City vehicle home use under review amid high fuel costs
Elyria’s Grace administration reviews which 79 city employees may drive city vehicles home. Nine department heads defend their use as costs loom with fuel around four dollars a gallon. Discussion includes mileage charges and possible limits or bans for infrequent or personal use.
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Responsibility urged as debt ceiling talks stall
The column argues for prudent debt management while criticizing House GOP demands. Boehner told the Economic Club of New York there would be no debt ceiling increase without strict spending cuts and no tax rises, a stance the piece says clashes with bipartisan budget reform ideas and could raise borrowing costs if negotiations drag on.
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Leaders of industrialized nations meet in Switzerland
The gathering included leaders from multiple industrialized nations though former President George W. Bush did not attend, with critics alleging legal jeopardy over the Iraq war. Mohammed ElBaradei and others criticized the war as a grave error and urged investigations into administration actions.
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Obama’s view of history shaped by familiar liberal myths
George Will argues that Obama misreads history and that Ryan’s budget would not erase past norms. He challenges the notion that Medicare and Social Security are eternal and warns that liberalism clings to old programs as foundational.
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