Fulton sales tax allotment debate quotes and math
The Aug 4 Finance and Personnel Committee discussion on Fulton sales tax allotment is summarized with Legislator Weatherup's figures showing Fulton at about 580 per capita versus 49 for other county towns. The letter notes a 2006 agreement, questions about copies of charts, and FOIL data awaiting release.
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County Finance and Personnel Committee
Fulton
James Weatherup
Kevin Gardner
Gardner
Legislator Weatherup
Weatherup
Frank Castiglia
Rules for trucker rest remain after Morgan crash findings
The NTSB links Kevin Roper's 28 hours without sleep to the 2014 New Jersey Turnpike crash that injured Tracy Morgan and others and killed a comedian. A Senate bill would weaken fatigue rules. the NTSB urges maintaining mandatory rest periods and enhanced fatigue monitoring, noting Walmart lacks a fatigue program.
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Tracy Morgan
Morgan
Kevin Roper
New Jersey Turnpike
U.S. Senate
National Transportation Safety Board
Walmart Transportation LLC
Roper
NTSB
Georgia
Walmart
Delaware
United States
Hillary Clinton email flap fodder endures in pundit gossip
Partisan Washington pundits again predict Hillary Clinton's downfall fueled by Old and New York Times and Washington Post editorials from 1994 and current chatter about private email server use. The piece, attributed to Arkansas Times columnist Gene Lyons, laments recurring narratives and questions bias in coverage while defending Clinton's conduct.
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Washington, D.C
Hillary Clinton
Diane Rehm
NPR
Washington
The
Washington Post
Hillary
Clintons
New York Times
Whitewater
Joe Conason
Nationalmemo.com
Atlantic
Molly Ball
Ball
State Department
CIA
Rehm
Times
Sheryl Gay Stolberg
Mrs. Clinton
Stolberg
Per
Clinton
Chris Cillizza
Lyons
Yahoo.com
Historical dates and events on this day in history
A compact list of notable occurrences tied to August 21 across history including Truman ending Lend-Lease in 1945, Nat Turner’s 1831 Virginia rebellion, Lincoln-Douglas debates beginning in 1858, Mona Lisa theft in 1911, Trotsky’s death in 1940, Dumbar ton Oaks talks in 1944, Hawaii statehood in 1959, Yeltsin’s 1991 coup setback, Mars Observer failure in 1993, ABC News libel settlement in 1995, Iran's first nuclear plant fuel loading in 2010, Ebola isolation exit in 2014, and Missouri National Guard withdrawal from Ferguson. Also notes Albert Reynolds death and a Shirley Chisholm quote.
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Nat Turner
Virginia
Illinois
Abraham Lincoln
Stephen Douglas
Leonardo da Vinci
Louvre Museum
Paris
Italy
Leon Trotsky
United States
Britain
Soviet Union
China
Dumbarton Oaks
Washington
United Nations
Mikhaily S. Gorbachev
Boris N. Yeltsin
NASA
Mars Observer
Red Planet
ABC News
Philip Morris
Iran
Moscow
Emory University Hospital
Atlanta
Kent Brantly
Jay Nixon
Missouri National Guard
Ferguson
Albert Reynolds
Dublin
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Www
Palitimes.com
New York Publishers Association
First St
Oswego
Lis
Mike LeBoeuf Mieboeuf
Palitimes
Palltimes
Oswego Palladium-Times
USPS
1St Street
Wogo, NY
Palltimes.com
Associated Press
Harry S. Truman
America
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Hawaii
Shirley Chisholm
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