Word: districters
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...with sharp words exchanged at the time of JonBenet's funeral. White was reportedly enraged that the Ramseys didn't seem to be fully cooperating with police. For his part, Ramsey has reportedly viewed White with some suspicion. Boulder cops ruled him out as a suspect early, but district attorney ALEX HUNTER was not so quick to completely clear him, and relations further soured when White wrote Governor ROY ROMER, urging him to replace Hunter with a special prosecutor. "Fleet is anxious to testify and tell his story," says an acquaintance. "He's just been waiting for the right legal...
...city's politicians still do most things the old-fashioned way. There aren't many other places in America where a candidate can declare himself an "unabashed, unrepentant, unreconstructed liberal"--and leave most of his opponents wishing they'd come up with the line first. But Massachusetts' Eighth Congressional District isn't like anyplace else. Encompassing nearly half the city of Boston, all of what locals call the People's Republic of Cambridge, and several limousine-liberal suburbs, the Eighth has sent just three Congressmen to Washington since 1946: John F. Kennedy, former House Speaker Tip O'Neill and Joseph...
Which would be great news for the district's voters--if there were more to distinguish one candidate from another. But almost all of them are as "unreconstructed" and predictable in their liberalism as George Bachrach, the former state senator who made the remark during a televised debate last week. In fact, the most prominent contenders for the seat, Flynn and former talk-radio host Marjorie Clapprood, are known less for what they would do in office than for the controversial things they have done in the past. A once loved mayor with nearly universal name recognition, Flynn...
...loss was blamed on her famously acerbic running mate, Boston University President John Silber, who was defeated by William Weld. Clapprood has a record of involvement in groups that help poor women and children, and she is trying to exploit Flynn's biggest vulnerability in such a liberal district, his opposition to abortion. She touts herself as the pro-choice candidate who can beat Flynn, and in last week's debate, she essentially asked voters to elect her because of her gender. "We've never sent a woman to Washington to stand for us," she said. "I'd like...
Attention Millennium planners: As of tomorrow, there are only 500 days (or 416 shopping days at your local party store) until the year 2000. Forget those fogeys who say that it really doesn't begin until 2001 and celebrate along with New York's Times Square Business Improvement District...