Garden City firefighters seek union amid secrecy and closed meetings
City debates openness as firefighters push for union support through the International Association of Firefighters. An interview panel led to a list of concerns but officials kept talks private, prompting criticism that public access to understanding firefighters’ push for unionization is being blocked.
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J.R. Behan
City Commission
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Garden City Fire Department Improvement Team
International Association of Firefighters Union
Bob Halloran
David Crase
Gary Fuller
Katrina survivor says stay calm and help others
Glynn Stevenson of New Orleans, displaced by Katrina and Rita, urges maintaining cool attitudes and supporting family. Prince Saud al Faisal criticizes the Bush administration for ignoring his warnings about Iraq and resulting harm.
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New Orleans
Prince Saud al-Faisal
Saudi Arabia
Bush
Iraq
Tim s any rosy The Telegram welcomes letters to the editor
The Telegram invites signed letters with address and phone number, with confirmation prior to publication. Letters are subject to editing for libel and length and should stay under 500 words. General thank you notes may be printed. form letters, poems, consumer complaints, and business testimonials will not.
First Amendment text overview in historic phrasing
The First Amendment prohibits establishment of religion and protects free exercise speech press and assembly. It also guarantees the right to petition the government for redress of grievances and to assemble peaceably.
West and Limbaugh on Katrina Poverty and Race
Leonard Pitts argues that poverty, not race, shaped who was left in New Orleans after Katrina. He criticizes Kanye West and Rush Limbaugh for framing the disaster as racial failure, urging focus on economic inequality and the forgotten poor across races.
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West
New Orleans
Bush
Condoleezza Rice
Colin Powell
Rush Limbaugh
Limbaugh
Lyndon Johnson
U.S
Johnson
Kanye West
Katrina
Barbara Bush
Roberts and the heart of a Supreme Court nominee
Ellen Goodman debates John Roberts as chief justice material. She contrasts personal life with judicial duty, notes senators questioning his heart, compares Roberts with Blackmun, and weighs how personal bias may shape a Roberts court and civil rights cases.
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John G. Roberts
Supreme Court
Roberts
Charles Schumer
Arlen Specter
Dianne Feinstein
Dick Durbin
Harry Reid
Oprah
Facing life after base closures and BRAC impacts
Christopher Hellman of the Center for Arms Control discusses BRAC rounds begun in 1988, noting 33 major bases recommended for closure and 29 reorganized, with communities urged to plan reuse and seek funding. He highlights economic realignment strategies and cautions on urban sprawl from relocated defense offices.
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BRAC
House
Senate
White House
Congress
Defense Department
Maryland
Virginia
Washington, D.C
Christopher Hellman
Center For Arms Control
Center For Arms Control and Non-Proliferation
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