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WASHINGTON, D.C.: Some 16 months after House lawmakers imposed a partial gift ban on themselves, members of a bipartisan ethics committee are considering easing the restrictions. According to New York Republican Gerald Solomon, the current ban is too inflexible and should be replaced with one which allows members to accept...
But Hart misses the real problem with Ingraham's public conversion. It's not that it glosses over her prior actions, or wrongly implicates others or smacks of self-congratulation. It's that it is a haphazard, self-limiting approach to public policy--and there's a lot of that...
Much of the sophomoric behavior that has infiltrated the council is aggravated by an air of self-importance. For example, several weeks ago the council voted to allot $300 out of its $16,250 SpringFest budget to purchase fried dough--but not until after a vigorous debate. Which carnival food...
"This is a day of celebration, self-congratulation and recommitment," Hayes said. "Working together we will continue to make progress. Our streets and our neighborhoods belong to us."
And indeed the words of congratulation were portentous. "Welcome to this sin-sick world and the challenge you have to walk in your Daddy's footsteps," wrote one well wisher. "Dear Little Billy Frank Jr. ...We heard...that your Daddy has new help for preaching God's truth...So grow...