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...subprime mess - perhaps they in return ought to be required to show some level of commitment to homeowner relief, such as revising interest rates and other mortgage terms. This month, in advance of the Dec. 1 deadline cities face for submitting plans for their NSP funds, Miami Gardens councilman Andre Williams sent the Bush Administration a request to permit the city to use a "carrot-and-stick approach." "Can we," Williams asked, "steer our NSP funds to banks that promise to modify loans of homeowners threatened by foreclosure in our community and ignore banks that do nothing...
...mayor may have trouble delivering such a secular 'miracle'. Taken together, ultra-orthodox parties will still be the largest block in Jerusalem's city council. In order to win over the large religious Zionist vote, Barkat, a former city councilman, swung from the center to the far right, campaigning on promises to build more Jewish settlements in Arab East Jerusalem. U.S. administrations and the international community have repeatedly said that these settlements are an obstacle to peace between Israelis and Palestinians...
Gaydamak is setting his sights on Jerusalem's secular and less Orthodox Jews. But the Russian faces competition from Nir Barkat, 49, a software multimillionaire and city councilman. They will end up splitting the secular votes, with Barkat scooping up the larger share. Barkat has swung to the right, promising to build more Jewish settlements in East Jerusalem. Gaydamak thinks his only chance is to make inroads among the city's Arab community...
BERNARD PARKS, Los Angeles city councilman, after the council approved a yearlong moratorium on new fast-food restaurants in South...
...said he'll sign it, despite his objections to the refinancing trust fund as well as the $4 billion set aside to help local governments buy up and refurbish already foreclosed homes (the President described these provisions as giveaways). "We feel a large measure of hope," says Miami Gardens councilman and real estate lawyer Andre Williams. "This isn't just about maintaining houses, it's about preventing the destruction of families and communities. A city's quality of life is also on the line...