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After a week-long delay, the Cambridge License Commission (CLC) ruled on disciplinary action for Harvard Square restaurant Felipe’s Taqueria yesterday, slapping it with a non-consecutive, two-day suspension for multiple license violations. This suspension will force Felipe’s to close on two days that it would not regularly be closed, so the restaurant could not serve the suspension on Christmas or New Year’s Day. However, since Felipe’s co-owners Tom Brush and Felipe Herrera can schedule—without interference from the CLC?...
Though the legal outlook brightened Monday for Tom DeLay when a Texas judge threw out one of three campaign finance charges against him, the political forecast remains cloudy for the former House Majority Leader to regain his leadership post when Congress returns to Washington in January. The decision by Judge Pat Priest to toss conspiracy allegations against DeLay but let stand two felony money laundering indictments means the case will likely drag on into next year, a ruling that will make it difficult for DeLay to reclaim his job before it?s given to someone else. Many Congressional Republicans...
...DeLay defense attorney Dick DeGuerin is expected to present more pre-trial challenges before the year is out, including pressing for a hearing on charges of prosecutorial misconduct. But Texas District Attorney Ronnie Earle now has 15 days to appeal the judge's ruling and Priest has said there will be no court action until Dec. 20 and likely no trial before January...
...Washington, the season of giving takes on special meaning in years ending with odd numbers. Politicians seeking election or re-election raise money for their most treasured federally regulated charities: their campaigns. Vice President Dick Cheney headlines a fundraiser in Houston tonight for Republican Rep. Tom DeLay, the former House Majority Leader forced to step down an indictment for conspiracy and money laundering. Tomorrow, former President Bill Clinton stumps for his wife's 2006 Senate campaign at a swanky New York nightclub. Presidential potentials, such as McCain and Democratic New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson, sign their new books, which, like...
...already known that investigators had been inquiring into Abramoff's dealings with DeLay, who has had to give up his House majority leader post as he fights unrelated conspiracy and money-laundering charges in Texas. They have looked into an expensive 2000 junket that Abramoff arranged for DeLay that included a golf outing at Scotland's famed St. Andrews course. But over the past decade, Abramoff and Scanlon spread money and favors across Capitol Hill. The list of lawmakers who weighed in on the partners' side on one project--blocking the planned casino of a tribal client's rival--totaled...