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...It’s always tough to get general operating support,” Bennet says. “You have to get people to appreciate that we need those costs to get care to people...
Following the announcement of proposed changes, Hammond and more than 25 other parents met on Feb. 24 and 25 to discuss their course of action. They planned appearances at the Cambridge School Committee meetings, drafted a written and online petition, and set up a Web site to garner further support for preserving the program in its current state...
These trips, however, don’t appear out of nowhere. Rugby, a club team without direct support from the athletic department, appointed a board of players to work out the details. Calixte, who was in charge of arranging games, says, “People are busy—we’re all still Harvard kids. The actual planning is sometimes really difficult...
...owners paying for something that's really going to benefit everyone," says Rod. "And animal abuse certainly affects pets, but it also affects agricultural animals as well, and in this case I don't believe there is any provision to impose a fee on livestock feed. The goal we support, certainly, but we think this is kind of a blunt instrument to reach that goal." (See the top 10 animal attacks...
...sure. It demanded a brisk, disciplined legislative process. But that seems well beyond the capacity of the current Democratic leaders. The most egregious example was Reid allowing Baucus to dawdle for three months, attempting to cut a deal with the Republicans on the Finance Committee, during which time support for the bill curdled as Tea Party Summer unfolded. The Democrats also allowed their own special interests - the lawyers, the labor unions - as well as individual members to barnacle the bill with codicils and special deals that worked against the greater good...