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With Norris Stepping Down, Who Will Lead Charlottesville's Homeless Efforts?new
After almost five years as the first executive director of Charlottesville's primary homeless provider, Dave Norris is moving on.
C-Ville Weekly |
Jayson Whitehead |
03-25-2009 |
Politics
The Lifting of Seattle's Strip-Club Moratorium Makes Strange Bedfellowsnew
After almost two decades of staving off people seeking to open new strip clubs, Seattle finds itself in the awkward spot of defending them.
Seattle Weekly |
Rick Anderson |
03-23-2009 |
Politics
Tags: Seattle, strip clubs
With a Probable Run for Governor in Sight, a High-Profile Celebrity Drug Case Couldn't Hurtnew
The Anna Nicole Smith indictments and California Attorney General Jerry Brown's contact high with the political power grid.
L.A. Weekly |
Steven Mikulan |
03-20-2009 |
Politics
Right-wing Crackpots Plot to Abandon the Unionnew
A quick survey of the laughable side of anti-government wing-nuttery.
Boston Phoenix |
Mike Miliard |
03-19-2009 |
Politics
Tags: secession, conservative discourse
The Right Tries to Divide the Nationnew
The last thing the Obama administration needs is a civil war, but large online communities of liberal-hating conservatives and legislators across the country have resurrected campaigns for state sovereignty and even secession.
Boston Phoenix |
David S. Bernstein |
03-19-2009 |
Politics
Gary Locke: A Corporate Champion at Commercenew
Washington's former governor takes to D.C. a record of favors for Boeing and Microsoft.
Seattle Weekly |
Rick Anderson |
03-16-2009 |
Politics
Oklahoma Lawmaker Talks About Plotting Diabolical Forcesnew
The Oklahoma lawmaker wanting to erect a Ten Commandments monument on the state Capitol grounds talks about diabolical forces plotting to destroy "our economic basis of free enterprise."
Oklahoma Gazette |
Ben Fenwick |
03-13-2009 |
Politics
Unseated by Republican Redistricting, Five Former Texas Congressmen Cash Innew
An investigation has discovered that the Texans whom Tom DeLay gerrymandered out of Congress have proven even more likely than the average member of Congress to become lobbyists.
The Texas Observer |
Andrew Wheat |
03-12-2009 |
Politics
Portland City Council Faces a Lot More Questions Than Answers Before Stadium Votenew
Like a long, scoreless soccer match finally heading to sudden death, Portland is on the brink of a result on Portland Beavers and Timbers owner Merritt Paulson’s proposal to bring Major League Soccer to town.
Willamette Week |
Nigel Jaquiss |
03-11-2009 |
Politics
In the Debate For and Against Casinos, Might There Not Be a Third Way?new
If gambling is coming back to Galveston, then a return to institutionalized illegal gambling might still be the way to go.
Houston Press |
John Nova Lomax |
03-10-2009 |
Politics
Bringing Casinos to Texas Would Require a State Constitutional Amendmentnew
Bringing any casinos to Texas will require an amendment to the state constitution, which will require a two-thirds vote of both houses in the Legislature and a simple majority vote of the Texas electorate.
Houston Press |
John Nova Lomax |
03-10-2009 |
Politics
Tags: gambling, Texas state constitution
Los Angeles on $300,000 a Yearnew
The L.A. City Council salaries are not just overinflated in an era of belt-tightening. They are only a hair below the salaries of Congress, and are higher than those of federal judges. They amount to a staggering 400 percent of Los Angeles' median household income of $46,000.
L.A. Weekly |
Patrick Range McDonald |
02-27-2009 |
Politics
Former San Diego Mayor's Sister Gives Senior Center the Bootnew
For much of the last 30 years, Mavourneen O'Connor's Kind Corp. has operated housing and a community center for low-income seniors on a Downtown site, but four years ago, they inexplicably refused to renew a partner nonprofit’s lease.
San Diego CityBeat |
Kelly Davis |
02-25-2009 |
Politics
The Race to Replace Rahm Emanuelnew
Before you can decide which candidate to vote for, it might just be a good idea to think about what you want in a congressman. By my count there are at least six distinct political types who wind up in Congress: outsiders, insiders, wonks, celebrities, legacies, and citizens.
Chicago Reader |
Ben Joravsky |
02-23-2009 |
Politics
Rep. Eric Swafford's Bid to Make Tennessee a Laughingstocknew
Swafford has proudly become America's first state legislator to join the wacky legal action challenging Barack Obama's status as a U.S. citizen, an issue that's become an obsession of the far-right fringe.
Nashville Scene |
Jeff Woods |
02-20-2009 |
Politics
