Have you entered the Sammies?
The Sammies--our contest for outstanding citizen leadership and creativity--is accepting entries. If you're a local-issue blogger, short filmmaker, open records champion or Modern-Day Sam Adams (or know anyone who is) then you'll want to send us your best for a chance to win $5,000 or $10,000 in cash...not to mention a a sweet, gold-painted Sam Adams bobblehead.
We've been peppered with questions about the Sammies. "Is my blog eligible?" "What does the video need to be about?"
We have a whole list of contest details here, but here's an answer to the most commonly-asked question: What's a valid topic for my entry?
The topic of your blog, video, open records success or leadership needs to be on a local or state level government accountability or transparency issue. We at the Sam Adams Alliance deal with economic freedom issues, so that's another way to look at it. For instance, if your school board keeps raising property taxes to pay for programs that don't seem to be helping students, that's an eligible cause. The same thing if your city council has a habit of taking private homes and giving them to companies that they're trying to lure into town.
Check out our list of Modern-Day Sam Adamses for a better idea of the kind of work that we focus on, and feel free to get in touch with us if you have any other questions.
The deadline for entry is December 7, 2007, so get your projects in for consideration soon!
