Robins Mayor faces calls for more open bidding on engineering contracts
The Robins City Council has overridden Mayor Ian Cullis vetoes to award a $108,512 design and construction engineering contract to Snyder & Associates for a $1.6 million East Main Street upgrade. Critics urge competition and transparency, noting Snyder also serves as city engineer, and express concerns about oversight and self‑review.
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Media Drives Obama Victory and Era of Change
The piece argues media manipulation shaped Obama’s 2008 win and critiques subsequent policy moves such as bailouts and a large stimulus. It foresees more debt and war while urging personal health and lifestyle choices amid a casino visit.
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Public debate over health care and political rhetoric
A reader letter criticizes talk radio bias and liberal labeling, defends living wills in H R 3200, and questions clunker subsidies and Obama’s health care stance. It argues the uninsured face hidden risks, denounces Grassley’s remarks, and condemns corporate influence and media spin.
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Barack Obama
Tim LaHaye
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Chuck Grassley
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Media Bias Shown In Faith Based Office Coverage
A Pew study compares how press treated Bush and Obama faith based programs in early terms. It finds Bush facedFront page impact and allied concerns about church state separation while Obama faced procedural focus and fewer criticisms for liberal policy aims.
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Be smart In USING prisons
Column advocates smarter corrections using drug courts treatment and probation for first offenses and geriatric release to curb costly imprisonment. Argues Iowa overuses beds, cites 13 percent overcrowding, notes community programs reduce prison population and total corrections costs while maintaining safety. Jennifer Hemmingsen column.
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Center For Effective Justice
Texas Public Policy Foundation
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Institute
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