Expensive PILOT deal reshapes Syracuse area growth
County examines Oil City impact as Syracuse and Pyramid Cos strike a 15 year PILOT worth 75 million returning funds to the nearby area for roads lights and waterways. Critics call it a sweetheart deal while county taxpayers face 27.8 million in higher taxes before 2005 and a potential 50 percent tax base expansion afterward.
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Syracuse
Pyramid Cos
Onondaga County
City Hall
Robert Cangel
Onondaga Creek
Franklin Park
Great Northern
Bush faces split over funding abortions for rape victims
President Bush wavered on federal funding for abortions for rape and incest victims, then signaled a veto for Medicaid coverage. The issue centers on whether poor women should bear pregnancies from crime, highlighting class privilege and the trauma faced by young victims.
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Bush
Robert Byrd
D-W.va
Bush PR blitz after Frisco quake harms Bush image
Philadelphia Daily News notes the 1989 Frisco earthquake exposed flaws in the Bush administration's crisis response. It criticizes FEMA and federal agencies, cites Alvarez Quayle inspections, and questions political importance of disaster aid while praising locals and volunteers.
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Washington
George Bush
ABC
al Michaels
Candlestick Park
Oakland
Bay
Bush
Abc-Tv
Rt Hume
California
Exxon
Alaska
Coast Guard
Puerto Rico
South Carolina
Panama
Manuel Noriega
White House
Bush & Co
Federal Emergency Management Oncy
FEMA
Carolina
Dan Quayle
San Francisco
Veep
Uni
PEMA
Grant Peterson
Hugo
Fritz Hollings
D-S.c
Robin Tallon
Red Cross
America
Philadelphia Daily News
Pine Bluff's 333rd place ranking sparks Last City Festival plan
The Los Angeles Times Syndicate column mocks Prentice Hall's Places Rated Almanac rating of Pine Bluff Arkansas as the nation’s last livable city. It urges a town festival at the Civic Center with music, booths, and civic humor while defending local pride. It notes mayor Carolyn Robinson's outraged response and compares the survey's metrics to flawed statistics.
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Almanac
United States
Pine Bluff
Ark
Charles Ponzi
Prentice Hall
Little Rock
Long Island
Mark Twain
Carolyn Robinson
City
Athens
Pericles
Socrates
Plato
Thucydides
Yuba
Calif
Los Angeles Times Syndicate
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Herald Company
Clinton Square
Tarrmarar Tilhald
Arthur Jenkins
Herald
Stephen Rogers
Stephen A. Rogers
Timothy D. Bunn
Timothy P. Atseff
Donald P. Pickard
Oil City
Stayseac of
Bure
TASS
WFO
Soyet Union News
IFEIA
Rae Peer Seine
Sandy Grady
Paul
Been Stoop
Mal Marne
Woo
Shey
Perry
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