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2.13.2008

 

Clean slate


It's hard not to laugh out loud when you first spot the new look that Rep. David Zuckerman is sporting.

The "pony-tailed Prog" became the "bald-headed Burlington rep" this week. He raised about $3,000 and 35 inches of hair for chairty in the process.

Zuckerman sought per-inch pledges from the Statehouse crowd to raise money for four youth services organizations around Vermont. Enough money came in so that Zuckerman lost it all. Rep. Denise Barnard, the Richmond Democrat whose real job is as a hairdresser, did the honors Tuesday.

The 35 inches of hair will go to Locks of Love, an organization that provides hair for children with hair-loss diseases.

On the House floor Wednesday, Rep. Bud Otterman, R-Topsham, offered Zuckerman a ball cap with a main of hair attached "because he sure looks cold."

Oddly enough, Zuckerman said the new lack of 'do made his head sweat overnight. There's a lot about having a shaved head that takes some getting used to. His winter hat clings to his head in a sand-papery way. And people have a way of laughing out loud at first sight of it. He takes it well, though.

- Terri Hallenbeck

Comments:
It's good to know that one our legislatures is a Hair Dresser.

Geesh...the concept of a Citizen, ill-trained, legislature is so beyond its time. We will never move the issues forward with this crowd. To date has any thing significant been addressed? Do you wonder why?
 
Never drink and blog.
 
"Anonymous said...
Never drink and blog."

you really shouldn't...
 
Would you prefer a "professional" legislature made up of trial attorneys?
 
Hi. Sorry to leave an off-topic comment, but there's no contact information on this site for the owner.

I'm working on behalf of J-Lab (http://j-lab.org, the Institute for Interactive Journalism at the University of Maryland, a project of the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation) and the Center for Citizen Media at Harvard University. I'm helping to expand a database of sites from the U.S. and Canada that offer at least some citizen journalism periodically. Based on posts like this one, your site seems to qualify.

Here's our database: http://www.kcnn.org/citmedia_sites

It's part of the Knight Citizen News Network: http://kcnn.org

We're including some basic information about your site in our database, but we'd really like to include more about what you're doing. We have a short web-based survey for owners or managers of sites that include citizen journalism. I'd like to ask you to please take five minutes or less to fill it out.

TO RESPOND, PLEASE E-MAIL my colleague Amy Gahran (amy@ireporter.org) and she'll send you the link to our survey for site owners. (I'm not leaving the link in this comment because the survey really is only for site owners or managers) Also, e-mail Amy if you're not sure whether your site belongs in our database, or if you have other questions. I, Reporter is a media consulting firm conducting this survey on J-Lab's behalf.

DEADLINE: It would be most helpful if you could complete this survey no later than Fri., Feb. 22 2008.

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Thank you,
Heidi Miller
Heidi@ireporter.org
 
This site is NOT run by "citizen" jourmanlist. It is run by professional jourmalists.
 
I can hardly wait for Heidi to receive her first blog from jw. That ought to set the state back another 10 years.
 
Hair or no hair he is the same creature.
 
Yes, a decent human being.
 
He's a politician just like the rest of 'em. Hypocritical, concerned about power, his own reelection, and the pursuit of higher office and more power.

Different color, same material.
 
Here, here!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
 
Where is our grammarian to correct the last post?
 
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