Jill Miller Zimon

Director of Partnerships

Jill Miller Zimon

Director of Partnerships
Project Director, Network Facilitator, EfficientGovNetwork

My Soap Box

How low can we go?

I responded to Nancy Reeves: Nancy, what are you thinking when you write "special"? That's usually February, August or...

Nancy Reeves

School boards love to have levies on the ballot during special elections, since generally (unless the school had done something outrageous - like Medina), people who make an effort to go to the polls when nothing (or not... Continue reading

How low can we go?

I responded to How low can we go?: And right on cue: "People hate Congress. But most incumbents get re-elected. What gives?" I don't...

How low can we go?

I responded to How low can we go?: Here are the unofficial race results in Cuyahoga County.

How low can we go?

I responded to Peter Comings: Great question. I suppose in some ways elections are - they represent whomever self-selects,...

Peter Comings

Oddball observation from me here, but I wonder if, statistically, we could consider elections in the same light as a randomized phone survey. Is 15 percent a representative sample?

How low can we go?

I recently read a post in which someone argued that if the model of civic engagement is defined as voting, then voting is next to slactivism. I would argue that voting is on the exact opposite end of the spectrum. Where do...

Sen. Brown's CrowdHall: not useful "tool."

I responded to G. D. Wymer: I care big time, seriously. I've been following CrowdHall for a while now in part because they...

G. D. Wymer

Sorry everyone. I did paragraph, but I see that when you post here that kind of grammatical nonsense isn't even necessary. Who cares anymore? 

Root Cause

I responded to Root Cause: I agree that its pricing is as much a mystery to me as the entire school-funding schema for K-12...

Prescription Drug Abuse is Not My Problem

I responded to Mark S: Mark, thanks for this perspective. Can you say more about why you think this approach could be...

Mark S

I believe that the problem is not so much what children get exposed to (ultimately they will be exposed to everything) but the venue in which they are exposed to it (and educated about it). The most dangerous thing about... Continue reading

Prescription Drug Abuse is Not My Problem

I responded to Susan Rubin Borison: I have to believe that this is due in part to the continued brain development of adolescents and...

Susan Rubin Borison

I just learned a stat that is going to change my parenting. If you experiment with drugs and alcohol under 18 years old, you have a 1 in 4 chance of becoming an addict. And there is no way to anticipate which on of the... Continue reading

Prescription Drug Abuse is Not My Problem

I responded to Prescription Drug Abuse is Not My Problem: I will be the first parent to admit that I will absorb any and all advice about how to open up a...

Organizations I Am Following