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Locals already know the devastating effects of spending cuts. For years, towns have had to contend with Proposition 2½, which caps property tax hikes at 2.5 percent. Unfortunately, costs rise at a much higher rate, so town electorates must pass Prop 2½ “overrides” to avoid deep cuts. When an override fails, nurses are laid off; schools close; 911 response times get longer. Question 1 would have the effect of several failed overrides per community—in all 351 communities in the commonwealth...
Although Honolulu is the 14th largest city in America, the chain of islands in the most isolated, populated spot on the planet makes Hawaii a small-town kind of place to live. The place reacts with a kind of star-struck energy whenever an islander makes it big. Friends and families, for example, organized call-in centers to flood votes for Hawaii-born contestants on "American Idol." This year's Little League World Series champions from the Oahu community of Waipio were given a parade by the city that ran straight through Waikiki. But Obama's candidacy...
...President Asif Ali Zardari and his seven month-old civilian government have given priority to combating militancy, and having abandoned failed negotiations with the Pakistan Taliban, the army is currently fighting militants in the notorious arms manufacturing town of Darra Adam Khel, the scenic Swat Valley, and most visibly in the Bajaur tribal area. Although the U.S. NIE reportedly criticizes the Pakistan army for a "reluctance" to launch an all-out confrontation with the militants, military spokesmen point out that the Pakistan army has lost over 1,500 troops since it began confronting militants on its own soil. And they...
...town hall meetings that administrators had initially envisioned were replaced by the two student committees, which will conduct three dinner meetings over the course of the semester and will be co-chaired by House Committee members, according to Nelson...
...first scene of the movie frightfully awakens from a nightmare of her mother’s death. We are introduced to the ensuing mystery of who her mother really was. Lily lives with her widowed father (Paul Bettany) and black housekeeper, Rosaleen (Jennifer Hudson), in a small, dry, dusty town in South Carolina during the height of the Civil Rights movement. The relationship between the three is all too familiar: Lily’s father is abusive and distant while Rosaleen acts as a surrogate parent. After a violent clash with several townspeople over new rights granted by the Civil...