Roswell UFO Festival Voice Urges Private Sector Control
A Roswell City Council member writes to defend ending city control of the annual UFO Festival. He cites budgets from 1997 and recent years, questions spending, and argues profits should stay with local merchants and the private sector, urging transfer of oversight to the UFO Museum and private promoters.
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Roswell
Roswell Sertoma Club
International Ufo Museum and Research Center
UFO Museum
May 6 in history 2010 highlights across nations
Key events on May 6 include the death of King Edward VII in 1910 ending the Edwardian era, the discovery of a gold lode by John H. Gregory in 1859, Arkansas secession in 1861, the Paris Exposition and Eiffel Tower in 1889, and FDR’s 1935 Works Progress Administration action. Also noted are the Hindenburg disaster, Corregidor surrender, Bannister’s four minute mile, Civil Rights Act of 1960, Channel Tunnel opening in 1994, Pim Fortuyn’s 2002 shooting, Jack Mazzan’s 2002 bail, the Kentucky Derby favorite Fusaichi Pegasus, Bush in Latvia in 2005, and Blair cabinet shifts after a 2005 election.
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Britain
Edward VII
George V
Arkansas
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Works Progress Administration
Lakehurst
N.J
Navy
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Margaret
Antony Armstrong- Jones
Westminster Abbey
Elizabeth II
Francois Mitterrand
Pim Fortuyn
Pim Fohr-Iown
Jack Mazzan
Nevada Supreme Court
Mazzan
Richard Minor Jr
Fusaichi
Foo-Suh-Ee’chee
Pegasus
Gessing argues ObamaCare harms cost control and choice
Paul Gessing of the Rio Grande Foundation criticizes the federal health plan for expanding third party payment, increasing prices, and failing to address coverage mandates licensing and liability laws. He urges a market based approach to empower individuals to pay and manage care.
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Obama
Health and Human Services Department
Congress
Paul Gessing
New Mexico
Rio Grande Foundation
Gallagher Attacks Postmodern Views on Marriage and Birthrates
In a 2010 commentary Maggie Gallagher argues that reducing divorce and early unwed childbearing aligns with liberal values if reframed as postmodern blue norms. She contends graduates may privately uphold strict sex and marriage norms while supporting liberal social capital.
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Maggie Gallagher
National Organization For Marriage
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Gallagher
Cahn
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ESPN
Lifetime
A&e
CNN
Fox News
USA Discovery
Continental
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Cableone.net
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