Word: mayors
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Aside from Vellucci, the other independents are often as different from each other as they are from the CCA. Many are conservatives from political families that claim a myriad of loyalties--like incumbents Sheila T. Russell, Mayor Walter J. Sullivan, Jr., and Thomas W. Danehy...
...Georgia the proceeds from arbitrage have amounted to as much as $40 million a year. Atlanta Mayor Andrew Young points out that the city has been able to lower the cost of renovating its zoo by some $3 million by using the now banned technique. On a nationwide basis, the numbers mushroom: the total value of outstanding bonds issued by approximately 40,000 state and local jurisdictions is at least $729 billion...
...local governments or regulate their taxing, and the state didn't try to interfere with the Federal Government's power to tax." Shafroth's organization, as well as the Government Finance Officers Association, a national organization of public finance officials, is co-plaintiff in the Georgia suit. Fumes Mayor Young: "The Federal Government has been chipping away at our ability to finance necessary state and local governmental facilities for almost 20 years now. It is time to call a halt...
LaVergne (pop. 5,500) is a decidedly rawboned blue-collar town rather than a quaint Tennessee tourist attraction. Dotted with car washes and low-rise factories, it has a work force that exceeds its population. Mayor Vester Waldron describes the place as a "bedroom community without the bedrooms...
...Neill's world was one where loyalty to friends and constituent needs was paramount. Of James Michael Curley, whose tolerance of bribery led to his serving as Boston's mayor from a prison cell, O'Neill proclaims, "Whatever you could say about his methods, his heart was always in the right place. One winter he called up Filene's, a major department store, and said to the owner, 'I need 5,000 sweaters this afternoon. And by the way, it's time to reassess your property.' Curley got the sweaters, which went to the poor people of Boston...