Thursday, March 19, 2009

Twittering Tweets

It's been a while since anybody's posted on this page, but that doesn't mean we've abandoned technology altogether. A lot of us are using twitter (and some on air people tweet too). Here's a list of some of our staff using twitter along with the links to their tweets.

13 ABC Action News
Diane Larson - Anchor
Lee Conklin - Anchor
Brian Trauring - News Director
Anthony Knopps - Assistant News Director
Kristian Brown - Anchor/Reporter
Greg Bilazarian - Reporter
Sashem Brey - Anchor/Reporter
Todd Gaertner - Photographer
Chris Henderson - Photographer
Justin Billau - Photographer
Rebecca Regnier - Reporter
Jennifer Jarrell - Reporter
Zack Ottenstein - Reporter
Christina Williams - Assignment Editor/Reporter
Jenny Walenczak - Assignment Manager
Becky Black - Assistant Director of Finance
Cindy S - Director
Craig K - Engineering
Vickie Van Vliet - Producer
Terry Kowalski - Promotions
Ryan Speer - Promotions
Alexis Means - Reporter
Amy Montgomery - Nightside Assignment Editor
Chad Evearitt - Engineering
Tamara Rost - Program Director

-Billau

Friday, December 5, 2008

Mayor Carty Finkbeiner on the Big Three Bailout

Last Wednesday the mayor got a little fired up when speaking at a town hall meeting about the auto industry bailout. Here are Mayor Finkbeiner's comments:

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-Billau

Tuesday, November 18, 2008

3/4% Tax Change

Councilman Joe McNamara is proposing legislation to change how the 3/4% tax is allocated. He says this will allow for 2009 police and fire classes. This is his entire press conference...

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Thursday, October 16, 2008

Joe The Plumber

Joe Tibbals was the photographer working the day Senator Obama toured that now famous Holland neighborhood. Here is Joe The Photographer's video of the exchange between Senator Obama and Joe The Plumber.


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-Billau

Tuesday, September 30, 2008

$700 Billion Bailout Rejected - Roll Call

Wonder how your representative voted? I know the House's website crashed last night from people trying to find out how their representative voted. I'm here to make finding out easier. No video today, just text. Here's the roll call from yesterday's house vote. A "Y" is a yes vote in favor of the bailout.

ALABAMA
Democrats - Cramer, Y; Davis, Y.
Republicans - Aderholt, N; Bachus, Y; Bonner, Y; Everett, Y;
Rogers, Y.

ALASKA
Republicans - Young, N.

ARIZONA
Democrats - Giffords, N; Grijalva, N; Mitchell, N; Pastor, N.
Republicans - Flake, N; Franks, N; Renzi, N; Shadegg, N.

ARKANSAS
Democrats - Berry, Y; Ross, Y; Snyder, Y.
Republicans - Boozman, Y.

CALIFORNIA
Democrats - Baca, N; Becerra, N; Berman, Y; Capps, Y; Cardoza,
Y; Costa, Y; Davis, Y; Eshoo, Y; Farr, Y; Filner, N; Harman, Y;
Honda, Y; Lee, N; Lofgren, Zoe, Y; Matsui, Y; McNerney, Y; Miller,
George, Y; Napolitano, N; Pelosi, Y; Richardson, Y; Roybal-Allard,
N; Sanchez, Linda T., N; Sanchez, Loretta, N; Schiff, N; Sherman,
N; Solis, N; Speier, Y; Stark, N; Tauscher, Y; Thompson, N; Waters,
Y; Watson, N; Waxman, Y; Woolsey, N.
Republicans - Bilbray, N; Bono Mack, Y; Calvert, Y; Campbell, Y;
Doolittle, N; Dreier, Y; Gallegly, N; Herger, Y; Hunter, N; Issa,
N; Lewis, Y; Lungren, Daniel E., Y; McCarthy, N; McKeon, Y; Miller,
Gary, Y; Nunes, N; Radanovich, Y; Rohrabacher, N; Royce, N.

COLORADO
Democrats - DeGette, Y; Perlmutter, Y; Salazar, N; Udall, N.
Republicans - Lamborn, N; Musgrave, N; Tancredo, Y.

CONNECTICUT
Democrats - Courtney, N; DeLauro, Y; Larson, Y; Murphy, Y.
Republicans - Shays, Y.

DELAWARE
Republicans - Castle, Y.

