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Ellen Perlman

Ellen Perlman

Former columnist

Ellen Perlman was a GOVERNING staff writer and technology columnist.

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Boot, Suits and Geeks
Many people have a vision of fire fighters that involves red trucks, ladders, hoses and a couple of dalmatians. But police and fire work also ...
April 08, 2010
 · Ellen Perlman
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A Material Girl
posted by Ellen Perlman When I read that Washington, D.C. had put down some rubber sidewalks I decided I just had to go test ...
April 08, 2010
 · Ellen Perlman
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Everyone Likes to Win!
Journalists often would prefer to think inside the box, stick with old paradigms and face fair-to-middlin' -- not perfect -- storms, rather than be caught ...
April 08, 2010
 · Ellen Perlman
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Jumping Jacks are So 20th Century
The windy, second, gritty city of big shoulders, tool maker, wheat stacker and hog butcher to the world. Yes Chicago, with all its epithets given ...
April 08, 2010
 · Ellen Perlman
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Counties Need Stuff. Lots of stuff
All sorts of educational sessions were taking place at the National Association of Counties meeting in Chicago from August 4th to 8th. But for a ...
April 08, 2010
 · Ellen Perlman
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Ride, Sally, Ride
We bicyclists here on the 13th Floor are lucky because our building offers a shower. That allows the seven or so of us who commute ...
April 08, 2010
 · Ellen Perlman
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Otherwise, Have a Nice Day
Counties - this question's for you. Since returning from the National Association of Counties meeting in Chicago three weeks ago, what steps have you taken ...
April 08, 2010
 · Ellen Perlman
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Yes, I Voted
Thank goodness it's primary election day in the District of Columbia. Maybe now I'll stop hearing from a lot of my new "friends." ...
April 08, 2010
 · Ellen Perlman
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PR FUBAR
How's this for a gripping item? It's from a media advisory sent to reporters with the hope they would jump all over the story: At ...
April 08, 2010
 · Ellen Perlman
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Tasty. But Necessary?
I'm pretty certain that people who are sensitive to the needs of strangers on public transit don't do their good deeds with the hope of ...
April 08, 2010
 · Ellen Perlman
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