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Re: I am leaving Intel; joining Edelman Digital

almacy — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 23:50:08 -0000

Michael - Thrilled to hear that you and Bruce Eric are joining the Edelman team! Plus, a ringing endorsement by Amybeth gets big points in my book. Look forward to working with you!

Best,
David Almacy
Edelman Digital Public Affairs
Washington, DC

Re: How To Help the Tooth Fairy & Other Magic

almacy — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 16:36:13 -0000

Same thing happened to our 5yo when she was brushing her teeth. Since this was her first tooth, Daddy tore the sink apart and sifted through some pretty filthy pipe water - all to no avail.

She drew a picture of the tooth and we crafted a short note for the Tooth Fairy to put in her little purple, satin tooth pillow and placed it carefully under her big pillow.

Fortunately, in the morning, she was rewarded with a $1 Presidential coin (http://www.usmint.gov/mint_programs/$1coin/) and we were rewarded with a plumber bill! Worth every penny.

Re: YouTube To Congress: Your Videos Are Lame

almacy — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 20:24:04 -0000

The Rickroll continues...

Re: Politics In 140 Characters Or Less

almacy — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 18:29:18 -0000

Good post, Greg. Couple things, though.

1) Yes, it really is Rep. Culberson who is Twittering.

2) As you point out, the debate isn't so much about whether to use Twitter or not, but rather whether a Member of Congress is permitted to use taxpayer funded devices (i.e. BlackBerry) to publish "official" communications on sites outside the house.gov domain - I believe that YouTube was the original target of discussion.

Speaker Pelosi & Minority Leader Boehner fired letters off to each other re: the role of the House Admin Committee's "Franking Commission." The commission is the Congressional body that has historically regulated this type of communication for Members (such as free postage for official snail mailings). Limiting their venues, Boehner and Culberson argued, is a violation of their First Amendment rights.

I give Rep. Culberson, Rep. Tim Ryan (D-OH) and others credit for reaching out to constituents in new ways. It's about time Congress started governing in the 21st Century without using 19th Century methods!

I also wrote about this on my blog CapitalGig at http://capitalgig.com/2008/07/09/capitol-hill-b....