Monroe files finance plan may put income tax on ballot
Monroe aims to cut a multi million deficit after state auditors put the city in fiscal emergency. A proposed two year income tax increase could return to the November ballot while the city trims costs and boosts revenues. The plan notes a deficit reduction to about 3.4 million in 2005 after eliminating five full time positions.
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William Brock
Brock
Robert Boutson
Steven Campbell
State Financial Planning and Supervision Commission
Council approves fire and police contracts in Middletown
Middletown City Council approved contracts with the Fraternal Order of Police for correction officers and patrol officers and with the International Association of Fire Fighters representing 88 members. Both unions will forego 2005 raises and receive a 6.5 percent pay increase in 2006. City officials foresee major cost containment next year due to cuts in local government funding and rising union wages.
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International Association of Fire
Middletown
Nancy Nix
Nix
Council
Lebanese mourn slain ex leader Hariri amid anger over murder
Beirut mourners paraded the streets as Lebanon faced pressure to find Hariri's killers. Interior minister hinted at possible internal and international complicity, while Syrians faced attacks in Sidon. International leaders expected at the funeral as Syria denies involvement and faces calls to withdraw troops.
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Rafik Hariri
Lebanon
Hariri
Sidon
Syria
Damascus
Land deals with tribe touch off Ohio casino hopes
The Eastern Shawnee tribe, aiming to build casinos in Ohio if laws change, negotiates land purchases including Lorain on Lake Erie, Lordstown near the turnpike, and Monroe for a $750 million casino complex with revenue sharing possible. Governor Taft opposes expanding casino gambling.
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Lorain
Ohio
General Assembly
Bob Taft
Lake Erie
Lordstown
Monroe
Botkins
Taft
Mark Rickel
Charles Enyart
Enyart
Tony Dejak
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Craig Foltin
Sharon begins work on Gaza exit amid domestic threats
Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon said he has started coordinating a Gaza withdrawal with the Palestinians and will not be deterred by growing opposition at home. In the West Bank, Israeli troops killed two Al Aqsa Martyrs Brigades gunmen near a settlement as militants warned of retaliation. The Knesset was set to vote on the withdrawal amid security fears and intensified intimidation by Jewish extremists against supporters of the plan.
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Ariel Sharon
Gaza
West Bank
Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades
Mahmoud Abbas
Fatah
Al-Aqsa
Hezbollah
Sharon
Israel
Knesset
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