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Five of six Allentown School Board candidates advance
Five of the six candidates running for Allentown School Board have advanced to the general election, according to unofficial primary election results. Incumbents Debra Lamb, David Zimmerman and Ellen Bishop will advance, along with newcomers Mike Welsh...Tags: Siemens, Local Elections, Elections, Allentown, Voting
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GOP's Craig to enter race for governor; Brown picks Ulman for ticket
The 2014 governor's race came into clearer focus Wednesday as Harford County Executive David R. Craig set a date to announce his Republican candidacy and Lt. Gov. Anthony G. Brown's campaign confirmed that Howard County Executive Ken Ulman will be his...
Tags: Montgomery County (Maryland), Mitt Romney, Daniel Bongino, Executive Branch, C.A. Dutch Ruppersberger
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A loss for Illinois voters
![Putting its best face forward, the coalition of government watchdogs that signed off on Phony Campaign Finance Fix 2.0 said the deal struck Thursday with Democratic legislators "puts Illinois on the road to reform."](http://www.chicagotribune.com/media/alternatethumbnails/story/2007-10/33546774.jpg "Putting its best face forward, the coalition of government watchdogs that signed off on Phony Campaign Finance Fix 2.0 said the deal struck Thursday with Democratic legislators "puts Illinois on the road to reform.\"")
Putting its best face forward, the coalition of government watchdogs that signed off on Phony Campaign Finance Fix 2.0 said the deal struck Thursday with Democratic legislators "puts Illinois on the road to reform."
With four flat tires and an empty...Tags: Pat Quinn, Corporate Crime, Illinois, Elections, Political Fundraising
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Winfrey: 'Vote that dream into reality'
Tribune national correspondentsOprah Winfrey came to South Carolina on Sunday with a message tailored to the state's considerable African-American community, asking it to cast aside doubt and support the black man she assured them could -- and should -- be elected president. On the...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, New Hampshire, African Americans, Hampshire, Verizon Wireless
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John David Dyche: Kentucky Democrats need a new Bert Combs
In the documentary “Bert Combs, Governor from the Mountains,” the late Thomas D. Clark, Kentucky’s most eminent historian, said that Combs dragged Kentucky into the 20th Century against its will. Sadly, that century was 60 years old...Tags: Elections, Regional Authority, John Young Brown Jr., Republican Party, The New York Times
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Compton's Omar Bradley leaves hospital, goes to candidates forum
Hours after checking out of the hospital, former Compton Mayor Omar Bradley -- who is running for a third term after serving prison time on public corruption charges that were later overturned -- walked into a mayoral forum Saturday and declared that...
Tags: Elections, Punishment, Politics, Hospitals and Clinics, Heart Attack
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Primary election wins the vote for Burbank City Council
Burbank's primary election will live on after the City Council on Thursday decided not to pursue plans to cut the first of a two-step electoral process in order to save roughly $72,000 a year. Doing so would have required voter approval. The change...Tags: Local Elections, Easter, Elections, Google Inc., Politics
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Candidates deserve thanks
Dozens of candidates for various offices, from county executive and mayor to township and borough officials, ran for office in the primary election. Usually half of them lose. Except at the top, these are small, part-time or volunteer jobs. The winners...Tags: Elections, Politics
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Independent voters shut out from Pa. primaries
With the primary election fresh in or collective minds (or maybe not considering the sparse turnout), there is another thought to ponder. Unless one is a registered Democrat or Republican (no other party affiliation or registered independent need try),...Tags: Elections, Milford (Easton, Pennsylvania), Politics
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Lehigh Valley low turnout thwarts democracy
I was a William F. Buckley Jr. devotee, not a hippie, as a high school student of the '60s. Still, even we young conservatives took note of the era's peace/love posters and their message, "Suppose They Gave a War and Nobody Came?" Tuesday offered us a...Tags: Ed Pawlowski, Northampton (Bethlehem, Pennsylvania), Voting, Tea Party Movement, Macungie
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Allentown's fiscal problems are bad, but Harrisburg's are even worse
Allentown has a $200 million red ink problem, which, it seems, is the fault of any city politician not currently in office, and a population of 118,000 as of the 2010 census. That $200 million, split 118,000 ways, comes to less than $1,700 per person....
Tags: Ed Pawlowski, Arts and Culture, Bankruptcy, Museums, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
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Allow 17-year-olds to vote in primaries
Many have criticized a recent proposal to allow 17-year-olds to vote in primary elections if they will be 18 by the general election. A major misconception is that more “uninformed” teenagers will be voting in the elections. Regardless of...Tags: Elections, Voting, Politics
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May 25, 2013
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May 24, 2013
|Column| Allentown Morning Call
May 23, 2013
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May 23, 2013
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