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Friday letters to the editor
No more airport runway delays Ignorance is no excuse. The Dania Beach City Council's derailment of the Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood airport runway expansion is just the latest in a litany of obstructionist, election-year posturing and pandering to vocal...Tags: Democratic Party, Palm Beach County, Israel, Justice System, Same-Sex Marriage
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Our Laguna: Last chance for free Sunset Serenade
Some folks may have noticed that ubiquitous me was not at events last weekend that I was expected to attend. I had a date Friday with a handsome doctor, Steven Chang, which I slept through as he performed minor surgery on my neck — at 7:30 a.m., no...
Tags: Muffin Spencer-Devlin, Washington, DC, Architecture, Local Government, Arts and Culture
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Two more join race for H.B. City Council
Two new candidates have entered the race for Huntington Beach City Council, bringing the field of contenders to eight. Planning Commissioner Erik Peterson, who ran unsuccessfully for the council in 2010, and Robert Wentzel filed their candidate intention...Tags: Politics, Elections
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H.H. Brookins dies at 86; pastor was influential black leader
The Rev. Hamel Hartford Brookins, an influential bishop and former pastor of the First African Methodist Episcopal Church of Los Angeles who became a political power broker, civil rights leader and mentor to former Mayor Tom Bradley, the Rev. Jesse...Tags: Obituaries, Government, Maxine Waters, Bill Clinton, U.S. Supreme Court
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George Zimmerman blasts Sanford Police
After going on a 12-hour ride along with a Sanford Police officer, George Zimmerman was not impressed. In fact, he said they were lazy, according to recordings released from a January 2011 city forum where Zimmerman publicly lambasted his local police...
Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, George Zimmerman, Trayvon Martin, Sanford Police Department
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Boynton expense fund is an ethics risk, county says
A Boynton Beach commissioner wants more public scrutiny into the $7,117 taxpayers give him annually, on top of his commissioner's salary, for the expense of doing his job. Commissioner Bill Orlove said the lack of oversight is troubling and, while...Tags: Boynton Beach, Politics, Public Officials, Religion and Belief, Palm Beach County
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Council moves to block T-Mobile cell tower in Burbank
Residents were successful Tuesday in keeping a wireless telecommunications facility out of their neighborhood after Burbank City Council members pledged to effectively block the project. Amid an overflow crowd at the council’s chambers, officials...
Tags: Science and Technology, Telecommunication Equipment, Politics, Religion and Belief, Elections
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Cunningham nominated to lead regional economic development agency
Lehigh County Executive Don Cunningham has been nominated to lead the region's primary economic development agency. According to sources with knowledge of the decision, a selection committee tasked with finding Lehigh Valley Economic Development Corp.'...Tags: Don Cunningham, Phil Mitman, Corporate Officers, Edward G. Rendell, Easton (Easton, Pennsylvania)
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Paul Davis, 1957-2012
Paul Davis was a journalist and public relations specialist who often put his talents to work for causes and political candidates he believed in. "I remember Paul as an aide to Mayor Harold Washington," said the Rev. Paul Jakes Jr., who met Mr. Davis...
Tags: Science and Technology, Natural Resource Industry, Chatham, Danny Davis, Forestry and Timber
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Petoskey on right track with mayoral term proposal
We think a proposal that's on track to go before Petoskey voters — for extending the city's future mayoral terms from one year to three — represents a sound approach. Last fall, then-mayor Ted Pall initiated city council discussion of...Tags: Lawyers, Crime, Law and Justice, Politics, Public Officials, Elections
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Nancy Pelosi helping Pennsylvania candidate
SCRANTON — In town for a wedding, former U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi will also find time to raise money for Democratic congressional candidate Matt Cartwright next week. Pelosi will help Cartwright raise money for his campaign at a 10:30 a.m....Tags: Nancy Pelosi, Abortion, Social Issues, Easton (Easton, Pennsylvania), Easton (Northampton, Pennsylvania)
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Earl Wood may run if former mayor Crotty enters tax collector race
Central Florida Political Pulse - Orlando SentinelFormer Orange County Mayor Rich Crotty has avoided answering whether he plans to run for Tax Collector in the fall, a race that's generated a lot of interest since the incumbent Earl K. Wood said he would retire soon, after 48 years in office. But the 95-...
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