The entire two hours with former President Bill Clinton, including the question-and-answer session, have been transcribed and posted here. Short Quicktime clips are included; DVDs are available for purchase. The convention wrap-up page has been updated with recent coverage from members and other sources. And all of AAN's on-the-spot coverage is still readily available from the 2006 Convention page.
During the height of the Cold War, UCLA and the U.S. Veteran's Administration dumped radioactive waste underneath a field where kids now play and Brentwood residents walk their dogs, CityBeat revealed in articles published May 18 and May 25. Over two dozen citizens met to discuss the issue on June 13, CityBeat reports, and the neighborhood's City Councilman wrote a letter to the Secretary of Veterans Affairs expressing support for a clean-up. In addition, Rep. Henry Waxman tells CityBeat that he is "concerned about the possible environmental hazards" at the site. The V.A. continues to insist the area is safe, but has committed to additional study since the CityBeat articles appeared.
The Independent Weekly reports that the nation's largest newspaper chain plans to launch a newspaper distribution network in Acadiana, threatening to create havoc for independent publications in the area. Like the distribution schemes Gannett has already started in Greenville, S.C., and Jackson, Miss., the Lafayette operation will force the company's competitors to pay up in order to be displayed in news racks already filled with Gannett's suite of local publications. Jackson Free Press Publisher Todd Stauffer notes that Gannett "has a pretty bad track record" of trying monopolize local markets. "I wish they would take their vast resources and focus more on reporting, investigating, and telling us the stories we need to hear, as opposed to trying to knock the Thrifty Nickel out of business," he says. ALSO: E&P reports on Gannett's distribution plans in its current issue (available online for subscribers), noting that the rollout in Jackson "didn't go so smoothly" after Stauffer and the Free Press "almost single-handedly" turned it into a local controversy.
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