City commissioners weigh pay raise amid long service
Matt Matthews proposes raising city commissioner salaries from 600 to 3600 a year while noting 15 to 20 hours weekly city work. Critics warn a 500 percent jump is excessive given budget pressures and potential tax rises. Blaine Finch notes county pay differs and remains modest. A phased modest increase is favored. John D. Montgomery.
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Ttawn
City
McPherson
Matt Matthews
Matthews
Blaine Finch
Franklin County
John D. Montgomery
Global warming debate draws sharp skepticism from Reese
Charley Reese argues against the Kyoto consensus, calling IPCC findings biased and science unsettled. He challenges evidence linking CO2 to climate change, warns of increased government power and taxes, and criticizes Gore and Clinton as credibly biased. He promotes fossil fuels and nuclear energy as essential.
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Frederick Seitz
Rockefeller University
Wall Street Journal
IPCC
Seitz
U.N. Skunkworks
al Gore
Bill Clinton
Charley Reese
Oscreese
Aol.com
Industry spin and vested interests color gambling death links
A California professor links higher suicide rates to gambling hubs like Las Vegas and Atlantic City, while Frank Fahrenkopf of the American Gaming Association disputes a direct gambling link. The piece argues paid flacks shape public opinion on gambling, global warming, air pollution, and guns, urging skepticism toward elite-funded studies.
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Las Vegas
Atlantic City
Frank Fahrenkopf
Republican Party
American Gaming Association
Fahrenkopf
New York Times
West
Frank
Washington
Los Angeles
Mexico City
Tors
Clinton shows grace under fire
The column argues Bill Clinton’s nomination of Bill Lan Lee, a Chinese-American NAACP lawyer, to head the Justice Department civil rights division strengthens Democratic ties with Asian Americans and California, amid Republican opposition seen as a political misstep. It compares this to JFK’s civil rights outreach and emphasizes the symbolic impact for minority
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Tribune Media
Christopher Matthews
Ashington
Bill Lam Lee
Bill Clinton
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California
Republican Party
Clinton
Lann
NAACP
Los Angeles
Dwight Eisenhower
Richard Nixon
Gerald Ford
Ronald Reagan
George Bush
Lan Lee
Senate
Asia
Naacp Legal Defense Fund
Justice Department
John F. Kennedy
Martin Luther King
Georgia
Bill Lan Lee
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