{"id":2,"date":"2011-05-10T23:20:00","date_gmt":"2011-05-10T23:20:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/terragrafix.com\/blog\/\/?page_id=2"},"modified":"2014-07-01T01:49:53","modified_gmt":"2014-07-01T01:49:53","slug":"about-us","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/www.thesecretnewsonline.com\/?page_id=2","title":{"rendered":"About Us"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thesecretnewsonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/SN-Staff.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-2341\" title=\"SN Staff\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thesecretnewsonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/SN-Staff.jpeg\" width=\"640\" height=\"344\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.thesecretnewsonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/SN-Staff.jpeg 640w, http:\/\/www.thesecretnewsonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/SN-Staff-300x161.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Welcome to THE SECRET NEWS!<\/p>\n<p>THE SECRET NEWS reflects a better vision for Emeryville, one that addresses the needs and desires of the people who live and work here.<\/p>\n<p>Citizens are demanding better schools, quality housing and jobs, more parks, and neighborhoods safe from excessive traffic, crime, pollution, and noise.<\/p>\n<p>The goal of THE SECRET NEWS is to\u00a0promote intelligent, meaningful discussion about how to make our city better, providing a voice to residents often ignored by the people in power &#8212; and to hold that power to account.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>THE NAME<\/p>\n<p>We stole it from George Carlin:<\/p>\n<p>The Secret News<br \/>\nby George Carlin<\/p>\n<p>Good Evening ladies and gentlemen, it\u2019s time for the secret news.<\/p>\n<p>Sshh.<\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s the secret news:<\/p>\n<p>All people are afraid.<br \/>\nNo one knows what they\u2019re doing.<br \/>\nEverything is getting worse.<br \/>\nSome people deserve to die.<br \/>\nYour money is worthless.<br \/>\nNo one is properly dressed.<br \/>\nAt least one of your children will disappoint you.<br \/>\nThe system is rigged.<\/p>\n<p>Your house will never be completely clean.<br \/>\nAll teachers are incompetent.<br \/>\nThere are people who really dislike you.<br \/>\nNothing is as good as it seems.<br \/>\nThings don\u2019t last.<br \/>\nNo one is paying attention.<\/p>\n<p>The country is dying.<\/p>\n<p>God doesn\u2019t care.<\/p>\n<p>Sshhhhhh&#8230;..<\/p>\n<div id=\"wp_fb_like_button\" style=\"margin:5px 0;float:none;height:100px;\"><script src=\"http:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/all.js#xfbml=1\"><\/script><fb:like href=\"http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thesecretnewsonline.com%2F%3Fpage_id%3D2\" send=\"true\" layout=\"standard\" width=\"450\" show_faces=\"true\" font=\"arial\" action=\"like\" colorscheme=\"light\"><\/fb:like><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Welcome to THE SECRET NEWS! THE SECRET NEWS reflects a better vision for Emeryville, one that addresses the needs and desires of the people who live and work here. Citizens are demanding better schools, quality housing and jobs, more &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thesecretnewsonline.com\/?page_id=2\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.thesecretnewsonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.thesecretnewsonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.thesecretnewsonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.thesecretnewsonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.thesecretnewsonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2"}],"version-history":[{"count":25,"href":"http:\/\/www.thesecretnewsonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":359,"href":"http:\/\/www.thesecretnewsonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2\/revisions\/359"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.thesecretnewsonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}