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Schneier on SecurityA blog covering security and security technology. « World Series Security | Main | Foiling Metal Detectors » October 26, 2004A Sensible Elected OfficialThe new mayor of Madison, Alabama, has a surprisingly sensible attitude about security. From the Huntsville Times: City Hall security. Kirkindall, Atallo and Lacy agree the city may have gone a little overboard in the wake of the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks by eliminating 20 to 25 prime parking spaces near the building. Starting today, people will be allowed to park there again. I have no idea if he's a Republican or a Democrat, but I wish there were more people like him in government. Posted on October 26, 2004 at 11:36 AM • 5 Comments • View Blog Reactions To receive these entries once a month by e-mail, sign up for the Crypto-Gram Newsletter. Whenever I am asked to sign a log I alawys ennter "O. B. Laden." Needless to say I have brought government and commerce to a stop. Posted by: Mark at October 26, 2004 10:41 PM Hmmm.. Ex-rocket-scientist. Well, Bruce, at the very least *you* aren't a rocket scientist, nor are you a brain surgeon. So at least we can use you as an example when we say that you don't have to be a brain surgeon or rocket scientist to *get* security. ;) I, unfortunately, moved from a county where the guy in charge of elections seemed to *get it*, where he stuck with paper voting systems and put a webcam in the counting rooms, to a electronic voting county where they are telling the polling workers to withold information from us. Posted by: w.h. at October 27, 2004 7:26 AM I was fired for doing this once... working at a San Francisco financial shop doing software - the security guard, who, after 3 months should have known who I was, always made me "sign in". I always signed in "fuck you"... it took them three months to catch on to this. :) btw: fun blog - thanks for taking the time! Posted by: ben at October 27, 2004 2:28 PM Who cares if he's Rep. or Dem., he's "reality-based" and that makes him a rare enough bird in politics, even rarer in the old CSA. Posted by: David Frier at October 27, 2004 4:01 PM He's probably neither Republican nor Democrat. Believe it or not, there are areas of the country where people seeking election to local office are simply individuals running without party backing or affiliation. Posted by: Bill Bremer at November 1, 2004 9:11 AM Post a comment
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