First interview - issue or no-issues

jennypinto - 25-MAR-2009

[Comment promoted to a forum topic on behalf of Jenny]

This might be interesting to all of you.... that last night we attempted to do our first candidate interview (for praja and smartvote.in). the questionnaire includes the top issues  on our praja poll !

Climate change and bengaluru

jennypinto - 25-MAR-2009

prajagale,

i have recently joined CSM, (csmworld.org) an international org that addresses climate change issues.
under their umberella i am attempting to put together a"climate  festival"  that looks at  climate change and bengaluru. (other cities will follow)

Report on all Karnataka MPs

jennypinto - 24-MAR-2009

Our friends and election partners at Daksh have sent in a nice consolidated report (attendance, assets, criminal records etc) to help us know our MPs. This report contains:

Kanakapura Road Big 10

Arun - 24-MAR-2009

Just a few questions about Kanakapura Road Big 10 -

• Is this operational?
• What is the route to CBD?
• What is the route to Kanakapura Road?

The Political Compass - assess your political leanings

s_yajaman - 24-MAR-2009

Found this on the net.  http://www.politicalcompass.org/index  It assesses your political leanings along two axes - economic and social. 

Economic leanings form the X-axis going from collectivism (Pol-pot)  to neo-liberalism (Friedman).  Social leanings go from Libertarian to Authoritarianism. 

Global Warming - Local solutions?

psaram42 - 24-MAR-2009

The 2007 Nobel Peace Prize was given to Al Gore Jr (b1948) and IPCC of Geneva Switzerland for their efforts to build up and disseminate greater knowledge about man-made climate change, and to lay the foundations for the measures that are needed to counteract such change. A must Listen 20 minuets “Al Gore Nobel Speech” 

Garbage Recycling: a myth or hard reality?

psaram42 - 24-MAR-2009

 Lot of garbage is recycled. That is the reality.

Voter Harassment Centres

murali772 - 22-MAR-2009

I am really disgusted with the month-long running around I have had to do. You are almost tempted to exclaim, as one 70-year-old gentleman in front of us did, "If this is what I have to undergo to register...and then vote for some rowdy-sheeter who is standing for election to make money, why should I bother? "...and go home.....

Survey results - cleanliness, pollution top local issues!?

admin123 - 22-MAR-2009

After about 3000 responses, here is how the results look like. The results are a function of how the poll was structured, and remember, this reflects the sentiments of urban, online populace of the city. Regardless, instead of analyzing this in various ways ourselves, why don't we leave it to readers and members to make sense of thes numbers. In case you are not very good with numbers, we have highlighted the top 3-4 items in each category :)

Do you vote for the person (candidate), or the party (ideology) ?

silkboard - 22-MAR-2009

* Candidate * Party