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Primary election wins the vote for Burbank City Council
Burbank's primary election will live on after the City Council on Thursday decided not to pursue plans to cut the first of a two-step electoral process in order to save roughly $72,000 a year. Doing so would have required voter approval. The change...Tags: Elections, Local Elections, Google Inc., Easter, Politics
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Lehigh Valley low turnout thwarts democracy
I was a William F. Buckley Jr. devotee, not a hippie, as a high school student of the '60s. Still, even we young conservatives took note of the era's peace/love posters and their message, "Suppose They Gave a War and Nobody Came?" Tuesday offered us a...Tags: Elections, Allentown, Lehigh County, Parties and Movements, Local Elections
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Allentown's fiscal problems are bad, but Harrisburg's are even worse
Allentown has a $200 million red ink problem, which, it seems, is the fault of any city politician not currently in office, and a population of 118,000 as of the 2010 census. That $200 million, split 118,000 ways, comes to less than $1,700 per person....
Tags: Elections, Allentown, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, Bankruptcy, Arts and Culture
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Allow 17-year-olds to vote in primaries
Many have criticized a recent proposal to allow 17-year-olds to vote in primary elections if they will be 18 by the general election. A major misconception is that more “uninformed” teenagers will be voting in the elections. Regardless of...Tags: Elections, Politics, Voting
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Drug czar highlights link between marijuana, crime
McClatchy Washington BureauWASHINGTON Marijuana is the drug most often linked to crime in the United States, the U.S. drug czar said Thursday, dismissing calls for legalization as a "bumper-sticker approach" that should be avoided. Gil Kerlikowske, the White House director of...Tags: Criminals, Washington, DC, Recreational Substance Use, Elections, Methamphetamine (drug)
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Congratulations
I am writing to congratulate Mr. Scott Walker on becoming the future Mayor of Somerset! We got to spend time together campaigning outside of St. Peters Polling Center, and I had a great time joking and meeting so many wonderful people from the Somerset...Tags: Elections, Politics
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Compton mayoral candidate has medical emergency, misses forum
Former Compton Mayor Omar Bradley was hospitalized Thursday, missing a candidates' forum he was to attend as part of his runoff campaign to become mayor again. A family friend told The Times that Bradley suffered a heart attack and had undergone...
Tags: Elections, Politics, Heart Disease, Heart Attack
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Election Day
Blogging with Bill WhiteTurnout looked dismal this morning at my Lehigh County polling place. I suspect it will be the same story all over, although Northampton County Democrats and Lehigh County Republicans have some important choices before them. It's amazing to me that...... -
Hall of Fame nominees are an impressive group
I waited until after the primary election so I wouldn't be blamed for making anyone lose, but now it's time to unveil this year's nominees to my Hall of Fame of the area's most colorful characters. They're an impressive group, but remember that...
Tags: Coplay, Joseph F. Brennan, Allentown, Emmaus, Lehigh County
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Franklin County, Pa., election officials to start counting write-in votes
waynesboro@herald-mail.comFranklin County, Pa., election officials now will turn their attention to write-in votes that could affect several races. The Franklin County Election Board and staff will start evaluating write-in votes Friday. “I’m fairly certain we won&...Tags: Waynesboro (Waynesboro, Virginia), Local Elections, Elections, Franklin County (Pennsylvania), The Herald-Mail
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L.A. mayor's race: It's Eric Garcetti by wide margin
This post has been corrected. See the note at the bottom for details. Three-term City Councilman Eric Garcetti's relentless campaigning paid off early Wednesday as he decisively won a hard-fought race to become Los Angeles' next mayor, scoring well with...
Tags: Local Elections, Elections, Eric Garcetti, Wendy Greuel, Politics
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