Bonds Without Votes Spark Debate Over Airport Expansion
Scottsdale considers using its Municipal Property Corporation to issue bonds for airport expansion, bypassing a public bond election. Critics call it taxation without representation and urge voter approval, noting $13.5 million debt already incurred without a vote while supporters push for expansion and related economic benefits. The council has not endorsed the plan.
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Scottsdale
Municipal Property Corporation
SMPC
Guaranteed income idea resurfaces amid Seattle study
A Seattle four and a half year study on a guaranteed annual income or negative income tax finds no job exodus and notes improved schooling and durable goods purchases for families with guaranteed income. Findings echo earlier tests in New Jersey Iowa and North Carolina. The notion predated McGovern era and was once proposed by the Nixon administration.
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George McGovern
McGovern
Seattle
New Jersey
Iowa
North Carolina
Nixon
German strength worries Europe as Bonn aids allies
ROWLAND EVANS and ROBERT NOVAK report that West Germany's growing wealth and power strain European unity and fuel fears of re nationalism. Bonn funds Britain and Italy, worries Turkey, and faces a widening wealth gap with Mediterranean states. Leaders fear NATO may orbit a bilateral West Germany US alliance and seek Washington's help to curb German dominance.
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Rowland Evans
Robert Novak
Bonn
West Germany
Western Europe
NATO Alliance
Europe
Great Britain
Italy
International Monetary Fund
Britain
Portugal
Turkey
Spain
Common Market
Rome
Mediterranean
Germany
Christian Democratic Union
CDU
Social Democratic
SPD
Helmut Schmidt
Schmidt
Helmut Kohl
NATO
U.S
Washington
Local physician and spouse active in community life
Dr. P is engaged in fulltime emergency medicine where he and his wife make their home. The Burlington County Times notes the Moorestown Child Study Group will address the topic What to Tell Your Child About Sex Rolls at its October meeting.
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Dr. P
Lake Wales (Fla
Moorestown
Burlington County
N.J
Abu Dhabi
Blandford
Saud
Saudi Arabia
Riyadh
Book banning sparks parental call to keep Arcadia High course
A Phoenix reader argues against banning books in Arcadia High School's Paperback Power program, stressing reading choice and real life exposure. He recalls prewar Germany, cites Oct 18 Arcadia meeting where parents voted to retain the course, and condemns authorities for censorship.
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Arcadia High School
Germany
P.g.smee
Phoenix
Petro-dollars shape the jet set in Arab wealth fantasies
The piece surveys how petro-dollars redefine Arab wealth and romance, describing Arab sheiks as modern princes amid London shopping sprees and high-stakes gambling. It cites Linda Blandford's book Super- Wealth and sketches elite Arab social life, including wives behind veils and the global reach of aspirational consumption.
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Harriet van Horne
London
Desert
Rockefellers
Rothschilds
Sears Roebuck
Linda Blandford
Blandford
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