McDermott Report 10 6/30/2011: California Tax debate & McGruff the Crime Dog

- A lively debate about California's new internet sales tax law between Becky Warren, representing the Alliance for Main Street Fairness, and Rebecca Madigan, executive director of trade group Performance Marketing Association.

- Chuck Desrosiers, Director, Constituency Services for the National Crime
Prevention Council speaks about the History of NCPC and McGruff,
its overall mission and future goals and NCPC's newly launched NCPA
certification program for crime prevention practitioners.

- Sgt. Steve Parker, Crime Prevention Unit of the Des Moines County
Sheriff's Office appears as McGruff the Crime
Dog and discusses the voice of McGruff and what type of icon
McGruff has grown to become over the years.

- President Obama's upcoming Twitter Town Hall is analyzed. In 140 characters or less.

Dan McDermott is joined by co-host Emily Williams, Senior Political Writer for the Lynchburg Times.

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