FLORIDA
Democrats - Boyd, Y; Brown, Corrine, Y; Castor, N; Hastings, Y;
Klein, Y; Mahoney, Y; Meek, Y; Wasserman Schultz, Y; Wexler, Y.
Republicans - Bilirakis, N; Brown-Waite, Ginny, N; Buchanan, N;
Crenshaw, Y; Diaz-Balart, L., N; Diaz-Balart, M., N; Feeney, N;
Keller, N; Mack, N; Mica, N; Miller, N; Putnam, Y; Ros-Lehtinen, N;
Stearns, N; Weldon, Y; Young, N.

GEORGIA
Democrats - Barrow, N; Bishop, Y; Johnson, N; Lewis, N;
Marshall, Y; Scott, N.
Republicans - Broun, N; Deal, N; Gingrey, N; Kingston, N;
Linder, N; Price, N; Westmoreland, N.

HAWAII
Democrats - Abercrombie, N; Hirono, N.

IDAHO
Republicans - Sali, N; Simpson, Y.

ILLINOIS
Democrats - Bean, Y; Costello, N; Davis, Y; Emanuel, Y; Foster,
Y; Gutierrez, Y; Hare, Y; Jackson, N; Lipinski, N; Rush, N;
Schakowsky, Y.
Republicans - Biggert, N; Johnson, N; Kirk, Y; LaHood, Y;
Manzullo, N; Roskam, N; Shimkus, N; Weller, X.

INDIANA
Democrats - Carson, N; Donnelly, Y; Ellsworth, Y; Hill, N;
Visclosky, N.
Republicans - Burton, N; Buyer, N; Pence, N; Souder, Y.

IOWA
Democrats - Boswell, Y; Braley, N; Loebsack, Y.
Republicans - King, N; Latham, N.

KANSAS
Democrats - Boyda, N; Moore, Y.
Republicans - Moran, N; Tiahrt, N.

KENTUCKY
Democrats - Chandler, N; Yarmuth, N.
Republicans - Davis, N; Lewis, Y; Rogers, Y; Whitfield, N.

LOUISIANA
Democrats - Cazayoux, N; Jefferson, N; Melancon, Y.
Republicans - Alexander, N; Boustany, N; McCrery, Y; Scalise, N.

MAINE
Democrats - Allen, Y; Michaud, N.

MARYLAND
Democrats - Cummings, N; Edwards, N; Hoyer, Y; Ruppersberger, Y;
Sarbanes, Y; Van Hollen, Y.
Republicans - Bartlett, N; Gilchrest, Y.

MASSACHUSETTS
Democrats - Capuano, Y; Delahunt, N; Frank, Y; Lynch, N; Markey,
Y; McGovern, Y; Neal, Y; Olver, Y; Tierney, N; Tsongas, Y.

MICHIGAN


Democrats - Conyers, N; Dingell, Y; Kildee, Y; Kilpatrick, N;
Levin, Y; Stupak, N.
Republicans - Camp, Y; Ehlers, Y; Hoekstra, N; Knollenberg, N;
McCotter, N; Miller, N; Rogers, N; Upton, Y; Walberg, N.

MINNESOTA
Democrats - Ellison, Y; McCollum, Y; Oberstar, Y; Peterson, N;
Walz, N.
Republicans - Bachmann, N; Kline, Y; Ramstad, N.

MISSISSIPPI
Democrats - Childers, N; Taylor, N; Thompson, N.
Republicans - Pickering, Y.

MISSOURI
Democrats - Carnahan, Y; Clay, N; Cleaver, N; Skelton, Y.
Republicans - Akin, N; Blunt, Y; Emerson, Y; Graves, N; Hulshof,
N.

MONTANA
Republicans - Rehberg, N.

NEBRASKA
Republicans - Fortenberry, N; Smith, N; Terry, N.

NEVADA
Democrats - Berkley, N.
Republicans - Heller, N; Porter, Y.

NEW HAMPSHIRE
Democrats - Hodes, N; Shea-Porter, N.

NEW JERSEY
Democrats - Andrews, Y; Holt, Y; Pallone, Y; Pascrell, N; Payne,
N; Rothman, N; Sires, Y.
Republicans - Ferguson, Y; Frelinghuysen, N; Garrett, N;
LoBiondo, N; Saxton, Y; Smith, N.

NEW MEXICO
Democrats - Udall, N.
Republicans - Pearce, N; Wilson, Y.

