Federal · GOP

FCC Commissioner to Join Comcast

https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/post-tech/post/fcc-commissioner-meredith-baker-to-join-comcast-nbc/2011/05/11/AFYfl1rG_blog.html Federal Communications commissioner Meredith Attwell Baker announced Wednesday that she will resign from the FCC on June 3 and join Comcast-NBC Universal as its senior vice president of governmental affairs. Baker, a Republican, joined the FCC in 2009 after working at the National Telecomunications and Information Administration under President George W. Bush. While at the NTIA, Baker oversaw… Continue reading FCC Commissioner to Join Comcast

American Fascism · Local Politics

Judge Convicted in Pennsylvania Kids-for-Cash Scheme

https://www.democracynow.org/2011/2/22/judge_convicted_in_pennsylvania_kids_for https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PA_Child_Care Former Luzerne County Judge Mark Ciavarella, Jr., was convicted Friday of accepting bribes and kickbacks for putting juveniles into detention centers operated by PA Child Care and a sister company, Western Pennsylvania Child Care. Ciavarella and another judge, Michael Conahan, are said to have received $2.6 million for their efforts. The “cash for… Continue reading Judge Convicted in Pennsylvania Kids-for-Cash Scheme