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Think Again: Having the courage to speak out
Looking for violations of ethics and integrity in government always yields interesting results. Our federal government points fingers at developing countries for their crude corruption thousands of miles away. But they are slow to recognize the more...Tags: Politics, Kabul (Afghanistan), Iraq, Crime, Law and Justice, Crimes
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Drama from former Senator Theatre owner
Baltimore Sun reporterFrom the Maryland Politics blog: Meetings of the city's spending board are generally sleepy bureaucratic pageants, punctuated by the occasional protest from contractors or sopping arrival of officials caught in the rain. But Tom Kiefaber, who ran the...Tags: Politics, Belvedere Square, Family, Radio Industry, Contracts
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Mailbag: Take any open space we can get
In his Sept. 6 letter, "Study will just waste more tax money," Bob Gregg rails against the Rim of the Valley study. This is the same Bob Gregg who tirelessly promoted Oakmont V a number of years ago, a development that would have ripped (in the fullest...Tags: Politics, Public Finance, Hawaii, George W. Bush, Barack Obama
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A costly lesson: Broward school district mistakenly pays out $290,000
In the midst of a crushing budget crisis, the Broward school district mistakenly paid more than $290,000 to a Fort Lauderdale firm for a school classroom addition that it quickly scrapped. Now the district finds itself in the awkward position of asking...Tags: Politics, Public Finance, Westglades Middle School , FBI, Contracts
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Carl Verstandig's shopping center empire
At a time when many real estate companies are having trouble getting loans for expansion, Pikesville-based America's Realty is growing steadily. Headed by chief executive Carl Verstandig, it now controls 164 commercial developments in 13 states —...Tags: Politics, Realty, Towson, Homes, Rental Service
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Spread the pain of paying for healthcare reform
![Lawmakers have pushed their efforts to overhaul the U.S. healthcare system into a higher gear, with a Senate panel <a href="http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5jlMpJGn28kqCcgU-aGcYE_ZHW-ywD99EUB600">approving</a> one Democratic <a href="http://help.senate.gov/Maj_press/2009_07_15_b.pdf">proposal</a> and <a href="http://bit.ly/WMuJ0">a House committee</a> starting to debate <a href="http://bit.ly/bUeOh">another</a>. The 1,018-page House bill (<a href="http://energycommerce.house.gov/Press_111/20090714/aahca.pdf">HR 3200</a>), which the Democratic chairmen of three committees introduced Tuesday, is a decidedly mixed bag, reflecting the difficulty of making large-scale repairs while preserving the healthcare options people have today. The measure would make some important changes in the way healthcare is delivered and financed, yet it falls short of some goals and overshoots others.](http://www.latimes.com/media/thumbnails/story/2009-07/48088928-15185116.jpg "Lawmakers have pushed their efforts to overhaul the U.S. healthcare system into a higher gear, with a Senate panel <a href="http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5jlMpJGn28kqCcgU-aGcYE_ZHW-ywD99EUB600\">approving</a> one Democratic <a href=\"http://help.senate.gov/Maj_press/2009_07_15_b.pdf\">proposal</a> and <a href=\"http://bit.ly/WMuJ0\">a House committee</a> starting to debate <a href=\"http://bit.ly/bUeOh\">another</a>. The 1,018-page House bill (<a href=\"http://energycommerce.house.gov/Press_111/20090714/aahca.pdf\">HR 3200</a>), which the Democratic chairmen of three committees introduced Tuesday, is a decidedly mixed bag, reflecting the difficulty of making large-scale repairs while preserving the healthcare options people have today. The measure would make some important changes in the way healthcare is delivered and financed, yet it falls short of some goals and overshoots others.")
Lawmakers have pushed their efforts to overhaul the U.S. healthcare system into a higher gear, with a Senate panel approving one Democratic proposal and a House committee starting to debate another. The 1,018-page House bill (HR 3200), which the...Tags: Politics, Crime, Law and Justice, Laws, Business, Justice System
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Tropico Perspective
With so much of the conversation in this election focused on what will make small businesses happy and motivated, I thought it might be valuable to get an entrepreneurial perspective. Not from a chamber of commerce lobbyist, talking head or rich chief...Tags: Politics, Small Businesses, Employers, Employment, Companies and Corporations
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Mailbag: Prop. 25 would help budget get passed
How is it possible that the Glendale News-Press wrote an entire article about the frantic efforts by our school district to staff its schools ("Glendale Unified scrambling to finish staffing," Aug. 21) without mentioning the budget impasse in Sacramento?...Tags: Politics, Sacramento, Family, AAA, Budgets and Budgeting
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Not a good time to renegotiate
That Glendale Unified officials would even consider reopening negotiations with its teachers union after getting a slightly better-than-expected budget from Sacramento is a head-scratcher at best. Everyone agrees the latest, long-overdue state budget is...Tags: Politics, Sacramento, California, Teachers Unions
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Ex-Bear's charity now in disarray
Tribune staff reporterAt the height of his career with the Chicago Bears in the mid-'90s, Chris Zorich was perhaps better known for the work of his charity than for his tackling skills on the gridiron: Thanksgiving turkeys for needy families, holiday toy drives, college...Tags: Politics, Social Issues, Mike Ditka, Human Interest, Lawyers
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Mailbag: Heavy fines do more than bunny costumes
Regarding Maria Smart's Aug. 9 letter, "Drivers must be slowed," we should all be saddened by the actions of a reckless driver who struck and injured her mother on Glendale roads. However, apparently, Smart did not actually read the two articles in the...Tags: Politics, Crime, Law and Justice, Social Issues, Sting, Burbank (Los Angeles, California)
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Costs grow for Everglades reservoir left unfinished by sugar deal
South Florida Sun-SentinelTack on another $12 million to the taxpayers' tab for the cost of a massive, unfinished reservoir rendered obsolete by a proposed half-billion-dollar Everglades-restoration land deal with U.S. Sugar Corp. A suggested $12 million settlement to terminate...Tags: Politics, Florida, Water Restrictions, Everglades, Miccosukee Tribe
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