NEW YORK
Democrats - Ackerman, Y; Arcuri, Y; Bishop, Y; Clarke, Y;
Crowley, Y; Engel, Y; Gillibrand, N; Hall, Y; Higgins, Y; Hinchey,
N; Israel, Y; Lowey, Y; Maloney, Y; McCarthy, Y; McNulty, Y; Meeks,
Y; Nadler, Y; Rangel, Y; Serrano, N; Slaughter, Y; Towns, Y;
Velazquez, Y; Weiner, Y.
Republicans - Fossella, Y; King, Y; Kuhl, N; McHugh, Y;
Reynolds, Y; Walsh, Y.

NORTH CAROLINA
Democrats - Butterfield, N; Etheridge, Y; McIntyre, N; Miller,
Y; Price, Y; Shuler, N; Watt, Y.
Republicans - Coble, N; Foxx, N; Hayes, N; Jones, N; McHenry, N;
Myrick, N.

NORTH DAKOTA
Democrats - Pomeroy, Y.

OHIO
Democrats - Kaptur, N; Kucinich, N; Ryan, Y; Space, Y; Sutton,
N; Wilson, Y.
Republicans - Boehner, Y; Chabot, N; Hobson, Y; Jordan, N;
LaTourette, N; Latta, N; Pryce, Y; Regula, Y; Schmidt, N; Tiberi,
N; Turner, N.

OKLAHOMA
Democrats - Boren, Y.
Republicans - Cole, Y; Fallin, N; Lucas, N; Sullivan, N.

OREGON
Democrats - Blumenauer, N; DeFazio, N; Hooley, Y; Wu, N.
Republicans - Walden, Y.

PENNSYLVANIA
Democrats - Altmire, N; Brady, Y; Carney, N; Doyle, Y; Fattah,
Y; Holden, N; Kanjorski, Y; Murphy, Patrick, Y; Murtha, Y;
Schwartz, Y; Sestak, Y.
Republicans - Dent, N; English, N; Gerlach, N; Murphy, Tim, N;
Peterson, Y; Pitts, N; Platts, N; Shuster, N.

RHODE ISLAND
Democrats - Kennedy, Y; Langevin, Y.

SOUTH CAROLINA
Democrats - Clyburn, Y; Spratt, Y.
Republicans - Barrett, N; Brown, Y; Inglis, Y; Wilson, Y.

SOUTH DAKOTA
Democrats - Herseth Sandlin, N.

TENNESSEE
Democrats - Cohen, Y; Cooper, Y; Davis, Lincoln, N; Gordon, Y;
Tanner, Y.
Republicans - Blackburn, N; Davis, David, N; Duncan, N; Wamp, N.

TEXAS
Democrats - Cuellar, N; Doggett, N; Edwards, Y; Gonzalez, Y;
Green, Al, N; Green, Gene, N; Hinojosa, Y; Jackson-Lee, N; Johnson,
E. B., Y; Lampson, N; Ortiz, N; Reyes, Y; Rodriguez, N.
Republicans - Barton, N; Brady, Y; Burgess, N; Carter, N;
Conaway, N; Culberson, N; Gohmert, N; Granger, Y; Hall, N;
Hensarling, N; Johnson, Sam, N; Marchant, N; McCaul, N; Neugebauer,
N; Paul, N; Poe, N; Sessions, Y; Smith, Y; Thornberry, N.

UTAH
Democrats - Matheson, N.
Republicans - Bishop, N; Cannon, Y.

VERMONT
Democrats - Welch, N.

VIRGINIA
Democrats - Boucher, Y; Moran, Y; Scott, N.
Republicans - Cantor, Y; Davis, Tom, Y; Drake, N; Forbes, N;
Goode, N; Goodlatte, N; Wittman, N; Wolf, Y.

WASHINGTON
Democrats - Baird, Y; Dicks, Y; Inslee, N; Larsen, Y; McDermott,
Y; Smith, Y.
Republicans - Hastings, N; McMorris Rodgers, N; Reichert, N.

WEST VIRGINIA
Democrats - Mollohan, Y; Rahall, Y.
Republicans - Capito, N.

WISCONSIN
Democrats - Baldwin, Y; Kagen, N; Kind, Y; Moore, Y; Obey, Y.
Republicans - Petri, N; Ryan, Y; Sensenbrenner, N.

WYOMING
Republicans - Cubin, Y.
-Billau