Monica Conyers plea deal not expected in corruption case today

Detroit City Councilwoman Monica Conyers did attend a council meeting today but it is not expected that she will enter a plea deal today in the City Hall corruption case. Two different sources said that she would not issue the deal." Conyers was all business at the meeting in...

Uterine vs. Vatican: Local politics ablaze in South Carolina

This was the week when "uterus rights" confronted a Catholic congregation's intentions to expand its buildings and parking areas. On Monday, November 17, two of the seven members the Beaufort County (SC) Land...

Lawsuit Against Transgendered Politician Dismissed

"   A lawsuit claiming a transgender city councilwoman tried to fool voters by running as a female was dismissed today, clearing the way for a runoff that will decide her political fate. A judge dismissed...

New Orleans Panel Questions Law as Solution to Homeless Colony

Please keep in mind that many of these 'homeless' actually work, though at relatively low-paying, and sometimes sporadic, jobs. Many also make use of daytime facilities available that includes showers, laundry, meals, and phones. They are not 'filthy vagrants'."A month after...

To Take A Walk On The Honor Side :: The EDJE

"LONG BEACH MOTORSPORTS WALK OF FAME: Racers Mario Andretti, Parnelli Jones and Gary Gabelich are inducted. Image Credit: Edmund Jenks (The EDJE) 2008To Take A Walk On The Honor SideOn Thursday, April 17, 2008, at...

City Council Approves Fee to Drive Below 60th

This vote is the first step toward a full "congestion charge" for New York City similiar to the one currently in place in London."he controversial proposal to charge drivers in the busiest parts of Manhattan took...

New Orleans may set June 1 trailer deadline

"by Michelle Krupa, The Times-PicayuneThursday March 27, 2008, 9:06 AMNew Orleans residents still living in travel trailers may have to vacate them by June 1, unless they can prove to City Hall that their rebuilding plans or other circumstances make that timeline impossible,...

Legislators seek fresh Atlantic Yards oversight

"Brooklyn elected officials joined with a coalition of civic groups this week to demand that the state create a new, local governmental body to manage the $4-billion, state-sponsored development — or lose $205-million in city funding."

Exodus Of Illegal Immigrants From Hazleton

"Locally, what I’ve seen, and what’s been told to me, is that a lot of the illegals have left. You can notice the difference"

Mostly Latino neighborhood in Escondido is bursting at the seams with poverty

85 percent were born in Mexico or Central America. Copy & Click this URL: http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/northcounty/20060716-9999-lz1mi16strugg.html

Escondido City Councilwoman Wants Ban on Renting to Illegals

"$1,000 fine, and arrest in extreme cases, for renting or leasing property, to undocumented immigrants." Copy & Click this URL: http://abclocal.go.com/kabc/story?section=local&id=4350133  

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