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...conference offers the opportunity for mayors to borrow ideas from others, meet other mayors, and network for future times when they may need guidance.” Seminar topics included the transition from the campaign to City Hall, leadership, crisis management, ethics, and intergovernmental affairs. These sessions were led by professors at Harvard as well as current and former mayors representing viewpoints from across the political spectrum. All mayors-elect from cities of populations greater than 75,000 were invited to attend the seminar. The conference featured one open briefing session, titled “Developing Public and Private Partnerships...
...face this shame down and own up to our responsibilities.” “We still live in a society where opportunity remains a grim function of race and class for too many of our people,” he said. During the question-and-answer session, Villaraigosa touched on the importance of youth involvement in public service. “Young people have a very important role in society to be that catalyst for change,” he said. “The young people that work for me, they inspire me everyday...
...When O’Keefe held a question-and-answer session with demonstrators, pro-flag hecklers tried to disrupt the meeting...
...busy week for Bush as Congress remains out of session for a second week, he will also pose for photos in the Oval Office before meetings with the national commander-in-chief of the Veterans of Foreign Wars, Jim Mueller, a Vietnam veteran from Missouri, and with the Archbishop of Washington, Theodore Cardinal McCarrick, who participated last April in the selection of Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger as the 265th Pope, Benedict XVI. Bush will also make remarks on World AIDS Day; light the national Christmas tree during the ?Pageant of Peace? on the Ellipse on Thursday; and attend the Kennedy Center...
...fair to both the University and the custodians,” calling it “an acceptable middle ground.” Negotiators from Harvard and the SEIU Local 615 first sat down at the table on Sept. 22 and vetted 60 different proposals during 14 negotiating sessions, according to Wrinn. The two sides finally struck the tentative agreement after a 12-hour session the day the old contract was set to expire. Starting janitors at Harvard are currently paid $13.50 per hour, a wage set by the previous contract. The first increase will come in July 2006, when...