Commissioner Hall Leads Budget Cut to Protect Services
Gaston County’s first year commissioner Chuck Hall brokered a line by line review with department heads to trim the budget without harming essential services. He steered away from two costly proposals, kept the tax rate at 78.9 cents, spared libraries a D A R E program, a shelter, and adult day centers, and scrapped the federal cheese program. The move signals restraint amid mandates and aims to curb government growth while preserving core services.
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Gaston County
Chuck Hall
Board of Commissioners
Hall
D.A.R.E
Battered Spouse Shelter
Gastonia
Belmont
Robert Potter
Gaston
Seven nation leaders meet in Halifax with little progress
The leaders of the seven richest nations gathered in Halifax to discuss arms control UN reform and terrorism but offered few concrete remedies. Observers note a twilight of the nation state as trade frictions with the United States and Japan loom and question whether leaders can deliver real results.
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Halifax
Nova Scotia
Boris Yeltsin
United States
Japan
United Nations
Clarence Thomas: two men with opposite public faces
Thomas Lowell writes that the liberal media misreads Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, arguing his decisions show no bitterness. He notes Thomas remains upbeat post confirmation, and praises his judicial reasoning compared to Thurgood Marshall, predicting vindication within his lifetime.
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Clarence Thomases
Supreme Court
Clarence Thomas
Justice Thomas
Harry Schwartz
Harry
Senate Judiciary Committee
Circuit Court of Appeals
Thurgood Marshall
Thomas Lowell
Gastonia
Hoover Institution
Stanford
Calif
Belmont Budget Vote Delays Downtown Revitalization Plan
Stephen Crane of the East Gaston YMCA urges Belmont leaders and residents to embrace change and push forward on the Belmont Peninsula Project after the city council failed to pass the 1995 1996 budget on June 19. The plan guides proactive downtown redevelopment amid growth from Charlotte, with a decision rescheduled for June 27.
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Belmont
Belmont Peninsula
Charlotte
Stephen Crane
East Gaston
Weighed down by deceit in federal and state lawmakers
The text complains of widespread fakery among legislators who undermine the Founding Fathers' principles. It argues the balanced budget plan is blocked using Social Security as a pretext, accusing certain party members of ulterior motives. It laments conservative voters asking if some members have lost their senses.
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Robert Bork
Anita Hill
Clarence Thomas
Justice Thomas
White House
Bush
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