Word: mayoral
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...ways in which the IOP might work to increase participation from groups on campus. “I’m black, Jewish, and female, so any kind of diversity is something that I appreciate,” McGee said. She said she approached IOP Director and former Nashville Mayor Bill Purcell late last fall with the idea for a council, and he responded enthusiastically. “As Mayor, I always said that the government should look and feel like the place in which it operates,” Purcell said. “I brought that feeling with...
...Subtly challenged her hard-charging boss, Mayor Rudy Giuliani, by summoning to a City Council hearing a health department aide Giuliani had targeted for firing. Hamburg also publicly opposed an effort requiring AIDS educators to promise to stress abstinence to city students, arguing that science and not "wishful thinking" should drive AIDS education...
...took care of me like a newborn. She's the kind of person you figure can do almost anything." -Former New York Mayor David Dinkins, remembering how Dr. Hamburg persuaded him to take a tuberculosis test after he spent time with someone who was afflicted with the disease. (New York Times, March...
Following Mayor Thomas M. Menino’s recent letter criticizing Harvard’s decision to slow down construction of the Allston Science Complex, more local politicians are stepping forward to voice similar disapproval...
...they are monkeying around. They're never going to find out all the correct ballots." That may seem like an absurd idea. But in fact, Minnesota law provides that the state could resort to a coin flip if both candidates are tied. That happened in a 2008 race for mayor of Goodridge, a northern town here with a population of 98, after each candidate received 22 votes. At this point, it's an option Minnesotans would probably welcome; after all, once the coin is flipped, there would be no room for argument...