Not Us Against Them Says Letter Support for CSEA Wage Freeze
A reader thanks local CSEA members for approving a wage freeze to aid taxpayers during a tight financial period. The letter argues bargaining is stacked against public employees, urges enlightened self interest, and stresses focus on children while offering cautious critique of OCTA.
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Colleen Wheaton
Public Employees Associations
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Government overreach alarmed by JCOPE press rules
Opinion piece denounces the New York JCOPE policy to require public relations to report contacts with newspaper and broadcast editorial boards as an unconstitutional invasion of a free press. It argues journalism blends news and opinion, and that state funding should not defend what it calls a First Amendment attack.
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Joint Commission On Public Ethics
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JCOPE
Conservative call to limit participation in voting echoes in Trump era
Byron York notes that GOP debates over voter participation and suppression echo Democratic accusations from years past. He cites New York April primary limits and procedural hurdles in Colorado Wyoming and North Dakota as examples. The piece links these debates to broader talks of voter ID and democratic legitimacy amid Trump's rise.
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Donald Trump
Ted Cruz
John Kasich
Trump
Colorado
Wyoming
North Dakota
The
Federalist
Harsanyi
United States
National Review
Jonah Goldberg
Kevin D. Williamson
Byron York
Washington Examiner
Notable events and birthdays on May 28 across history
Highlights include the Dionne quintuplets birth in Ontario in 1934, Cranmer’s 1533 Canterbury marriage declaration, and a 1912 Titanic disaster probe. Other entries cover Roosevelts Golden Gate Bridge opening, 1959 primate flights, Amnesty International roots, Phil Hartman’s death, Benedict XVI at Auschwitz, Bonds chasing Ruth, and Hastert hush money case.
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Elzire Dionne
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Anne Boleyn
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Golden Gate Bridge
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Baker
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