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...Tokushima, Governor Tadashi Ota won re-election in April 2002 by promising to stop construction of a giant sluice dam on the Yoshino River. In a recent referendum, 90% of Tokushima city voters opposed the dam. Nor is the trouble found only in outlying prefectures. Governor Akiko Domoto of Chiba, right on Tokyo's doorstep, announced in September 2001 that she was halting a project to fill in Sanbanze, Tokyo Bay's last major wetlands...
...Ominously for mainstream parties, most of these leaders are fierce independents. "It may be rude to say it," observes Kitagawa, "but in the case of Chiba's Akiko Domoto, Nagano's Yasuo Tanaka, and myself as well, 'weirdos' became governor." Asano and Domoto both refused all party endorsements, yet won handily. Staying unattached and "weird" means freedom from the smoky backroom culture that is smothering Koizumi. Governor Asano wrote to candidate Domoto, "Please don't think of nonaffiliation as a means to gain advantage in the election. It's not a means; it's a policy...
With Chapman taking the heat on defense, the White Mules have not been able to get much offensive experience for its young team, which has only one senior and one junior. The only goals have come from sophomore forward Emiko Domoto-Reilly and junior forward Alanna Mingay...
Maybe a mass pilgrimage to Lynah would be in order. I was commentating on Saturday's game for WHRB, and our engineer back in the studio--sophomore Kimi Domoto-Reilly--commented, "Man, it sounds really loud in there...
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