Concerned Citizens

Yesterday in my review of blogs at work I ran across an item at Inside Facebook, the blog following the developments of the widely popular social networking site, regarding the recent change in Facebook’s terms of service. Facebook’s recent change in terms basically granted the site an “irrevocable, perpetual, non-exclusive, transferable, fully paid, worldwide license (with the right to sublicense)” to do just about anything they wanted with anything you posted or linked to in your Facebook account. The change set off a backlash in public commentary and news coverage. In true form of the new world, Facebook has since backed down. Read more…

Last night candidates in the mayoral, District 7, and SAISD school board races spoke and answered questions in a public forum sponsored by several neighborhood associations in the Jefferson area and held at Jefferson High School. The forum allowed citizens to ask questions submitted through question cards. This provided more spontaneous discussion on issues facing residents in the area around Jefferson High School. Most of the mayoral candidates attended including the top three as well as all three District 7 candidates and both candidates for the open seat on the SAISD. Read more…