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Advertising Hits Arizona County Government Website
Combuchan writes "Just when you thought that pages on your local government's website were the last bastion of the advertisement-free WWW, that may soon change. Maricopa County (seen on slashdot before), home to 3.4 million people in the Phoenix metropolitan area, has seen their GIS website "become an every day tool for realtors, developers, mortgage and title companies, appraisers, inspectors, attorneys and many other professionals associated with the real estate industry." As a result, they are now accepting bids for Web advertisements. As the county is one of the best-run in the nation, this could set quite the precedent."
Happened a long time ago, where have you been? There isn't a single politician anywhere who wasn't a doctor, a lawyer, or a CEO, there ain't no such thing as government of the people anymore.
SJW: a person who perceives an injustice, and while correcting it, commits a greater injustice.
No- I don't think so. Given what the WTO has been pulling, there ain't no such thing as a non-corupted politician ANYWHERE in the world. Not the US, not the EU, not Asia, and certainly not in the third world.
They've all been bought and paid for by the corporations in one way or another.
SJW: a person who perceives an injustice, and while correcting it, commits a greater injustice.