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Welcome back Trent Seibert from Texas Watchdog. This month’s episode, Crash Course in Database Searching.

Tuesday, April 27 at 11:30CST

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09:26 Mitch : Hello!

09:27 Mitch : Trent TV starts in 3 minutes…

09:29 Texas Watchdog staff : Hello!

09:30 Texas Watchdog staff : We’ve got Jennifer Peebles, Trent Seibert and Lee Ann O’Neal here today

09:30 wvwatchdog : I’m hoping to watch, but newmediatv keeps crashing my browser for some odd reason

09:30 wvwatchdog : but seems ok now

09:31 wvwatchdog : or not…technical issues?

09:31 Mackinac Kathy : hey..i’m here…

09:31 wvwatchdog : you are indeed

09:31 Mitch : hi kathy

09:31 Mackinac Kathy : hey

09:31 Texas Watchdog staff : hello wvwatchdog, Kathy and Mitch!

09:32 wvwatchdog : what’s going on in michigan today

09:34 Mackinac Kathy : rain… cold… fall in MI

09:34 wvwatchdog : I hate fall

09:34 Mitch : here in Oregon too

09:34 Mackinac Kathy : my fave time of year! not long enough.. football!

09:34 Mitch : Go BEars!

09:34 wvwatchdog : it’s nearly everyone’s fav time of year

09:34 wvwatchdog : but not me

09:38 Mackinac Kathy : I have discovered this tax lien information rests with our County seats… seems most have databases that tell you EVERYTHING.. property/IRS/State income tax/et

09:38 wvwatchdog : it’s true

09:38 wvwatchdog : in WV you pretty much have to get that info from the county

09:39 Mackinac Kathy : The Detroit News is doing this also…and reporting people of note who owe money..

09:39 Mackinac Kathy : If you want to have fun, Wayne County, Michigan (Detroit) has searchable internet database..

09:40 Texas Watchdog staff : kathy, can you post the link to the detroit news series?

09:40 Mackinac Kathy : lots of famous people who live in, or have passed through Motown owe lots of $$

09:40 Mackinac Kathy : sure!

09:40 wvwatchdog : I’ve been looking into a grade changing controversy involving our state treasurer’s daughter and one of our public universities

09:41 Mackinac Kathy : *snicker* this is great http://apps.detnews.com/apps/blogs/taxingdetroitblog/index.php

09:41 Texas Watchdog staff : That’s the Pacer Web site

09:41 Texas Watchdog staff : Thanks, Kathy! We’ll check it out

09:41 Texas Watchdog staff : I think it’s pacer.gov or pacer.us …. We will fin dit and post it shortly after the session to the chat room

09:42 Mackinac Kathy : I have explored Pacer.. it’s interesting, however I need a lawyer to help me navigate through the documents!

09:43 Mackinac Kathy : nodding my head…

09:44 Mackinac Kathy : oops!

09:44 Mackinac Kathy : could resonate in MI.. we’re in bowhunting right now.. firearms deer season starts Nov. 15

09:46 Mackinac Kathy : The only thing we have is a database of disciplined lawyers… it’s actually pretty comprehensive… for Michigan

09:47 Mackinac Kathy : In MI it’s ethics arm of Michigan Bar (I think) they certainly know how to look out for one another!

09:47 Texas Watchdog staff : what races are folks covering this fall?

09:48 Texas Watchdog staff : mostly local?

09:48 Mackinac Kathy : very few and far between…

09:48 wvwatchdog : Well, this isn’t streaming to me

09:48 wvwatchdog : no vid, no sound

09:48 Texas Watchdog staff : sorry, wvwatchdog.

09:49 Mackinac Kathy : We have a state senate election Nov. 3rd that’s kind of interesting…

09:49 Texas Watchdog staff : it should be archived if you have trouble watching it live

09:49 Texas Watchdog staff : is there an incumbent, kathy?

09:49 Mackinac Kathy : GOP candidate endorsed (and paid, I’m sure) by Teachers’ union…

09:50 Mackinac Kathy : Detroit City Council also Nov. 3

09:51 Mackinac Kathy : That’s been the big news with this guy…

09:51 Texas Watchdog staff : the detroit city council should be interesting

09:52 Texas Watchdog staff : trent is referencing the LM-2 form

09:52 Texas Watchdog staff : which unions must file with the federal gov’t

09:52 Texas Watchdog staff : the LM-2 is accessible online at the Dep’t of Labor’s Web site

09:52 Mackinac Kathy : Oh.. Detroit mayor election too! Big time

09:54 Mackinac Kathy : I was told future travel is a little more guarded, for safety and security reasons (governor/state legislators)

09:54 Mackinac Kathy : is that common?

09:54 Mackinac Kathy : yes

09:55 Mackinac Kathy : gotcha… thanks…

09:56 Mackinac Kathy : yay Steve!

09:57 Mackinac Kathy : lol! it is rather deflating to find an IRS lien for $50,000, only to find a few documents later, that person has been released from the lien b/c they paid it!

09:57 Texas Watchdog staff : yes, it would be

09:58 Texas Watchdog staff : but i think it would be worse not to find that second document

09:58 Texas Watchdog staff : UCC filings

09:59 Texas Watchdog staff : Uniform Commercial Code

09:59 Mackinac Kathy : thank YOU!

09:59 Texas Watchdog staff : news@texaswatchdog.org

09:59 Texas Watchdog staff : or 713-980-9777

09:59 Texas Watchdog staff : always happy to help!

10:00 Texas Watchdog staff : here is that database where you can find the LM-2 form that unions must fill out

10:00 Texas Watchdog staff : http://www.dol.gov/esa/olms/regs/compliance/rrlo/lmrda.htm

10:00 Texas Watchdog staff : here is the link to the PACER federal court records

10:01 Texas Watchdog staff : http://pacer.psc.uscourts.gov/

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