AltWeeklies Wire
The Outing: David Dreier and His Straight Hypocrisynew
San Gabriel Valley Congressman David Dreier is the latest target of a Web site campaign to expose closeted homosexual Republicans who oppose civil rights for gay people.
L.A. Weekly |
Doug Ireland |
09-29-2004 |
LGBT
L.A. Stocks Up Food for Hotel Workers' Labor Actionnew
Nineteen Los Angeles elected officials, including Mayor Jim Hahn, are girding for a strike or lockout of hotel workers by gathering food to tide over employees during what could turn out to be a long period without pay.
L.A. Weekly |
Robert Greene |
09-29-2004 |
Business & Labor
Rocky Mountain National Park Gets Loved to Deathnew
Besieged by 3 million visitors a year and another 3 million polluting neighbors at its doorstep, Colorado's premier national park is a vanishing wilderness.
Westword |
Alan Prendergast |
09-29-2004 |
Environment
Tags: Colorado, environment, National Park Service, Wildlife, Colorado River, Bear Lake Road, climbing guide, Coalition of Concerned National Park Service Retirees, Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment, Colorado's Fourteeners, elk herd, Enos Mills, Estes Park, Fort Collins or Boulder, George Wallace, Gerry Roach, Mark Magnuson, National Parks Conservation Association, natural resources, naturalist, nitrogen emissions, park biologist Karl Cordova, retirees, Rocky Mountains, RVs, U.S. Geological Survey ecologist Jill Baron
Citizen Microsoftnew
It's time Washington state stopped acquiescing to the behemoth in Redmond, because what's good for big business isn't necessarily good for the rest of us.
Seattle Weekly |
Jeff Reifman |
09-29-2004 |
Policy Issues
Tags: public policy issues
Two Years After Alleged Hazing Tragedy, Families Have No Closurenew
Two families allege that their daughters drowned on a beach because of a sorority pledge ritual gone awry. They're suing Alpha Kappa Alpha, the nation's oldest black sorority, for $100 million and are calling for an end to hazing.
L.A. Weekly |
Christine Pelisek |
09-29-2004 |
Education
Among the Hebrews of Maui
When Orthodox Jews known as Chabadniks get married, some of them choose to be slichim, which means that they go to live in a distant outpost -- like the Hawaiian island of Maui -- and dedicate their lives to helping Jews live Jewish lives.
Tags: religion
Environmental Defense Fund Embarks on Shame Campaign Over Damnew
To obtain a pristine water supply, San Francisco dammed the Tuolumne River a century ago, filling the Hetch Hetchy Valley with water. Now an Environmental Defense Fund study argues that the valley could be restored without harming the city's water and electricity supplies.
SF Weekly |
Matt Smith |
09-28-2004 |
Environment
Shooting Underlines Flaws in Assault Weapons Bannew
An AK-47 attack on police officer Keenya Hubert illustrated precisely why a national ban on certain assault weapons had been created in the first place. That it happened the day before the ban's expiration was a bloody coincidence.
Miami New Times |
Tristram Korten |
09-28-2004 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Sign Language: Big Billboard Companies Look for Tax Refundsnew
Clear Channel Outdoor and Viacom Outdoor and their offspring are pushing to lower the taxable value of their signs in California, in the hope of saving millions of dollars in taxes.
East Bay Express |
Will Harper |
09-27-2004 |
Media
Fire & Ice Cream: The Story Behind a Fire at an Oakland Creamerynew
Three employees of Fentons Creamery and Restaurant in Oakland, Calif., served time after the popular spot was robbed and set on fire in 2001. But a police investigation left key questions about the shop's smothering debt, insurance payments and the employees' implausible motives unanswered.
East Bay Express |
Robert Gammon |
09-27-2004 |
Business & Labor
Dallas City Hall Created Its Own Fine Mess in the Police Departmentnew
A study of Dallas Police Department management basically says the department hires losers and then doesn't even bother to train or supervise them. The police academy regularly graduates hundreds of cops who can't shoot straight.
Dallas Observer |
Jim Schutze |
09-27-2004 |
Crime & Justice
Pixar Foes Challenge City to Ask More of Its Corporate Citizensnew
When Pixar Animation Studios decided to triple the size of its Emeryville, Calif., headquarters, 380 people in the working-class flatlands stopped Steve Jobs' company in its tracks.
East Bay Express |
Chris Thompson |
09-24-2004 |
Business & Labor
The Wreck of the Oglebay Nortonnew
Oglebay Norton was once "the most conservative, risk-averse company that ever existed," according to one analyst. Then a respected, ambitious CEO, John Lauer, sank the shipping and mining company in a sea of red ink.
Cleveland Scene |
Frank Lewis |
09-24-2004 |
Business & Labor
The Sky Is Always Falling, Even Before Planetoid Toutatisnew
As the world awaits the passing — or crashing — of planetoid Toutatis, a writer reflects on the doomsday tradition and our own end-times culture.
New York Press |
David Ritchie |
09-24-2004 |
Religion
Man Serving Time May Not Be the Silver-Gun Rapistnew
A New York City police officer was charged, and acquitted, of two assaults that have some similarities to those committed by the silver-gun rapist more than a decade ago. (Second of two parts)
Long Island Press |
Amy Fisher |
09-24-2004 |
Crime & Justice
