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...heads an organization called Your Heritage Protection Association, based in Orange County. With a dues-paying flock of 15,000, Condo took in an estimated $2 million in three years while preaching an unusual gospel: since the U.S. dollar cannot be redeemed in gold or silver, it is therefore corrupt, therefore not "real," and therefore nobody owes any taxes. Finally charged with tax and mail fraud, Condo last June was sentenced to eight years in prison and fined $92,000. He is still free on appeal, but the IRS, which estimates it lost up to $100 million in taxes evaded...
...fears that he may be gay simply because he's tempted to watch "Masterpiece Theater" instead of a football game. The board further states that the strip has "tastelessly poked fun at several groups." The board doesn't name the "several groups," but they include: the Reagan administration, corrupt politicians, sensationalistic newspaper reporters, people who try to impose stereotyped standard of beauty or be havior on their romantic partners. Of course The Crimson wouldn't want to embarras readers who are members of such groups. But before you permanently ban Bloom County from your pages, I suggest that you read...
...this point, no clear alternative has yet emerged to challenge White's corrupt administration. So White and his machine could keep City Hall by default, effectively negating his opponents through shrewd politicking and brilliant media manipulation. But if a viable alternative does emerge, Boston will be poised to replay the Chicago scenario, as one of the six challengers-all of whom, of course, decry corruption and machine politics-will take over City Hall...
...Greens reflect old but recurring fears of the relentless advance of industrialism and urbanism that threaten the individual with a society of scientific management and assembly lines. With romantic and dangerously simplistic longing, the alternatives look to the lost past, to what they believe was a simpler, less corrupt world of noble motives and a pristine environment...
Mayor Kevin H. White, in office for 16 years, is under fire, accused of running a corrupt political machine which is incapable of dealing with the city's problems. The Hub press, once firmly in his corner, now vigorously works to uncover new failings and improprieties in the White administration...