Word: mayoral
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...municipal website seeking donations from the public received $17,000 before experiencing "frequent and prolonged server crashes," according to a press release issued by Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa's office. The mayor's office has asked fans to revisit the website now that it is up and running again. Roth says the city reached out to AEG to chip in as well. "I know they contacted us initially," he said. "I couldn't tell you how much further it has progressed...
...worked with private investigators to hack into the cell-phone messages of "two or three thousand" people to obtain data related to bank statements, phone bills, social-security records and taxes. Among the public figures the Guardian claims were targeted are former Deputy Prime Minister John Prescott, London mayor Boris Johnson and actress Gwyneth Paltrow. (See pictures of London...
...officials braced for an onslaught of visitors to the Staples Center vicinity and other locations. Streets surrounding the area were closed off entirely at midnight on Monday, and city officials advised those without a ticket to stay at home. "There will not be anything to see," L.A.'s acting mayor Jan Perry told TIME. "This is a private event on private property...
...fringes of the island, which is less than a mile from La Guardia Airport. But because the big birds have shown a propensity for colliding with jets - there have been at least 68 Canada-goose strikes in New York State in the past decade - on June 11, Mayor Michael Bloomberg announced a plan to remove up to 2,000 geese from city-owned properties like Rikers. That's "removal" in the Tony Soprano sense, with henchmen capturing and asphyxiating the birds. News that the city would be whacking such majestic creatures set off animal-rights advocates, but officials have held...
...higher office. Over the space of six weeks, Palin not only rejected Kerttula but every Democrat put forth by the Juneau Democratic Party for the vacant seat, bringing the state senate to a near standstill. On the last day of session, Palin finally accepted a neutral candidate, former Juneau mayor Dennis Egan. "The governor was on the brink of being taken to court in violation of appointment statutes," says senator Hollis French, an Anchorage Democrat. "All because she was trying to rebuke Beth, who during the campaign said one or two things that weren't ingratiating to the governor." (Read...