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Leave it to Tom Hanks, recent Oscar winner, to share with us the real state of affairs with regard to the American "Artist as Citizen." He contended that he didn't "think responsibility went beyond voting via secret ballot." In other words, be reckless on stage and civic-minded every two years for the thirty seconds it takes to check the box next to "Democrats." Way to go, Tom. You hit it right on the nose (we wish it were Geraldo's, again...
...second ballot, Wayne "Rusty" Drugan Jr., treasurer of the Republican city committee, a Rhodes scholar and a resident of Cambridge's 7th ward, where Samp also lives, defeated four other challengers to gain the committee's top endorsement...
...this election, we've all been buffeted by cross-currents. We've got friendships and loyalties," Drugan said. "A lot of us are grateful that there is a secret ballot...
...four members of the Election Commission, Samp has supervised Cambridge's notoriously complicated elections, overseen voter registration programs, administered Cambridge's ethics ordinance and rewritten local ballot questions, among other duties...
Into that climate comes the West Coast ballot measure, called the California Civil Rights Initiative. The brainchild of two academics, Thomas Wood and Glynn Custred, it would forbid the state to use race or gender preferences in employment policies, admissions or awarding contracts. Affirmative action has deteriorated into ``ethnic bean counting,'' says Wood...