In Peru, the rate of corruption complaints doubled
#good-government — Public Fediverse posts
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Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow – No trackers, no ads. Black type, white background. Privacy policy: we don't collect or retain any data at all ever period. [Unofficial] @[email protected]Pluralistic: Thwarted (09 Oct 2026)
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Subject to heavy revision, but here are the 3am lyrics to #GoodGovernment:
Good government
Make sure you have lots to eat
Good government
Protects you from the cold and the heat
Good government
Doesn't build "ai" to kill kids
Good government
Would pay all its artists to liveOh...
Good government
Stands against genocide
It doesn't commit them for pipelines
Good government
Is healthcare with dental in
And doesnt build "ai" to kill kidsA good government would have an army, sure, but not with guns - with helping hands and resources to help communities when they need it - like in Flynt, or N'orleans or hurricanes and forest fires and speaking which...
Good government
Puts a cap on pollution
Good government
Would not endorse the final solution
Good government
Would prevent wild fires
By seizing the banks and all the assets they've plundered to pump into petroleum to make the numbers goUp up up up up up up up up
Good government
Would disallow billionaires
And wouldn't all be corporate crooks
Good government
Is dental-in healthcare and...
Not using so-called "ai" as a thinly-veiled pretence to murder innocent children in pursuit of oil and money for their off-shore books -
I awoke in the middle of the night and penned the lyrics to a new song called #GoodGovernment
(Hint: there isn't one!)
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The following is from the legislative update that councilmembers regularly each month from city staff:
Last-Minute Wildfire Liability Reform Package Will Devastate Public Agencies
With a week left until the legislative cycle ends, Governor Gavin Newsom is pushing a fast-tracked "gut-and-amend" package aimed at mitigating financial risks for investor-owned electric utilities (such as Pacific Gas & Electric and Southern California Edison) following utility-caused wildfires.
The Governor's proposed wildfire liability reforms significantly restrict what public agencies can recover from utilities that cause wildfires, shifting the financial burden directly onto local taxpayers:
- Depreciated Infrastructure Coverage: Restricts utility liability for public assets (e.g., water lines, sewers, schools, libraries, and fire stations) to their depreciated value rather than their full replacement cost.
- Unrecoverable Emergency Response: Eliminates the ability of local public agencies to seek reimbursement from utilities for emergency response and mutual aid expenses incurred during a disaster.
- Loss of Tax Revenue Recovery: Bars local governments from recovering lost property tax revenue caused by wildfire destruction.
The City of Thousand Oaks joined a broad coalition led by Cal Cities [League of California Cities], California State Association of Counties, and Rural Counties Representatives of California to fight this last-minute proposal.
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Not in the legislative update, but I'll add that individuals wishing to contact the governor can do so at https://www.gov.ca.gov/contact/
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Electrostate: the irreplaceable role of the State
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(Peru) The cost of investigating those in power: the case of Harvey Colchado
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Peru: Keiko Fujimori’s Administration Requests Legislative Powers
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Peru: A “New” Government That Continues the Status Quo
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(Peru) Gen Z Activists: From Outrage to Organization
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Peru: JNE Presents Credentials to Keiko Fujimori as Constitutional President of the Republic
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Peru: “Nothing guarantees that the laws will be repealed if we, the citizens, do not take action”
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(Peru) Pedro Castillo: “They Orchestrated My Arrest and Immediate Removal from Office”
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Peru: Sánchez, Belmont, and López Chau Form a Parliamentary Coalition
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A quotation from Teddy Roosevelt
One of the worst features of the old spoils system was the ruthless cruelty and brutality it so often bred in the treatment of faithful public servants without political influence. Life is hard enough and cruel enough at best, and this is as true of public service as of private service. Under no system will it be possible to do away with all favoritism and brutality and meanness and malice. But at least we can try to minimize the exhibition of these qualities.
Theodore Roosevelt (1858–1919) American politician, statesman, conservationist, writer, US President (1901–1909)
Autobiography, ch. 5 “Applied Idealism” (1913)More about this quote: wist.info/roosevelt-theodore/8…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #teddyroosevelt #theodoreroosevelt #civilservice #cruelty #favoritism #goodgovernment #influence #politicalinfluence #politics #spoils #spoilssystem
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Peru: Strengthening Communities and Organizations to Resist and Defend the Future of Their Territories
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Happy Canada Day 🇨🇦
Wishing #Peace #Order and #GoodGovernment for all of you, no matter which country you happen to live in!
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Peru: Keiko Fujimori Declared Winner with 100% of Votes Counted
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Together for Peru: Electoral Process Marred by Serious Irregularities
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Peruvians Protest Against Results Favoring Fujimori
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Tonight the Thousand Oaks City Council unanimously approved its 2026 committee assignment roster.
