Dec 3, 20121 min readArticle on Reason.com: How Tampa’s Surveillance State Profited from the Republican National ConventionAnother article of mine was reprinted on Reason’s website, showing how the leftover spoils from the Republican National Convention have left a police state in the city of Tampa, Fla. Reason is a …
Nov 29, 20121 min readVideo: RNC spoils help bolster Tampa’s surveillance stateWhile most of the RNC convention goers have long since left Tampa Bay, the millions of dollars in security costs awarded to local police departments have stayed put, engendering a new kind of …
Aug 29, 20121 min readFL: RNC power brokers work to shut out insurgent candidaciesBy Yaël Ossowski | Florida Watchdog TAMPA — Billed as a national gathering of passionate Republicans unified to support their nominee for president and vice president, Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan, the …
Aug 29, 20121 min readFL: Critics say Boehner used RNC rules committee to quash internal dissentBy Yaël Ossowski | Florida Watchdog TAMPA — Delegates from 56 U.S. states and territories have come to the Republican National Convention here to represent the desires of millions of GOP voters who …
Aug 28, 20121 min readFL: As rain douses protests, cops keep strong grip on TampaBy Yaël Ossowski | Florida Watchdog TAMPA— As delegates and suit-clad Republican Party officials were busy rewriting the nominating rules for the Republican Party on Monday at the Tampa Bay …
Aug 24, 20121 min readFL: Inevitable Romney faces week of unknowns at RNCBy Yaël Ossowski | Florida Watchdog TAMPA— After a year and a half of the Republican presidential nomination process, it seems that the inevitable nominee will be nominated at the Tampa Bay Times …
Jun 14, 20121 min readFL: Stalled by GOP convention committee, Ron Paul festival goes onBy Yaël Ossowski | Florida Watchdog TAMPA — During the 2008 Republican National Convention in Minneapolis, more than 10,000 supporters of Texas congressman and presidential candidate Ron Paulgathered …
Jun 2, 20121 min readPreibus meets the troops in WisconsinBy Yaël Ossowski | Wisconsin Reporter WAUWATOSA — After the tea party tidal wave hit the national and state capitols during the mid-term elections in 2010, establishment Republicans seemed uncertain …