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...reluctantly agreed to retire at the end of June. It was too late. On April 29, 3 1/2 hours after the verdict in the King case was announced, Gates left his office at about 6:30 p.m. to drive 11 miles to attend a small political fund raiser in affluent Brentwood. The cause was dear to his heart: opposition to a Los Angeles ballot measure that would, at last, make the police chief more accountable to elected officials. Even though Gates claimed he was at the fund raiser for just five minutes (it was closer...
...starting to see more and more -- and Los Angeles brought it home dramatically -- is that you can't isolate yourself in your little island of self-interest," says New Jersey Governor Jim Florio. "In a place like New Jersey, you can go from Short Hills, a very affluent community, to Newark in the space of 10 minutes...
Cadley cites the demographics of the Phoenix'sreadership--a more affluent 18-to-40-year-oldpopulation--as the reason why the newspaper hasnot suffered ad sales losses...
...police chief's term, subject to a one-time reappointment by the mayor. Gates, who had a virtual lifetime guarantee of employment before he announced his retirement effective this June, opposes the new law. When last week's violence erupted, in fact, Gates was at a reception in the affluent suburb of Brentwood, trying to raise money to fight the proposal...
...shot. He had been out of the Senate for six years when he declared his candidacy last April in Lowell. At the time, Bush's popularity was in the stratosphere and better-known Democrats declined to enter the race. He ran on a pro-business platform that appealed to affluent suburbanites and independents but sounded suspiciously like warmed- over Republicanism to union members, minorities and liberals. In an era when elections are determined by televised campaign advertising, his most effective weapon was an 85-page book in which he spelled out his plan for restoring American competitiveness. To overcome doubts...