Each councilmember represents your interests on a number of internal and external panels and commissions. These panels tie our city into regional, statewide, and national organizations where we meet colleagues, talk through issues of mutual concern, and learn of new solutions that directly benefit Thousand Oaks residents.
My assignments for the coming year include:
- Capital Facilities Committee (internal)
- Conejo Open Space Conservation Agency (COSCA)
- Clean Power Alliance (CPA, also serve on CPA’s Finance Committee)
- Ventura Council of Governments (VCOG)
- Ventura County Regional Energy Alliance (VCREA)
- Ventura Regional Sanitation District (VRSD, current chair)
- National League of Cities Energy, Environment, and Natural Resources Committee (NLC EENR)
- League of California Cities Environmental Quality Committee (Cal Cities EQ)
Most of the assignments are identical to last year’s. There are a few exceptions:
- Mayor pro tem Engler and I swapped positions on VCOG, where I now serve as primary delegate and he serves as alternate.
- Councilmember Gutierrez picks up new assignments: On the Ventura County Continuum of Care board; on NLC’s Finance, Administration, and Intergovernmental Relations Committee (FAIR); and on the board of Community Action of Ventura County (applied for and approved by the county Board of Supervisors).
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A quotation from Franklin Roosevelt
Government is competent when all who compose it work as trustees for the whole people. It can make constant progress when it keeps abreast of all the facts. It can obtain justified support and legitimate criticism when the people receive true information of all that government does.
Franklin Delano Roosevelt (1882-1945) American lawyer, politician, statesman, US President (1933-1945)
Speech (1937-01-20), Inaugural Address, Washington, D.C.More info about this quote: wist.info/roosevelt-franklin-d…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #fdr #franklinroosevelt #franklindroosevelt #franklindelanoroosevelt #democracy #facts #feedback #freepress #freedomofthepress #goodgovernment #governance #government #publicservice #publictrust #trustee #truth
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Ever see that classic horror movie where "The call is coming from inside the house"? Sometimes the ethics commissions themselves are trying to weaken campaign finance, lobbying, and conflict of interest laws. Read @ProPublica's article https://www.propublica.org/article/ethics-reform-legislation-blocked-statehouses
#CampaignFinance #GovernmentEthics #Lobbying #ConflictOfInterest #GoodGovernment #Advocacy #Politics
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Formerly uncontroversial take: It’s bad when an administration shuts down an investigation in which the border czar is on tape accepting a $50,000 cash bribe stuffed into a food bag.
The first article of impeachment of Richard Nixon during Watergate was for the exact same thing.
Two important differences: Back then conservatives cared about respect for established law, and Congressional Republicans had backbones.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/20/us/politics/tom-homan-fbi-trump.html?unlocked_article_code=1.n08.yC0T.ny9UERUCQ7QY&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/20/us/politics/tom-homan-fbi-trump.html?unlocked_article_code=1.n08.yC0T.ny9UERUCQ7QY&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
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A quotation from Herbert Hoover
The duty of public men in this Republic is to lead in standards of integrity — both in mind and money.
Dishonor in public life has a double poison. When people are dishonorable in private business, they injure only those with whom they deal or their own chances in the next world. But when there is a lack of honor in Government, the morals of the whole people are poisoned.
Some folks seem to think these are necessary evils in a free government. Or that it is smart politics. Those are deadly sleeping pills. No public man can be just a little crooked.Herbert Hoover (1874-1964) American engineer, bureaucrat, US President (1929-33)
Speech (1951-08-30), “Concerning Honor in Public Life,” Iowa Centennial Celebration, Des Moines, Iowa (radio broadcast)Sourcing, notes: wist.info/hoover-herbert/18705…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #herberthoover #badgovernment #cleverness #corruption #freegovernment #goodgovernment #government #graft #immorality #integrity #morality #necessaryevil #politics #publicfigure #publicservice #publicservant
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On a whim... I asked Google Image to tell me more about this, and got an AI reply:
#justice #GoodGovernment
Attributed to George Washington -
This seems exactly right....
On an historic courthouse in our nation's first Capitol... Etched in Stone:
"THE TRUE ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE IS THE FIRMEST PILLAR OF GOOD GOVERNMENT"
#justice #government #GoodGovernment vs. #evil #TrumpVirus #tyranny #oligarchy #psychopathology #truth
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The effect of a good government is to make life more valuable, — of a bad one, to make it less valuable. We can afford that railroad, and all merely material stock, should lose some of its value, for that only compels us to live more simply and economically; but suppose that the value of life itself should be diminished!
