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...significantly in Texas in response to the Mexican conflicts. But the rate of violent crimes has already increased in major southern trafficking locations like Phoenix and Atlanta, and U.S. officials have warned that the likelihood of border violence eventually spilling onto Texas soil is high. In February, two city councilmen were killed in Ciudad Juarez, and the police chief was forced to resign in response to threats that a policeman would be killed every two days if he refused to do so. In addition, the city’s mayor currently resides in El Paso, Texas—troubling...
...users caught with less than an ounce. Denver's local and political culture has been amenable to such legal reorientations. Last summer, Denver Mayor John Hickenlooper and four of the 13-member city council told a local newspaper they had smoked pot in the past, while another six councilmen refused to answer and only three said...
...whether any part of that fund is invested directly or indirectly in companies tied to Sudan. And Harvard students campaigning for an end to the genocide said they would support a move to divest if city officials discover these connections.Scott Warren, the Brown freshman who worked closely with Providence Councilmen David Segal and Miguel Luna in developing the divestment legislation, said that the move has a significant symbolic effect beyond its monetary impact. A member of the national organization Students Taking Action Now: Darfur, Warren had conducted extensive research and lobbied to bring about Brown’s divestment...
...AustinTollParty, argues that putting tollbooths on roads already paid for with gas taxes amounts to "double taxation" of commuters. The political outcry is having an effect. After Austin approved eight new toll projects for roads and bridges, a recall campaign was launched against the Democratic mayor and two city councilmen. "It's been a true grass prairie fire," says Brewster McCracken, one of the city councilmen targeted. He's now against conversions...
...would be something in it for them." While U.S. officials emphatically deny that such contracts have been promised, Yugoimport was back in Baghdad, reopening the offices that just last year were peddling arms to Saddam. - By Andrew Purvis and Dejan Anastasijevic/Belgrade NAPLES CAN'T REFUSE ITALY Several Naples city councilmen blamed the Camorra organized-crime syndicate for a garbage-collection stoppage last week, which resulted in giant trash heaps on the streets and reeking dumpsters being set ablaze. After public-waste dumps reached capacity, about 20,000 tons of rubbish piled up around the city. The fires forced the closures...