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On the subject of the war in Iraq, the administration has been especially duplicitous. Lieutenant General William E. Odom, U.S. Army, retired, is one of those who feel duped. The administration's outlook that a withdrawal from Iraq would create regional instability is "exactly backwards," he said in April. "Our forces in Iraq, and our threat to change Iran's regime, are making the region unstable." President [George W. Bush]'s thinking, he added, "confuses cause with effect."
Said citizen George Halloran to the commissioners up front: "If you feel bad after your vote, that's you telling you it's bad." This timely ethical challenge was pursued by Mayor Morgan McPherson. "The planning board doesn't take our judgment away," he said, referring to the board's decision that the recycled licenses can appropriately be transferred to a completely different part of town. The mayor compared ROGOs to "widgets" and warned that developers who said they want to be good community members are just a little too easy to find.This is difficult territory for commissioners because it is, in the mayor's word, "quasi-judicial." City Attorney Shawn Smith was clear that the city's own rules permitted this development, and permitted it to be considered a redevelopment. Three voters held out against the project: Commissioners Mark Rossi and Barry Gibson, and the mayor. Rossi managed to get $250,000 from developer [Richard Jones] for the city's affordable-housing fund; Gibson, among other commissioners, insisted on no transient rentals at the new condos and an advisory to their purchasers that they are located in the heart of the entertainment district.See the full content of this document
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How to Tell the Good From the Bad
Ileana Ros-Lehtinen is angry with the president. Our Congressional representative has joined with fellow representative Peter Hoekstra to blast her erstwhile friend, George W. Bush.
And it's all about the truth. And the media."The Constitution," the Republican pair wrote in an op-ed piece in the Washington Times published May 1, "clearly articulates that Congre...See the full content of this document
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