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...next round of clemency hearings on March 10, Governor Lawton Chiles grants Collins or any other battered woman clemency, Florida will join 26 other states in a national movement to take another look at the cases of abuse victims who kill their abusers. Just before Christmas, Missouri's conservative Republican Governor John Ashcroft commuted the life sentences of two women who claimed they had killed their husbands in self-defense. After 20 years of trying, these women have made a Darwinian claim for mercy: Victims of perpetual violence should be forgiven if they turn violent themselves...
...which was published in 1988 and included an admiring chapter on Clinton's education reforms in Arkansas. Since then, Clinton has promoted Osborne's writings to fellow Governors. Osborne's ideas have been praised -- and implemented -- by politicians ranging from Republican Governor William Weld of Massachusetts to Democratic Governor Lawton Chiles of Florida...
Congressman Dante Fascell argues that an advance agreement should make military mobilization automatic when a hurricane kicks into a category 4 or 5 with winds over 130 mph. Governor Lawton Chiles incorrectly thought the disaster declaration, signed by Bush on the day of the storm, was the same as a request for military help. Nobody at FEMA advised him otherwise or nudged the White House when the reality of the damage finally sank in. "I don't think it's wise to declare martial law," says Fascell, "but when we know we have a catastrophe headed our way, we should...
...credit, Bush cut short a political trip to New Jersey last Monday and hurried to Florida to view the damage just hours after the hurricane blew through. But he stayed just an hour and a half and spent only a few minutes chatting with Florida Governor Lawton Chiles during a photo opportunity. Two days later, again anxious to show fresh tactical flexibility under newly installed chief of staff James Baker, the White House hustled Bush off to Louisiana in Andrew's wake. "The President," Bush explained to the sodden residents of New Iberia, "ought to show up when people...
...steel, to provide medical coverage for 1.9 million employees, dependents and retirees. Unchecked, the U.S. medical bill will more than double in the next 10 years, to $1.6 trillion, crowding out spending for other urgent needs. "Health-care costs have created an American state of siege," says Florida Governor Lawton Chiles. "It's going to break...