Baltimore, MD — Sarah Brady had been the face of Gun Control in America for more than three decades.  However today at age 73 she has succumbed to a bout of pneumonia.    Brady became the convenient standard bearer for the forces that hate all guns and gun rights.  This after a armed madman wounded her husband James Brady who was President Ronald Reagan’s Press Secretary during a 1981assassination attempt.  Brady led a very deceptive campaign that was intended to incrementally outlaw all firearms.  She cleverly began to change firearm adjectives and successfully demonized firearms based on simple cosmetics. Like Brady most Americans were ignorant about guns.  She renamed all the firearms that looked somewhat scary as assault weapons.  Assault rifles were actually classic military combat weapons and were by that definition all fully automatic.  That meant one pull of the trigger could cause the weapon to ...

Los Angeles, CA —Journalism school may give you building blocks and give you the polish to craft a news story, but the future of traditional reporting is beyond bleak. In the end journalist show us in print, photos, audio and video what’s going on in our world.   Can someone that never paid tuition to Northwestern or Columbia or sweated those final exams steal your job?   It’s already happening! There is no special magic to TV news reporting.   At the most, it’s all about monkey see, monkey do!    The way to get compensation for reporting has changed dramatically.   It’s your audience that determines how well you’re paid.   Balancing sensationalism with truth to gain and maintain an audience is the difficult challenge. This past January I took a part-time model and turned her into reporter to cover the Shooting, Hunting Outdoor Trade show in Las Vegas. I could have done this all myself but it’s much easier when there are two people sha...

I plan on winning this award on my latest project! Los Angeles, CA —Let me say I’m excited to   announce my lofty but very reachable plans to make some filmmaking history!   I’m going to take crowd-funding to its maximum limits for filmmaking.   I have agreed to take on an unusual documentary film challenge. I’ve taken a crash course in crowd funding and will soon impose on everyone I possibly can to make my film possible. Every penny counts! I won’t reveal the subject matter beyond that it will be cutting edge and raise lots of eyebrows around the globe. There are just a few people that know about the project right now but once my video pitch is ready I will quickly post it here first.   I hope to take a few people with me to the Oscar stage in Hollywood and we have confidence that we can bring home the Gold! Stay tuned in coming weeks…

 courtesy of AZ Republic  Phoenix, AZ --It was in July of 2007 when cops were chasing a fleeing pickup truck through the streets of Phoenix.   Also in pursuit were two TV news choppers that were covering this breaking story. Soon the story of the day changed dramatically and tragically as the two news helicopters somehow collided in midair.   Two veteran pilots and gifted photojournalists that I knew personnaly were killed.   The financial and personal damages of that event were beyond catastrophic and heartbreaking.     Since 1960, there were 91 deaths and scores of serious injuries directly related to News helicopters alone.   Another TV news pilot/reporter I once knew was Karen Key .   She was a young and very attractive lady that gained quite a following in Phoenix.   One day she was arrested by Phoenix police for DUI.   Quickly her news director unceremoniously sent her packing.   Some of her fans t...

The media crush after court Milke and her legal team Elevator Selfie With The Woman of The Hour! Cases before Judge Mroz Today The Kind of Ankle Bling You Don't Want! Phoenix, AZ —I was in Courtroom 7D today to watch Judge Rosa Mroz enter her final orders on the Murder case of Debra Milke . Before the judge took the bench I was greeted by a warm hug from Milke on this extraordinary day.   There were smiles and some tears during this somewhat emotional event. I asked Milke to show me her ankle monitor she was required to wear since September of 2013.   She called it a sign of her Freedom, rather than an inconvenience.    She lifted the leg of her slacks to show it to me and I took the last picture of that device before a probation officer in a private area of the court removed it. Germany sent reporters from ARD, RTL and Der Spiegel Magazine.   There were cameras galore when Milke and her lawyers left the court. Milke will be at ...

Sherman Oaks, CA —Today I saw the remains of a pretty nasty accident in this location and decided to shoot it with my dronecam.   Unfortunately I was too late and the third car involved was already removed.   The LAPD offered no interference as I sent my drone up to get my shots. I made my name and phone number to the officer making the accident report so anyone the people involved could get a copy.   He will put that information into the report. Hefty Wind gusts made my flight short and sweet.

Former Arizona Attorney General Tom Horne Phoenix, AZ —When the 9 th Circuit US Court of Appeals orderd a new trial for Debra Milke it set in motion her being cleared and freed.  Former Attorney General Tom Horne quickly and very publicly vowed to appeal that ruling boasting he’d personally argue the case before the U.S. Supreme Court . After Horne's stepping out on a limb with his promise to appeal the case something amazing happened.  Horne acted on a constituent’s (someone I know really well) request to take a very careful second look at that case.  He did and everything suddenly changed.  Horne  waived appealing the case sending it immediately to Maricopa County for a retrial.  Had Horne appealed the case Debra Milke would have languished another two to three years on Death Row .  Milke would have rotted there while the United States Supreme Court wrestled with a Petition for Review.  This Monday morning at 8:30 AM J...

Phoenix, AZ —Prosecutors went to the Court of Last Resort to salvage their soiled reputations and that of a disgraced former cop. Finally Debra Milke is free even though she already paid a price far greater than that of most convicted murderers in America.  It was not just Prosecutorial Misconduct that freed Milke but it was really about her innocence.   Had there been a retrial there was not a scintilla of a chance they'd have re-convicted Milke.  This was just nothing more than an "Hail Mary" effort to limit corrupt official's liability under the doctrine of  Collateral Estoppel .  That's legalese that would decree in a civil lawsuit that since the judge let the trial commence, that the cops and prosecutors were acting in good faith.  This has been a 25 yearlong odyssey that began December 3, 1989.   That day I met Milke as she was being booked into the Madison Street Jail on a charge of murdering h...