As is so often the case, focusing on someone's behavior, that which can be seen and measured, tells us very little.
The technology is based on applying electrical current across a nanoscale molecular pore, and then measuring tell-tale current fluctuations as genetic material snakes through.
Vice President Al Gore has sent mixed signals on the measure, telling labor leaders three weeks ago that he would negotiate something better if elected president, and later reiterating support for the deal.
But the mayor defended the measure, telling WPLG: "Just because of media attention we don't stop enforcing the law.
Phillip H. Schott, representing the California Assn. of Port Authorities, opposed the measure, telling the committee that state safety inspectors could order the installation of elevators.
Instead, the tobacco industry is attacking the details of the measure, telling voters to be wary of where the new money would be spent.
Kevin Starrett, who leads the Oregon Firearms Federation, has lambasted the proposed measure, telling the Portland Tribune that gun owners should be able to store their weapons in whatever way comports with their personal circumstances.
Does the new poverty measure tell a new story about poverty?
It is no longer what numerical measures tell us, but what metrics tell us to do.
"We have millions of dollars set aside," councilman Mike O'Brien, who proposed the measure, told Reuters.
