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...gives it can also take away. So the FCC is scrambling to answer the most pointed complaints. It promised earlier this month to revamp the bureaucracy it built around the program and to cut Fishman's salary by $50,000. It is considering scaling back its initial spending. And Kennard vows that schools will not be allowed to use the money to buy computers, software or other ineligible items, and that poorer schools will see their applications handled first...
...blame inevitably finds its way to Gore, whose hand many see in virtually everything the FCC does. Its past chairman, Reed Hundt, goes back so far with Gore that the two of them saw the Beatles' first U.S. concert together. And Gore hand-picked its current chairman, William Kennard. Gore is also closely linked to the inner workings of the industry, where several of his former aides have found lucrative and powerful positions. Complains Louisiana Republican Billy Tauzin, chairman of the House telecommunications subcommittee: "The FCC is an independent regulatory authority, yet we continue to see the Vice President exercising...
...administration was undeterred by the absence of legislative support for the tax. (You'd think something like the Constitution required Congress to approve taxes.) It turned to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) chair William Kennard, who obsequiously obliged the administration's wishes. Last December, Kennard issued a FCC order implementing the tax. The order--or more precisely, the ukase--came with no public notification, which is required...
...Salt Lake County Sheriff Aaron Kennard yesterday on 15-year-old Justin Allgood, a ninth-grade student who, wearing a cowboy hat and carrying a .357 Magnum revolver, hijacked his school bus yesterday, shot the driver, then led police on a high-speed chase before killing himself...
...Michael Kennard (Mump) and John Turner (Smoot) deliver a witty and thoughtful performance that often borders on the hilarious. Using movement as their primary mode of expression (they do speak, but whatever it is, it ain't English), Mump and Smoot enact a ridiculous tale of high misadventure, playing on themes ranging from pop culture to cannibalism, from domestic violence to wacky religious cults...