Comments on: Governor Pawlenty recommends broadband stimulus applications http://blandinonbroadband.org/2009/10/21/governor-pawlenty-recommends-broadband-stimulus-applications/ News and information on broadband use, policy, and trends Mon, 21 May 2012 14:36:03 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Ann Treacy http://blandinonbroadband.org/2009/10/21/governor-pawlenty-recommends-broadband-stimulus-applications/#comment-6310 Thu, 12 Nov 2009 14:57:36 +0000 http://blandinonbroadband.org/?p=2523#comment-6310 I should have added this earlier – but last week I learned that the list didn’t come from the Governor’s office but from another state office. A detail – but I wanted to add it.

]]> By: christopher mitchell http://blandinonbroadband.org/2009/10/21/governor-pawlenty-recommends-broadband-stimulus-applications/#comment-6225 Mon, 26 Oct 2009 19:40:52 +0000 http://blandinonbroadband.org/?p=2523#comment-6225 This is incredibly frustrating. The Obama Administration should not allow it to happen – they are supposedly all about transparency but the NTIA appears to be the lease transparent agency among those in stimulus programs. On top of this, our absentee governor has shown zero leadership on broadband. I want to see what decisions his administration has made because it will have a significant impact on our future.

]]> By: Fred Pilot http://blandinonbroadband.org/2009/10/21/governor-pawlenty-recommends-broadband-stimulus-applications/#comment-6210 Thu, 22 Oct 2009 03:48:13 +0000 http://blandinonbroadband.org/?p=2523#comment-6210 It doesn’t quite add up. If you had requested a short list of projects under consideration by the governor and he objected to its release citing executive deliberative privilege, it might be understandable.

Consider asking a public interest or first amendment law firm to take on this case and look into getting a writ ordering the governor to provide the requested information. There should be nothing secret about it at this point in the process.

]]> By: Transparency Please, Governor Pawlenty | Minnov8 http://blandinonbroadband.org/2009/10/21/governor-pawlenty-recommends-broadband-stimulus-applications/#comment-6208 Thu, 22 Oct 2009 00:24:02 +0000 http://blandinonbroadband.org/?p=2523#comment-6208 [...] Blandin on Broadband’s Ann Treacy and was alerted to this gubernatorial non-release. She had this to say about it: It’s frustrating. The Minnesota Ultra High-Speed Broadband Task Force has been [...]

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