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...solve the retail real estate glut. Only a realignment of supply and demand for long-term leases will do that. But in the short term, getting creative with commercial space keeps storefronts filled, which helps keep properties secure and community spirit intact, and may even bring in a little money for would-be landlords to offset costs like utilities, taxes and maintenance...
Lorenzo Bartolucci ’11 called it a “sad day” when Dunster did not have enough money “to set up a proper library system...
...next round of the fight is unfolding now. The Senate is set to pass its funding bill for the Defense Department as early as next week and buried in the bill is a ban on any money to be used to transfer, release or incarcerate any individual who was detained as of Oct. 1, 2009, at Guantánamo to or within the United States or its territories. That is the toughest language Congress has used thus far in the battle, and it would block Obama not only from moving the most dangerous individuals to the U.S. for detention...
...Finances Naturally, some Londoners are worried that organizers won't be able to stick to their ?9.3 billion ($14.8 billion) budget and taxpayers will end up shelling out any extra money required. Of the public Olympic financing bodies, the British government is kicking in nearly ?6 billion ($9.5 billion), the National Lottery ?2.2 billion ($3.5 billion) and the city government ?1.2 billion ($1.9 billion). There's also a second budget of ?2 billion ($3.2 billion) that is being privately funded. Still, it's difficult to say how much will eventually be spent to host the event. "No one will ever...
...Security With the Games coming just seven years after the 2005 London transport bombings, terrorism is still a major concern for the city. And keeping the Olympic athletes and spectators safe won't come cheaply, so once again, money has become a concern. "The cost of providing the security for the London Games will be astronomic," Szymanski says. Britain's Home Office estimates that security will run about ?600 million ($959 million), but with three years to go before the event, the agency can't say exactly how the money will be spent. Apart from that are the logistics...