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Everyone’s Aunty Runs for Office!

homespunhonolulu.com     03-Aug-2008          

Honolulu Hale is a busy place these days. I think the clerk’s office, for those looking to register and run for office, needed a revolving door for a while there! The mayor’s race for the City of Honolulu suddenly has 12...                    

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Stanley Michels Passes At 75

harlemworldblog.wordpress.com     03-Aug-2008   3 related          

Former Manhattan City Councilman Stanley Michels died at age 75 of cancer Friday morning. The Democrat represented sections of Harlem and Washington Heights during his 24 years in office. His tenure of fighting for affordable...                    

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Moving the goalposts on multiple-salary reform in Jersey

mistersnitch.blogspot.com     03-Aug-2008          

Yet another bizarre tale of New Jersey 'reform'.Recently, two letters in the Jersey Journal caught our attention. One was a fulsome pean of self-congratulations from one Valerio Luccio, of Civic Jersey City. This is the Jersey...                    

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Birmingham’s atheists caught in the Net?

britishblogs.co.uk     03-Aug-2008   2 related          

Earlier this week, a story on the BBC news website suggested that Birmingham City Council had a policy of banning its employees from accessing Atheist websites, while allowing them to view information about religions. It added...                    

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Gordon Brown: Causes UK homelessness.

newportcity.blogspot.com     03-Aug-2008          

lived in their own home in Hartlepool for 13 years, fell behind on their repayments after Mrs Galloway, a former check-out assistant, changed jobs. The house was repossessed in early June.Hartlepool Borough Council has offered...                    

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GBLT Anti-Discrimination Ordinance Challenged as Anti-Christian

religionclause.blogspot.com     03-Aug-2008   1 related          

Earlier this week, the Thomas More Law Center announced that it would represent a group of individuals, businesses and religious organizations who are challenging an anti-discrimination ordinance adopted by Hamtramck, Michigan...                    

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Sunday 3rd August 2008

conservativehome.blogs.com     03-Aug-2008          

ToryDiary: Have the Conservatives finally passed the Bridget Jones test? Local government: Overfilling your rubbish bin could cost you a larger fine than shoplifting PlayPolitical video: George W Bush heralds security advances...                    

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Representative Walden adds more Republican Gas to Oil Gods

currydemocrats.blogspot.com     03-Aug-2008   3 related          

HotCurryWe’ve heard the rumors that Oregonians are smoking something, but, Representative Greg Walden (R, 5th Congressional District Oregon) seems to have gone a long way to prove the case. Greg represents Oregonians along...                    

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To the Wall Street Journal: Please Follow the Money

gatesofvienna.blogspot.com     02-Aug-2008   3 related          

The Wall Street Journal has an opinion piece today by Elizabeth Ames Jones, a member of the Railroad Commission of Texas.For those of us who weren’t aware of it, Commissioner Jones describes how things are run in Texas:As a...                    

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IllegalSigns.ca Gets Billboard Taken Down Less Than A Day After It Went Up

torontoist.com     03-Aug-2008          

And Torontoist was there to make a video of it. As is typical for Strategic Media, whom Rami Tabello has dubbed the bottom-dwellers of Toronto's outdoor advertising industry, they obtained none of those things for their sign at...                    

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