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...Boston Mayor Thomas M. Menino made the first public announcement of the recent decisions at a speech to the Boston Municipal Research Bureau Friday...
...things that distinguishes this group from last semesters’ is that we have a significant international component,” said Shaheen. The fellows feature former CBS News senior political editor Dotty Lynch, who will be conducting a study group on the 2006 midterm elections, and former Cleveland mayor Jane L. Campbell, who will lead a group called “Voices and Choices,” which will examine race, gender, and economic stress in urban government. From abroad, the current Iraqi minister of municipalities and public works, Nesreen Barwari—who arrived in the U.S. yesterday?...
...unbelievable, the damage we saw. Everything was gone, but nobody lost faith. It was something I’ll never forget.” The work was fully-funded by the Harvard Coop and organized by the Phillips Brooks House Association. Moss Point, Miss. Mayor Xavier Bishop, executive director of Ashe Cultural Arts Center Carole Bebelle from New Orleans, and Executive Director of Metro Jackson, Miss., Habitat for Humanity Cindy Griffin thanked the students yesterday. Bishop, who had only been in office for a month when his city faced the Hurricane, said the work of the students was invaluable...
...Redlands, which is 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...
...There were touching moments, too. Former FBI Director William Sessions noted how Mrs. King had befriended him, despite the FBI's eavesdropping and harassment of Dr. King. Atlanta Mayor Shirley Franklin was cheered when she said that Mrs. King had joined a "freedom choir" of late civil rights crusaders. Perhaps the most touching sight of all were the thousands of ordinary Americans who filled the massive sanctuary, each one there to praise Mrs. King and perhaps be a part of history...