Word: governors
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...dubbed "the Spotted Owl Summit." The title referred to the threatened bird that federal courts recently protected when they prohibited logging in parts of the Northwest and also to the fact that most of the big guns of Oregon politics were taking part. Attending the summit were Governor Neil Goldschmidt and all seven members of the state's congressional delegation...
...especially in light of the poor results of most mop-up efforts. Cleanup crews recover on average no more than 10% of major oil spills, a performance that has failed to improve during the past 20 years, according to Amy Stolls, editor of Oil Spill Intelligence Report. Declares Alaska Governor Steven Cowper: "It is clear that the industry does not have the equipment, expertise or technology to mount an effective response ((to a spill)) within a critically short period of time." As the U.S. imports a growing share of the oil it consumes, bringing it in on tankers, spills will...
...sudden fondness for controversial reactors? The new Energy Secretary, James Watkins, is strongly pro-nuke, as is his boss, George Bush. So is Bush's chief of staff, John Sununu, the former New Hampshire Governor who championed Seabrook against objections of his neighboring Governor, Michael Dukakis of Massachusetts. While Sununu has moved to the White House, Dukakis still sits in Boston, 40 miles from Seabrook...
Last December a task force appointed by Illinois Governor James Thompson declared a financial emergency in East St. Louis and noted, in understatement, "There is growing public concern over the city's ability to provide basic municipal services required to ensure public safety and the welfare of its citizenry." Protested Mayor Officer: "I do all I can with the revenue I have." The task force offered a loan but conditioned it on Officer's accepting a state-approved financial director with total control over city spending. So far Officer has not agreed to that condition, and the municipal crisis deepens...
...Kitty did real campaigning," Campion says, explaining that the governor's wife travelled to several key states each day to campaign on behalf of her husband. At the Democratic National Convention in Atlanta--during which time Campion ran Kitty Dukakis' entire convention operation--the prospective First Lady surprised many by meeting with delegates throughout most of the days, Campion says...