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...Davis has the edge, partly as a result of his political skill. He built up a $60 million war chest and has spent it well. During the Republican primary campaign, he effectively attacked former Los Angeles mayor Richard Riordan, who lost to Simon despite having White House backing. Against Simon, he has played to the electorate's moderate, anticorporate leanings, producing $20 million of ads depicting the multimillionaire as a shady businessman with conservative views on social issues. Simon's opposition to abortion, gun control and environmental regulation has kept him on the defensive, while his relatively small bankroll...
Earlier this month, Mayor Laurier Raymond issued an open letter to the Somali elders urging them to stop the flow of migrants. "The Somali community must exercise some discipline and reduce the stress on our limited finances and our generosity," he wrote. "Now we need breathing room." The Somali leaders, in turn, accused the mayor of being a bigot. The spat made headlines around the world and prompted Somalis abroad to check in on their friends in Lewiston...
ACQUITTED. former mayor of York, PA., CHARLIE ROBERTSON, 68, of the murder of Lillie Belle Allen, a black woman killed in that city's 1969 race riots; in York. Two other white men were convicted of second-degree murder in the case; six more had pleaded guilty earlier...
Former politicians are supposed to retire to lucrative consulting jobs in white-shoe offices. Rudy Giuliani has got the lucrative part down, but he has agreed to reimmerse himself in the same urban mayhem he faced and tamed as mayor of New York City. Giuliani and his consulting firm have been hired by Mexico City to help combat its alarming incidence of murders, kidnappings and drug trafficking. For the effort, the firm will be paid $4.3 million, to be coughed up by wealthy private citizens. Because of the magnitude of the problems confronting the city of 20 million, the expense...
...call yesterday to Wellstone’s fellow Minnesota leader and mayor of Minneapolis R.T. Rybak, I asked about Wellstone’s commitment to all his constituents. “Anyone who feels alienated or leaderless, no matter how small you are, you have to make a change,” said Rybak, relating the message of his deceased colleague. “We have to pick up [where Wellstone left off], and figure out how we’re going to move the green...