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...When a Clinton lobbyist approached him, Martinez was ready: "Why should I vote for fast track when it's like pulling teeth to get anything from (the President)?" Martinez recalls saying. Within days, Martinez got a late-night call from Clinton, and, later, a call from Transportation Secretary Rodney Slater, telling him that the project would move forward. Martinez claims "there was never a deal," but a week after he came out in favor of the now dormant fast-track bill, the Federal Highway Administration green-lighted the 4.5-mile project. At $311 million a mile, the freeway would slice...
...political correctness (every member generally favors affirmative action) and censured for not wanting to listen to dissenters (Franklin declined to hear from affirmative action's leading opponent, Ward Connerly). At a recent community gathering in Dallas, which was sanctioned by the panel and led by Transportation Secretary Rodney Slater, the doors were shut and whites kept away. And on the board itself, some members are so frustrated that they've stopped attending meetings regularly. "The President would probably like to start this thing over," says a White House official. "The problem is, it's too late...
...ANGELES: Fame is not a condition, it's a disease. So said a contrite Christian Slater on Sunday, meeting the press for the first time since being sentenced last Tuesday to 90 days in jail. Slater pleaded no contest to a battery of misdemeanor counts, including abusing his girlfriend, resisting arrest and being under the influence of alcohol and cocaine...
...mistakes do happen on a grand scale and very public level," he admitted during a media junket for his new movie, "Hard Rain." Commenting on fellow actor Robert Downey Jr., who recently received a six-month sentence for violating parole on his drug conviction, Slater added: "We both suffer from a disease that is like a tornado ... it tells you you don't have a problem, so you spend your life blaming everyone else." The only question is - which '80s Brat Pack star will be hit next...
...Price of Celebrity Christian Slater faces the music (and the press) following his conviction. What's his excuse...