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...more memorable Lampoon pranks, Plimpton—riding a horse and clad in a British military uniform—stole the microphone from Gov. Robert F. Bradford ’23 during a ceremony in Lexington commemorating Paul Revere’s midnight ride, according to Cobb...
...particularly heated exchange, Rep. Dick Gephardt, D-Mo., identified former Vermont Gov. Howard Dean with Newt Gingrich in describing Dean’s support for a Gingrich-backed Medicare...
...know you?re in trouble as a governor when you have to pray for rain - but without the lightning - in order to ease your budget crunch. Drought-parched Montana is being ravaged by fires and Republican Gov. Judy Martz has enraged social activists and Democratic legislators by diverting money they believe should be spent on welfare programs to fight the blaze...
...Montana?s tax base also has shrunk, which has forced deep cuts in education, health and welfare programs. And the biggest blow for Martz came from what ended up being an ill-advised utility deregulation approved by her predecessor, Gov. Marc Racicot, who went on to chair the Republican National Committee, then Bush?s reelection committee. Before deregulation, the state?s residents enjoyed the nation?s fifth lowest utility rates from Montana Power Company. But then the unregulated company sold off its generation and transmission equipment and plowed the $2 billion in profits into a telecom subsidiary that went bankrupt...
...When Tennessee was staggered by budget shortfalls in 2001, then Republican Gov. Don Sundquist proposed an income tax for state residents instead of another hike in the sales tax, which was already one of the highest in the country. The GOP all but disowned him, conservative talk show hosts began vilifying him and a mob gathered on the Capitol?s steps in Nashville hurling rocks that crashed through his window. An embittered Sundquist settled for another penny hike in the sales tax then left office when his term ended last January, refusing to campaign for the Republican candidate who wanted...