| McCain's "Mexico First" Aide
But I don't want them both." ... 12:40 A.M. ___________________________ Saturday, January 26, 2008 Key anti-identity-politics, anti-ghettoization passage in Obama's victory speech: And what we've seen in these last weeks is that we're also up against forces that are not the fault of any one campaign, but feed the habits that prevent us from being who we want to be as a nation. It's the politics that uses religion as a wedge, and patriotism as a bludgeon. A politics that tells us that we have to think, act, and even vote within the confines of the categories that supposedly define us. The assumption that young people are apathetic. The assumption that Republicans won't cross over. The assumption that the wealthy care nothing for the poor, and that the poor don't vote.
Arson case brings IQ concerns
She said her younger sons, Scott, 16, and James, 17, gave DNA samples (mouth swabs) at the police department crime lab this week because urine was found in the backyard of the fire scene. The DNA tests, she said, were taken to rule them out as suspects in the arson. She said a 15-year-old boy who stayed overnight at her home set the fire and Michael “went to stop the fire." She said she learned from detectives that lighter fluid was used. Within two hours of the fire, Michael Davis, his brothers and another boy were questioned by detectives. Only Michael was arrested and his clothes seized. “I admit my kids ain't perfect — teenagers get into trouble," Ann Davis said. “They're not bullies, they only fight people who fight with them." She said that, as a juvenile, her son Michael “was just stealing cars — that's it." Michael Davis became an adult Dec.
Tories demand Salmond quit as MP
Alex Salmond has taken part in just four out of a possible 149 Westminster votes since the Holyrood elections, it was revealed yesterday. The figures were published by the Scottish Conservatives, whose deputy leader Murdo Fraser urged Mr Salmond to resign as MP for Banff and Buchan. The First Minister, who was elected MSP for the neighbouring Gordon constituency in last May's election, has vowed to stay on as an MP until the next General Election, which may not take place until 2010. .
St. Helena audit improves
That total almost doubles the fund surplus of $1.23 million when the fiscal year began July 1, 2006. Across all government funds, including those for restricted uses, the board had a $3.53 million surplus June 30, the reports show. General fund expenditures were $7.71 million in fiscal 2006-07, up 10.3 percent over fiscal 2005-06, but general fund revenues also were up 13.95 percent to $8.4 million. Most of the increase came from a boost in total state funding, which rose to $7.7 million, reports show. Across all board funds, including those for dedicated federal dollars and for paying long-term debts, the board spent $12.65 million last fiscal year, an increase of 12.8 percent versus fiscal 2005-06. Total revenues were $13.4 million, up 5.7 percent versus fiscal 2005-06.
Although space abounds, downtown office rents still high
Manekin, a broker with Staubach. "Traditionally, landlords have lowered their rent to increase occupancy, and I don't see this time being any different." For the fourth quarter of 2007, downtown rents increased about 14 cents, up about $1.33 from this time last year, according to Lutherville brokerage MacKenzie Commercial Real Estate Services LLC. Top tier, Class-A+ office space reached $27.14 per square foot, which is down about 12 cents from last year but up $1.31 from the same period last year. .
Ted Reynolds: City doing great, but let’s keep working
Washington Community and Recreation Center has begun. Construction will soon begin on the remodeling of our civic center and the construction of a new exhibits hall. A downtown building has been purchased for use as a performing arts center. Renovation of this building has already begun. I am proud of the fact that while planning and building these projects we have also been able to use some of our wealth to implement the two back-to-back largest property tax rate cuts in the history of our city. Tuesday, our city council will meet to develop a consensus on a number of very important issues. At the top of the list is to develop a long-range plan for the use of our energy royalty money. All of us on the council want to develop a plan that will give us and our successors the best use of this money for the good of our citizens.
President Hillary
Of course, anything can happen in a political campaign, but the latest Field Poll of likely California Democrats and independent voters gives Hillary a 39 to 27 percent lead over Obama. This is bad news for Obama, because California is a progressive state where race is less likely to be a handicap. Obama is favored by those who rank the Iraq war and foreign policy as the most important issues, by blacks, college graduates, and those with higher incomes. Hillary is favored two to one by women, two to one by lower income groups and three to one among Latinos. Hillary has a further advantage. At the 2004 Democratic National Convention approximately 50 per cent of the delegates were women. As Democratic delegates are invariably feminists, they are not going to miss the chance of putting a woman in the presidency.
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