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...Brunelli insists that things are moving forward: "Annually we send a legislative initiative package to the states and ask them to pass legislation, and many of the states have enacted that legislation, like ballot transit time of 45 days of more, electronic transmission of ballot materials," she says. "We're seeing more and more uniformity and consistency over the years...
...that the Democrats see quick infusions of cash to working and middle-class families - not grants to Wall Street and banking tycoons that ultimately might trickle down their way - as key to restoring Main Street's vitality and confidence in the U.S. economy. She rattled off investments in "mass transit, roads, bridges, et cetera, schools and housing and...broadband" as givens. "That is something that we all know that we have to do," Pelosi said. Ideally, such investments could be a two-fer - pouring money into programs that might ultimately help curb U.S. demand for foreign oil. "Many of those...
...corridor to the Quad and has also been working with the Cambridge Police Department. HUPD officers cannot patrol Garden Street or Cambridge Common, the location of recent robberies, because the jurisdiction for those areas belongs to the city of Cambridge. HUPD officers in those areas must be in transit, on foot or bike, Assistant Dean of the College Jay Ellison said. Currier House UC representative George J. J. Hayward ’11 said he would like Harvard and Cambridge to work together to get a police officer stationed along Garden Street near Cambridge Common. Officials said that improving lighting...
...latest book, Alphabet Juice is quasi dictionary/glossary of the English language, peppered with literary references, cultural oddities and hilarious musings on why we choose the words we do. TIME talked to Blount about the most literary band in America, why he advises investing $20,000 in mass transit and what Sarah Palin might mean for the future of politics...
...generation of workers, including a reverse migration of black professionals from the North. "If you have a solid résumé and you're willing to work hard, you'll be rewarded here," says Keith Parker, a 41-year-old African American who runs the city's wildly successful transit system. "It takes away the stereotypical fears about Southern cities." Charlotte might not be New York or London yet, but it's over its Snickers problem. "We don't mind when the competition thinks we're Mayberry," says McCrory. "We're happy to be America's best-kept secret...