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...also for Sarasota GOP congressional incumbent Vern Buchanan. "The whole party arrangement has gotten very old and stale for people like me," says Grain. Consequently, hyper-partisan campaigning has become a turnoff for a growing number of Floridians of all political stripes. Or, as Sarasota Democratic Party Chairman Rita Ferrandino puts it, Obama may be drawing local Republicans to his camp because he "reminds people of Crist more than McCain does...
...came from listening to Library of Congress recordings of survivors of the Dust Bowl, Pearl Harbor and the Sept. 11 attacks. "Really, the best of them were not collected by professionals like myself but by people talking to people who had shared the experience," he says. "Surviving Katrina and Rita in Houston" is the first large-scale project in which survivors have taken the lead in documenting their lives before, during and after a major disaster. So far, more than 30 survivors have collected over 250 stories in English, Spanish, Vietnamese and even Garifuna, a Creole language. "My mission...
...neighbors are helping each other out” in this time of crisis. Many in the storm-prone region did not expect Ike, a Category 2 hurricane, to wreak so much havoc. While Akinfenwa said that his family boarded up the windows for Hurricane Rita in September of 2005, they did not do so for Ike. In preparation, Kodama’s family had only bought food for a few days. Tough times remain ahead for Houston. Kodama and other Houston residents are waiting for the power and water to return, and authorities have imposed a 9 p.m. curfew...
...Rita Sklar and the ACLU of Arkansas have argued that the arrests don't justify the violation of constitutional rights. In implementing this curfew, Sklar says, "of course you find criminals, but you stop innocent people" - limiting their freedom of movement and in many cases employment possibilities, and penalizing all citizens just because a better strategy to deal with crime hasn't yet been found. Sklar points out that the 10-block, one-mile area covered by Helena's 24-hour curfew was predominantly "poor and black," suggesting that the curfew could be in violation of the 14th Amendment...
...escapes most Americans. Sadly, the very positive attributes Obama possesses appear to be fodder for voters to doubt his abilities. The only salvation I can see, if any, will be when the older folks die off and the young realize our mistakes and embrace a candidate like Barack Obama. Rita Ihly, BELLINGHAM, WASH...