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...being fought. Legislators belonging to the opposition Kuomintang (KMT)-the party Chiang headed for 50 years on both sides of the Taiwan Strait until his death in 1975 at the age of 87-have called the hall's name change illegal, auguring a protracted courtroom battle. Taipei's Mayor Hau Lung-bin, also of the KMT, has vowed to fight any moves to dismantle a giant statue of Chiang that stands at the building, declaring it a protected historical site. He is part of a core of KMT politicians-and a surviving handful of military veterans who arrived in Taiwan...
...little refining capacity, the other factor boosting gas prices is growing demand. AAA predicts a Memorial Day weekend as busy as ever. Some experts say you won't see drivers really get price sensitive until they are routinely paying $100 every time they fill up. New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg can float congestion-pricing schemes and tell taxi drivers they have to switch to hybrids by 2012, but to the general public, this is about time and love, not money and reason. We may fear global warming, replace our lightbulbs, recycle our plastics. But in America...
...Chicago Mayor Richard Daley really serious about his pledge to rid the Windy City of homelessness...
...Forcing the special meeting played directly to the Mayor's hand, since it came before a new council took office, including many aldermen who ran on a platform of higher wages and more affordable housing. Daley warned the new council Monday not to let the politics of yesteryear, of famously angry council wars, infiltrate the new body. But there is far more independence in the 50-member chamber now, with nine newcomers, including the wife of Congressman Jesse Jackson Jr. And many are promising to hold Daley firm on his twin promises to wipe out homelessness and create affordable housing...
...Staff writer Nicholas K. Tabor can be reached at ntabor@fas.harvard.edu. CORRECTION: The May 23 news article "Barrios Departs, Race Opens" incorrectly identified Michale J. Albano. Albano is a Chelsea politician who is the chair of the Chelsea Planning Board. He is not the former Springfield, Mass., mayor of the same name, as the article stated...