Weekly Address: Passing the Buffett Rule So That Everyone Pays Their Fair Share. President Obama calls on Congress to pass the Buffett Rule, a principle that ensures that millionaires and billionaires do not pay less in taxes as a share of their
West Wing Week: 3/30/2012 or “I’ve Got Seoul”: This week, the President traveled to the Republic of Korea to attend a nuclear security summit where he also visited the DMZ, held a series of bilateral (and one trilateral) meetings, and gave a major address to students at Hankuk University. Back at home, the kitchen garden got underway with this year’s first planting.
So, if it wasn’t apparent, April Fools. We ran a few articles yesterday that were written to encourage discussion on issues. All the articles posted on Sunday were part of our April 1st celebration, and not true at all. The articles in question were:
City and County Departments Pledge To “Shop Henderson First”
City May Be Changing Which Communities Are Annexed
Anonymous Reader: A Different Approach
Toxic Waste Incinerator Could Add 150 New Jobs To Area
Please take us up on the offer to discuss these issues on the article pages themselves so they stay on topic. The discussion period on Sunday and Today for these articles is the specific reason that our $20 gift certificate giveaway will be drawn tomorrow, not today as usual.
So you still have all day today to enter our contest, in fact you have until 11:59pm Monday evening to enter, by simply making a comment on any article. May I suggest one of the above articles as one you should comment on!
If we’ve inspired you and you thought up some more articles that could have run, please go ahead and send them in and we’ll run them as well this week.
Discuss and more on today’s Open Lines!