County Supes Oct 11 Highlights
Some items of interest on today's County Supervisor's agenda....Supervisor Michael D. Antonovich asks that access to pornographic websites be blocked on computers in County libraries. (Items 14 and 106, cont. from 9/20)
Proposal would adopt and begin integration of national standards into the County’s emergency management system. (Item 19)
$1 million proposal would fund installation of wireless networks at 84 community libraries to meet public demand for computer access to Internet. (Item 22)
$1 million (maximum) contract proposed for school program aimed at reducing waste in landfills and pollution in waterways. (Item 59)
Proposal would allow Sheriff’s Department to field test new flashlight/pepper spray system as a less lethal alternative to flashlights. (Item 87)
Recommendation would approve the donation of 25 law enforcement vehicles to the New Orleans Police Department to assist in the emergency efforts caused by Hurricane Katrina. (Item 91)
Supervisors asked to approve the bylaws of the King/Drew Medical Center Hospital Advisory Board. (Item 96, cont. from 9/6 and 9/20)
Proposal would establish proactive plan to provide housing, operational subsidies, and supportive services for the County’s special needs populations. (Item 99)
Fiscal impact of Nov. 8 special election on County to be discussed. (Item 105)
Report requested by Supervisor Zev Yaroslavsky to be given on plan to screen campaign finance filings to ensure compliance with Prop. B. (Item 107)
Reports scheduled on King/Drew Medical Center on:
- Dual track contingency plan with firm timelines to reform King/Drew Medical Center in the event accreditation/state licensing is not reinstated. (Item 108, cont. from 9/27)
- County’s affiliation with Drew University and contingency plan if university loses its accreditation. (Item 109, cont. from 9/27)
- Review of all invoices submitted by Navigant for work performed at King/Drew Medical Center, due to questions of billing irregularities. (Item 110)
Posted by Anonymous @ 10/11/2005 07:07:00 AM
2 Comments:
No offence to Mike Antonovich, but how, exactly, are pornographic sites going to be blocked at the County's libraries? Usually, the geniuses who want to "protect" the public with theses measures set up filters to deny a user access to a page that has any obscene words. These filter lists always seem to include things like "breast", "anus", etc. If you want to read about breast cancer, or enemas, or whatever, these sites are typically blocked too.
I think that, if the sites are going to be blocked, we ought to go whole hog and have members of Antonovich's staff hand-select domains to be blocked. Especially anything that has "Antonovich" and "jerk" in the same sentence. If his idea gets made into official policy, I am sure that there will be plenty of web sites of that nature that he'll need to "protect" us from.
Yeah, I've wondered about filters and blockers like that. What if a teenager wanted to know about Circumcision, would that be considered pornographic?
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