderman Suggest Cutting Budget for Right to Know Requests

Good evening,

My Name is Albert Todd and I live at <redacted> in Nashua. I am writing this message in response to the Nashua Alderman Board that I joined and watched on 4/27/2021.  During this board meeting, many interesting topics were discussed but one struck me as odd and alarming. That is when the Board started discussing a reduction in funding for Right to Know Requests.

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Cigar Bar Liquor Tobacco

J Bartlett: Over-Regulating Small Businesses, Cigar Bar Edition

One of the consequences of regulating business by statute is that statutes are categorized, and therefore businesses have to be categorized too. The rigid legal classifications for businesses can lead to some restrictions that make sense only to lawyers, legislators, and scientists who catalogue animal and plant species.

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Should the District of Columbia become a State?

Before we even begin to answer this question, let’s look at the history behind the District of Columbia. The US Constitution, Article 1, Section 8, provides Congress the power to “… exercise exclusive Legislation in all Cases whatsoever, over such District (not exceeding ten Miles square) as may, by Cession of particular States, and the … Read more

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