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Values Voter News (Free subscription) | 12/04/2009
Networks Briefly Note Dem Mayor's Conviction, Yet Ignored Her Trial Imagine if you will that former Alaska governor Sarah Palin was accused of taking gift cards donated to her office for redistribution to needy constituents and using them instead for a personal spending spree. The media firestorm would swirl uncontrollably, of course, and certainly you couldn't fault the media for reporting...
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American Pundit (Free subscription) | 12/03/2009
Despite being convicted of stealing gift cards intended to help the poor children in her city, Baltimore Mayor Sheila Dixon (D) is back at work. Yes, really. The corrupt mayor, accused of stealing, is back in her position of power. BALTIMORE – Mayor Sheila Dixon’s misdemeanor fraud conviction fails to meet a key standard necessary for [...]
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NewsBusters (Free subscription) | 12/02/2009
... for reporting on the ensuing criminal trial. Well, this sort of this has happened, only to the Democratic mayor of Baltimore Sheila Dixon who was convicted yesterday on a misdemeanor charge of embezzling, yet the coverage from the broadcast networks has been non-existent until the trial's conclusion. A search of "Sheila Dixon" among ABC, CBS, and NBC news transcripts catalogued...
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Star Tribune (Free subscription) | 12/07/2009
Minneapolis' Democratic mayor brings big plans, major assets, and some considerable deficits to an already crowded governor's field.
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Bank Lawyer's Blog (Free subscription) | 12/08/2009
... pleaded with Treasury and White House officials not to kill a second Cleveland bank. Cleveland's Democratic mayor, Frank Jackson -- a critic of National City's forced sale -- also sought to protect AmTrust. At the same time, regulators were hoping that federal rescue programs being rolled out would stem the number of seized banks. The OTS and FDIC eventually agreed to plans by AmTrust...
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Advance Indiana (Free subscription) | 12/06/2009
While news media reports have focused on large contributions businessman Tim Durham made to some Republicans, including Gov. Mitch Daniels, Carl Brizzi, Tim Motsinger and House Republican Leader Brian Bosma, none of the media reports have mentioned the large sums Durham contributed to Lawrence Mayor Paul Ricketts. Campaign finance reports reveal that Durham has contributed at least $80,000 to...
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Free Exchange (Free subscription) | 12/07/2009
EDUCATION reform used to be a testily partisan issue, with those on the left arguing for large funding increases and those on the right demanding the use of vouchers. Increasingly, right and left are finding themselves in agreement on the need for the weakening of teachers union and the introduction of merit pay. That has been the path taken in Washington, for instance. In one of the most Democratic...
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Booker Rising (Free subscription) | 12/04/2009
Detroit's Mayor Takes City's Plight To Lawmakers Mayor Dave Bing has spent the past few months bringing stability back to Detroit City Hall. Now the first-term Democratic mayor is on the road, pleading Detroit's case to state lawmakers and today's White House forum on jobs and economic growth . Mayor Bing wants the state to raise the cap on the amount of fiscal stabilization...
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Bearing Drift (Free subscription) | 12/04/2009
... I grew up when Pennsylvania was Republican, New Jersey was Republican. I was a kid when a Democratic mayor of Philadelphia campaigned for Nixon for President. It was and still is a blue collar town. If you worked hard, looked out for your neighbors, figured out a way to make ends meet, you were doing ok. I grew up around politics, though not from my parents. Grandparents were political...
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Personal Democracy Forum (Free subscription) | 12/03/2009
Houston's Democratic mayor Bill White is this close to making a decision on whether he'll throw his hat into the ring for the Texas governor's race. Taking a page from the Obama playbook, White's campaign offering up first notice of his decision. All you have to do is pass along your mobile phone number. His daughter, Elena White , emails: Dear Friend, Since my dad announced he would...
