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That news came around the same time the pro-amendment forces were running a devastating ad showing a self-satisfied San Francisco mayor Gavin Newsom shouting wild-eyed at a rally that same-sex marriage was inevitable "whether you like it or not." The announcer then said darkly, "It's no longer about tolerance. Acceptance of gay marriage is now mandatory." Many fence sitters were turned off by Newsom's arrogance; blogger Andrew Sullivan attributed mid-October polls against the gay side to the "Newsom effect...
...sweeps the nation, Alaska is voting for more of the same. With results from 99% of the state's precincts in, Senator Ted Stevens - who on Oct. 27 was convicted in federal court on seven counts of corruption - held a slim 4,000-vote lead over his opponent, Anchorage mayor Mark Begich. With about 50,000 uncounted absentee and early ballots, a definitive winner could be days or weeks away...
Proposition K, which would have prohibited police officers from enforcing prostitution laws and limited resources for anti-prostitution outreach programs, was defeated 58% to 42% in San Francisco. The initiative was hotly contested in the days leading up to the election, earning opposition from progressive Mayor Gavin Newsom and many others who worried that legalizing the world's oldest profession would make it easier for women to enter the sex trade, while also making it more dangerous by drawing a criminal element around prostitution. Meanwhile, advocates said it would have improved health care for sex workers and helped them report...
...public health, safety, and education, according to a report prepared by the City Manager, Robert W. Healy. “Even though this is bad news, we have only just begun,” said Brian P. Murphy ’86-’87, the vice mayor of the City of Cambridge. He said that the income generated by the capital gains tax is expected to be reduced by at least $750 million in the fiscal year of 2009, citing the data presented at the Massachusetts Taxpayers Foundation. Massachusetts governor Deval L. Patrick ’78 implemented...
Franken Courts the Youth Vote in Minnesota, 3 p.m. E.T. U.S. Senate candidate Al Franken received a sleepy reception as he strolled through the University of Minnesota's student union with St. Paul mayor Chris Coleman and campaign staffers. Students sporting red "I voted" stickers approached him for photographs, but other students lounging in the main lobby peered over their laptops, wondering who dared to interrupt their in-between-class naps...