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Visiting the DMV is rarely a pleasant experience anywhere. But in Virginia it has got far worse. Democratic Governor Mark Warner, who inherited a $5 billion shortfall from his Republican predecessor, closed 12 service centers and cut hours at others. Motorists stand in longer lines. State G.O.P. officers charge that the closings were politically motivated, given that 10 of the shuttered DMV offices are in districts represented by Republicans. But Warner denies it, and a DMV spokesman says only "absolute business reasons" were taken into account...
Longer lines and their accompanying political football will surface widely next year as officials cut hours at or close libraries, social-services agencies and state administrative offices. In Virginia, Warner moved the opening time at state-run liquor stores to 11 a.m. from 10 a.m. After nine caseworkers were cut from the welfare office in Holyoke, Mass., cases became so backlogged that employees posted a sign asking visitors to BE PATIENT: YOU MIGHT HAVE TO WAIT TO SEE YOUR WORKER...
...violence will not have a prosecutor on their side, while the defendants will be able to retain their own attorneys or have attorneys appointed for them if they are considered indigent," said commonwealth attorney Harvey Bryant, a Republican. "I can't afford to do everything." A spokesman for Governor Warner called the move by Bryant, an elected official, unfortunate, adding that "to throw out the whole category of domestic-violence cases is irresponsible...
...ironic that all these peace-loving premodern agrarians are making astonishing amounts of cash for a lot of postmodern technocapitalist movie executives. Fantasy is hot, and studios are backing up the truck. Even as New Line and Warner Bros. (which, like Time, are owned by AOL Time Warner) churn out Potter and Rings sequels, New Line is already developing a follow-up franchise based on Philip Pullman's critically acclaimed fantasy trilogy His Dark Materials, about the journey of an adolescent girl and boy through alternative worlds inhabited by witches, angels and armored polar bears. Late next year...
...unknown director who seldom stepped foot outside New Zealand and who was best known for quirky, low-budget films, was given a $270 million budget. The cost ultimately climbed to $310 million. If the first movie had tanked, then New Line (which, like TIME, is owned by AOL Time Warner) would have had two more bombs in the can, already ticking...