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...flame that first lit Grey's fuse was a riverboat casino in Galena, Illinois, the quaint Mississippi River town where he lived quietly with his wife and served as the local Methodist pastor. In 1991, 81% of the townspeople voted against playing host to the boat, but the referendum was nonbinding, and local officials, thirsting for revenue, invited it to dock anyway. "I got mad," recalls Grey. Now, with this nationwide campaign, he adds, "I'm getting even." This hometown fight led to invitations to speak in Iowa, Indiana, Missouri and other states grappling with a riverboat onslaught. Grey...
MOSCOW: The Russian Duma Friday demonstrated its opposition to reform by voting 250-98 for a resolution calling the 1991 breakup of the Soviet Union illegal. The measure also called for a referendum on resurrecting the onetime superpower. "The parliament has no real political power," says TIME's Sally B. Donnelly. "So they are looking for cheap political points, getting their names in the paper. The move is indicative of bitterness; many of the Communists and Nationalists in the Duma are angry about the ruined Russian economy and the loss of superpower status." The vote has raised tensions among reformers...
Although defeated over a year ago at a state-wide referendum, rent control still influenced last night's debate. One member of SPOA wore a "rent control sucks" T-shirt, and supporters of the proposal booed and hissed while Schloming--a vocal opponent of rent control--spoke...
Rent control was repealed by a statewide referendum which fully took effect January 1. Municipal elections will no longer pivot around the issue...
Businesses that allegedly sold cigarettes to the undercover teens, such as the Hong Kong restaurant, will face stiff fines and risk having their tobacco licenses revoked. A 25-cent tobacco tax approved in a 1992 statewide referendum both funded the sting operation and made smoking more expensive for teens...