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MTA votes to seek sales tax hike to fund L.A. County transit, roads
Los Angeles Times Staff WritersThe Metropolitan Transportation Authority board today voted overwhelmingly to seek a half-cent sales tax increase that could raise between $30 billion and $40 billion for transit and highway projects, including the first link of a long-awaited subway to...Tags: Elections, Real Estate Sales, Gray Davis, Voting, Antonio Villaraigosa
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Obama Addresses Huge, Adoring Crowd in Berlin
Associated PressBERLIN -- If only they could vote. Before the largest crowd of his campaign, 4,000 miles from the U.S., Democratic presidential contender Barack Obama on Thursday summoned Europeans and Americans together to "defeat terror and dry up the well of...Tags: John McCain, Immigration, Elections, Minority Groups, George Bush
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We think: No challengers for county offices leads to complacency, bad practices
When our forefathers risked all for our freedoms, the last thing they might have foreseen is the kind of local-election apathy found in Seminole County. With the recent withdrawal of Randy Garrett from the court-clerk race, voters get no choice for the...Tags: Elections, Political Candidates, Seminole County
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Democratic Club endorses candidates in Aug. 26 primaries
South Florida Sun-SentinelThe Democratic Club of Boca Raton & Delray Beach is urging voters to oust three countywide incumbents: Property Appraiser Gary Nikolits, Elections Supervisor Arthur Anderson and School Board member Mark Hansen. The club announced on Tuesday its support...Tags: Palm Beach (Palm Beach, Florida), Elections, Political Candidates, Broward County, Primaries
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We think: The Orange School Board should end its effort to silence voters on an elected chairman
Thanks to their attorney telling them they basically had no other choice, Orange County School Board members did the right thing Tuesday night and agreed to put on the Nov. 4 ballot a referendum that would let voters decide if they want a board chairman...Tags: Referenda, Elections, Political Candidates
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July 24: Cost of smoking, retirement financial gamble, Savage on autism, Mastic services
Smoking? That would be a 'no' Sadly, the longtime smoker featured in a story about health dangers has not gotten the message about the risks of smoking, and he is in denial ["How to get the message across," News, July 20]. Perhaps he should spend a...Tags: Illnesses, Mental Illness, Heart Disease, Elections, Children
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Obama tells Israelis he's committed to their security, speaking with Hamas rockets as backdrop
AP Special CorrespondentSDEROT, Israel (AP) _ From the solemnity of a Holocaust museum to a dusty village battered by Hamas rockets, Democratic presidential contender Barack Obama on Wednesday professed "an unshakable commitment to the security" of Israel, whether the threat...Tags: John McCain, Elections, Boeing Co., Heavy Engineering, Barack Obama
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Want to vote? Register by Monday night
Monday is the last day to register to vote in Florida, or change party affiliation, in order to cast a ballot in the Aug. 26 primary election. Given the deadline, the Seminole County elections office at 1500 E. Airport Blvd. in Sanford will once again...Tags: Primaries, Elections, Political Candidates, Seminole County
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After 20 years of unity, Chile's political divisions are beginning to gape
If a political party stays in power for too long, it begins to lose popularity and starts to show divisions in its midst, even if it has governed well. Take Chile for example. Twenty years ago political parties on the center and left united to form a...Tags: Referenda, Government, Elections, Economic Policy, Political Candidates
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Mudcat's advice to Obama: Sing the blues
804-225-7345In 2001, a Democratic yuppie appealed to back-mountain Virginia voters with a campaign set to bluegrass music and colored in hunter's blaze orange. Now comes another Democrat in search of the elusive Bubba. An architect of that 2001 strategy suggested...Tags: John McCain, Parliament, Hampton Roads, Elections, Cultural Development
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