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...Playing the Victim in Louisiana Democrat William Jefferson is a target of a federal corruption investigation and not welcome in his own party. But with the backing of New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin, he may just win reelection
...Other schemes have been more controversial: Last August, Caracas Mayor Juan Barreto declared that he planned to seize the city's two main golf courses, which he said were the preserve of the rich, and use the land to build homes for as many as 50,000 people. "This is a first step towards the democratization of land," Barreto told state television. "It's to give a new social sense to the city, so it can be enjoyed by everyone and not be a privatized city under a neo-liberal concept...
...club's president Fernando Zozaya says the mayor's plan to seize the land is unrealistic because it would cause a traffic nightmare and would have a negative affect on the 11,000 club members and direct and indirect employees. He also points out, with an ironic chuckle, that the city proposes to raze an institution that the federal government last year declared as part of the national patrimony in recognition of its historic value...
...country club president could be right. Mayor Barreto may be a close ally of Chavez, and may have justified his claim on the golf course in terms of a federal drive to redistribute privately owned land to the poor, but it appears he did not get government approval for his plan. In a move that calmed the Caracas elite, Vice President Jose Vicente Rangel said the mayor had acted on his own and that the national government would not support the seizure of the country clubs because it violated the constitution. And the second country club named in the mayor...
...Playing the Victim in Louisiana Democrat William Jefferson is a target of a federal corruption investigation and not welcome in his own party. But with the backing of New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin, he may just win reelection