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...good news is that we have a communications system in place among the agencies, we have better equipment to train responders and we have a greater habit of working together than we did five years ago," says David Snyder, a Falls Church, Va., councilman who serves on the Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments' homeland security task force. "The problem is that the linkages between these different systems and agencies are extremely weak...
...Congressman Lewis' hometown. "The only cities in the country that don't need a lobbyist are the ones represented by a cardinal," Washington parlance for an a Appropriations subcommittee chairman, says Keith Ashdown of Taxpayers for Common Sense, a budget watchdog. Karl Haws, a former Redlands mayor and city councilman who made the formal motion in January 2000 to give Shockey's firm a contract for $30,000, according to council minutes, says it was "helpful to have a knowledgeable person to guide you.... We can't fairly expect Mr. Lewis, with all of his responsibilities, to drop everything...
...agrees. Critics argue that e-cards are an insensitive way to tell people about something as grave and personal as HIV and can be abused by pranksters wanting to play jokes. "What if you're vulnerable emotionally, and you get a surprise [HIV] e-mail?" asks West Hollywood city councilman Jeffrey Prang. "Maybe the computer at your office or home isn't secure." Still, compared with the risks of ignorance, those might be chances worth taking...
...couple of miles up the Mississippi, on an aging casino ferry hired by the Federal Emergency Management Agency to house homeless parish employees, councilman-at-large Joey DiFatta is echoing that subversive sentiment after hearing some critics in Washington claim that St. Bernard should not be rebuilt at all. "I'll tell you why we need to rebuild this parish. When that bastard up north is paying $5 a gallon because the two biggest oil refineries in Louisiana--both located here--are not producing gas for his fat-cat car, that's when he'll learn about St. Bernard Parish...
Michael P. Ross, a Boston city councilman and Night Owl advocate, said that the service was a safe alternative to driving for intoxicated partiers...