Author: Rob Goodspeed

‘New Politics Institute’ Event

I just attended an event hosted by an organization called the New Politics Institute featuring Markos Moulitsas and Joe Trippi. Although both Moulitsas and Trippi focused a bit too much on the Ohio special election, talking about how it had “proved” the power of the new medium, overall it was a good event by an […]

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Summer Tour 2005

This Friday, I’ll depart on a three-city tour to visit friends and get out of D.C. My itinerary puts me in San Diego on August 5, 6, and 7th, San Francisco and Oakland on August 8, 9 and 10th, and on a lake “up north” in Michigan for a few days before returning to D.C. […]

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Free Concert September 24

This graphic was produced by Mike Flugennock to use to promote a free concert to be held at the Washington Monument on September 24, sponsored by United for Peace and Justice called Operation Ceasefire. According to the flyer (see it on Flickr), the concert will feature the Thievery Corporation, Anti-Flag, Le Tigre, Bouncing Souls, Wayne […]

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Eugene Kang Loses Primary

According to Eugene’s campaign and the Washtenaw County website, Eugene Kang has lost his primary for Ann Arbor’s Ward 2 city council seat against former Republican candidate for mayor Stephen Rapundalo with a vote of 480 to 575. Eugene earned 45.5% of the vote to Mr. Rapundalo’s 54.5%. According to the canvass report, Eugene carried […]

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