Henry David Thoreau (1817-1862) American philosopher and writer
Speech (1854-07-04), “Slavery in Massachusetts,” Anti-Slavery Celebration, Framingham, MassachusettsSourcing, notes: wist.info/thoreau-henry-david/…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #thoreau #badgovernment #goodgovernment #government #humanlife #life #values
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In this webinar on missing people services provided by #CADepartmentOfJustice -- excellent and informative! Quarterly topics, sign up for the next one on Medi-Cal fraud and abuse.
#DOJ #RobBonta #GoodGovernment
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Boom! #DemsDoingStuff all over the country. Get involved, we've got a long way to go.
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kind of seems like a huge good government issue in a broligarchical age that america's financial disclosure forms top out at "more than $50 million"...
#HowardLutnick #Trump #DonaldTrump #corruption #uspol #uspolitics #broligarchy #broligarchs #finance #government #goodGovernment
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Thanks to my colleagues on the Thousand Oaks City Council for selecting me as mayor for the next year. As I said at tonight’s reorg meeting, it’s our duty on Council to ensure city government works for all residents.
And congratulations to Al Adam and Connie “Tie” Guttierez, sworn in tonight to the first councilmembers in city history to serve in districts.
I’ve appreciated the way Al Adam handled meetings in a fair and efficient way in the past year as mayor.
And I am thrilled to say Tie will now be my colleague as well as my friend.
Last but not least, congratulations to Mikey Taylor, the city's new mayor pro tem.
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Come to the City Council's annual reorganization meeting next Tuesday evening! Each year the Council selects a mayor and mayor pro tem for the coming year. This year's event also will see the swearing-in of new councilmember Connie "Tie" Guttierez. There will be a reception in the lobby afterward. All are welcome!
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To counter right-wing narratives about government, I think it's important to boost achievements of government workers, including government scientists.
USDA Agricultural Research Service's Yan Ping (Judy) Chen and Jay Evans received the 2024 People's Choice Award at the Service to America Awards tonight.
https://servicetoamericamedals.org/honorees/yan-ping-judy-chen-and-jay-d-evans/ #Bees #Entomology #Agriculture #GoodGovernment #Science
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Someone in Kenosha was bored, in the best possible way...
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Public Comment on the Rainy River Watershed Withdrawal
https://twitter.com/lvgaldieri/status/1478795253108912128?s=20
My written comments ran to five pages, so instead of posting them here, I put them online as a PDF, which you can read here. I also made a three-minute comment in the live session hosted by the Bureau of Land Management and the US Forest Service this afternoon. My comments focus mainly on the story I’ve been pursuing for the past few years — a story of corruption. The first couple of paragraphs convey the general idea:
Federal lands in the Rainy River Watershed should be withdrawn from disposition under US mineral and geothermal leasing laws for the proposed initial twenty-year period, if not permanently. This is an overdue decision, grounded in science, economics, law, and environmental ethics.
Why, then, hasn’t it already happened? How did this withdrawal process, which started in 2017, go off track? Agency records obtained through the Freedom of Information Act show clearly that a foreign mining company, Antofagasta plc, acted to prevent the withdrawal; and from 2017-2021, members of Congress and the executive branch ran political interference on its behalf. Decisions taken behind closed doors during that period served foreign private interests, not the American public interest. The agencies now have an opportunity to rectify the situation.
I end with three recommendations:
The announcement on October 20, 2021, that the Biden administration will complete the “science-based environmental analysis” was encouraging. Given all the political interference, the two-year study really ought to have been started all over again, from scratch, in the interest of scientific integrity. At the very least, USDA Secretary Tom Vilsack should release – unredacted — the preliminary findings of the canceled two-year scientific study, so that they can be compared with the new and complete analysis.
As agencies work toward a science-based decision on the twenty-year withdrawal, they also need to take additional steps to restore public confidence and guard against undue influence. As a first step, the USDA Inspector General could review Secretary Perdue’s decision to cancel the 2017 withdrawal process and report on scientific independence, ethical conduct, and political interference at the agency.
Finally, the agencies can help raise standards. Industry repeatedly assures us that non-ferrous mining in the Rainy River Watershed and elsewhere can be done “responsibly,” and there are a growing number of calls, from Congress and from within the Biden administration, for “responsible mining” for the transition to renewables. How should government respond? Rigorous and practical guidance for agencies on the law and ethics as well as the technical and scientific aspects of “responsible mining” would be a good start.
Here is a recording of my three-minute live comment, which tracks all this pretty closely. Video is cued to the mark.
https://youtu.be/jThQgcFySC8?t=8859
#BoundaryWaters #corruption #environmentalEthics #ethics #ethicsOfMining #goodGovernment #governmentFailure #Water