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...Governor's race 37 years ago. But now they fear that dream is slipping away. The campaign that got off to a brilliant start on the Tonight show is becoming themeless and error prone. "They're flubbing this thing big time," says a longtime G.O.P. strategist. Former Los Angeles mayor Richard Riordan, who decided not to enter the race when Schwarzenegger got in, has urged him to be more open with the media. Even wife Maria Shriver has complained to a friend that her husband is being overmanaged and overprotected by his advisers, many of whom he inherited from unpopular...
...bear the legend attention bureaucrats!!! entry forbidden. Mayor Petr Pávek imposed the ban Sept. 12 after he found his staff of three spending as much as 80% of their working hours complying with countless (and he says "nonsensical") requests for information from the Czech Statistical Office and other state bureaus. "It drains our resources and doesn't leave enough time for work in the community," he says. In addition to the ban, he plans to charge an hourly rate for compliance with requests that he deems nonessential to the functioning of his community. Pávek's initiative...
...ordered it, he would have been dead already in the first attempt." RODRIGO DUTERTE, mayor of Davao City, Philippines, denying involvement in the murder of journalist Juan Pala who had survived three previous attempts on his life...
...people and perspiration came to a stand-still in traffic, a man from a bakery stood along the road and offered drivers free bread through their windows. If people had fridges full of meat, they threw it on a grill and shared it with their neighbors. New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg asked his constituents to give rides to others if they had extra space in their cars, and people heeded his appeal; never before have I seen so many hitch-hikers picked up in Queens. Ordinary citizens devoted hours in the heat to directing traffic and preventing a clogged...
...Haven Mayor John DeStefano Jr. has stepped into the role of mediator in the ongoing negotiations...