Word: huds
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Advocating private ownership of capital and denouncing excessive taxes on income, former secretary of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) lack Kemp addressed a crowd of about 300 at an Institute of Politics (IOP) sponsored event last night...
Kemp, who is currently the co-director of Empower America, was the secretary of HUD from 1989 to 1993 and a member of the U.S. House of Representatives (R.N.Y.) from...
Speaker of the California Assembly Emeritus Willie Brown and former San Francisco City Supervisor and former Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) official Roberts Achtenberg are both campaigning to unseat Jordan...
Achtenberg, one of the nation's highest ranking lesbian politicians, is no less controversial: Her appointment by President Clinton to serve as undersecretary of HUD was approved only after Democrats stopped a filibuster by U.S. Sen. Jesse C. Helms...
That could prove to be an understatement. Brown, 61, is up against incumbent Frank Jordan, 60, a former police chief who came to office as a pro-business "non-politician," and Roberta Achtenberg, 45, a former Assistant Secretary of hud and lesbian activist who is hoping to tap into the city's sizable gay vote. The result is the most closely contested mayoral race in the nation. When voters go to the polls on Tuesday, Nov. 7, they must choose among a low-key pragmatist like Jordan, a well-connected professional pol like Brown and a seasoned social activist like...