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...deficits, and globalization. Summers urged the economists, who kept returning to nuanced policy discussions, to come up with more practical political advice. Referring to Flint, Mich., where workers’ jobs are being outsourced, he challenged the academics to come up with a realistic suggestion for the Buick-city mayor. “That’s the political reality,” said Summers, pointing to former Senator Bob Graham D-Fla. in the audience who was nodding in agreement. Graham was a fellow at the Institute of Politics (IOP) this fall and is serving as a fellow...
...should get back on track this month. And a few blocks away, KB Home, one of the nation's largest builders, will turn dirt this spring on 58 lots for Orleans-style homes. With $50 billion in private insurance payouts and government help on its way to the region, Mayor Ray Nagin is predicting an "explosion of growth," especially downtown...
...Nagin, who is up for reelection April 22, is finalizing the rebuild plan prepared over four months by his Bring New Orleans Back Commission (see plans at www.bnobc.com). The final release is expected next week. Some 70 neighborhood groups, divided into 13 planning districts, attended a meeting with the mayor last month and have until late May to submit rebuilding plans in each area of the city. Already, neighborhood associations from heavily damaged areas like the lower Ninth Ward, Gentilly and Lakeview are tracking down residents, finding out who is returning and what services are needed. (For a complete list...
...negotiated [becoming the first openly gay black Mayor] in a way that seems effortless, and I admire that,” says close friend and Quincy House Resident Tutor Timothy P. McCarthy ’93. And though Massachusetts is the first state to allow gay marriage, Reeves has elected not to marry, at least not just...
...going for the Falwell-Robertson wing of his party”—referring to religious conservatives Jerry Falwell and Pat Robertson. In a poll last week by the Cook Political Report, McCain tied for frontrunner status in the Republican race with former New York City Mayor Rudolph W. Giuliani—at 30 percent each. “This is going to be the most interesting presidential election of our lifetimes,” said Begala. “It’s gonna be completely wide open.” Since Vice President Dick Cheney...