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Galluccio disagrees. He says the essence of theAlliance lies in promoting non-partisanship. "TheAlliance's biggest goal was to elect andindependent City Council, which means that you'renot tied down to a political platform that'sdictated to you, that you will go in, issue byissue, and decide what's best for the city...
...hours, on the very first day ... than they've seen in decades," pledged Representative John Boehner (R-Ohio) today. Most of the initial votes will concern internal congressional procedure, and the action tomorrow is likely to be concentrated in the House. After new members are sworn in, they will elect Newt Gingrich (R-Georgia) to the post of Speaker; following that they are expected to embark on a rule-changing binge that may last over 12 hours. As laid out in the GOP's "Contract With America," the changes will include cutting committee staffs by one-third, requiring three-fifths...
Since 1941, Cambridge has used proportional representation to elect the nine city council and six school committee positions. It is the only city in the United States to use proportional representation for both bodies...
...past the baleful eye of the A.C.L.U. and its postulants on the bench. The 1962 Supreme Court decision that banished prayer from public school classrooms is one of the most unpopular the court has handed down, and surely the only one that unites Newt Gingrich and D.C. mayor-elect Marion Barry...
...missing ballots threaten to start a new controversy over proportional representation, the complicated voting system that Cambridge has used since 1941 to elect the nine city council and six school committee positions...