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Gerrymandering: Watch and Discuss

Austinist  Fri, 01/21/2011 - 3:00pm

<I>Gerrymandering</I>: Watch and Discuss Contrary to popular belief, politics is not boring.

It's actually quite exciting, more like a soap opera than C-SPAN would have you believe. There are backroom deals, double crosses, lies, intrigue.

This Monday night, the Alamo Ritz aims to prove our point with the intriguing political doc, Gerrymandering.



 

C-SPAN Civics Bus Brings Public Affairs to Life at the Faulk Cen...

Planning Ahead, Austin  Wed, 01/20/2010 - 12:23pm

WHO:

The Faulk Central Library and C-SPAN

WHAT:

C-SPAN’s Civics Bus



 

Transparency, transparency, wherefore art thou?

Donklephant  Tue, 01/05/2010 - 11:30am

Congressional leaders are planning to hold “secret” meetings instead of the traditional public conference committee hearings to reconcile the Senate and House versions of the health care insurance reform bills.

While the GOP has reacted with expected outrage, the proposed “new system” of “private meetings” is generating some concern from the traditional media, as ABC News reports: