Word: mayoral
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...Nearly 12 hours after the 137,000 PS members began voting in the run-off round for the party's top job, officials announced Lille mayor Martine Aubry had beaten last year's defeated presidential candidate, Ségolène Royal, by a tiny 42-vote margin...
...Passing the Torch" was a tonic for me [Nov. 17]. During the Republican National Convention, when Rudy Giuliani sneered that he didn't even know what a community organizer is and Sarah Palin--with sarcasm that made my skin crawl--remarked that she guessed that a "small-town mayor is sort of like a community organizer, except that you have actual responsibilities," the insult was personal and deep. For the first time in my life, I donated financially to a political campaign--Obama's. My mother, a beloved longtime community organizer, has been gone for 10 years, yet her accomplishments...
...sanctuary concept is jarring after an election in which pandering to "pro-America" parts of the country--to use Sarah Palin's clumsy word choice--failed. But being promilitary in Fayetteville is not a red-vs.-blue issue. The entire county commission and Mayor Tony Chavonne are all Democrats. The mayor says, "War is not a political word here...
...world-class hub of scientific research while stimulating the local economy and offering economic opportunities during the current financial crisis, proponents say. “It seems like a natural progression that will add to the breadth and scope of biotech here in Cambridge,” Mayor E. Denise Simmons said of the project. Simmons said the labs will benefit the city by attracting more people with highly specialized talents and employing many more. She said she will ask the company to reach out to Cambridge when looking for employees. The new unit will be located in Cambridge, Mass...
...said that it is difficult to keep schools balanced while satisfying families, a conundrum that the rest of the committee acknowledged last night. “Do we have the stomach for making the choices that need to be made if we truly want balanced schools?” Mayor E. Denise Simmons said. Committee member Alfred Fantini suggested increasing the variance factor to 15 percent in order to decrease the number of mandatory placements, but some members were reluctant to approve the new motion because they said its efficacy could not be predicted...