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Big Changes in Mummery
January 31, 2009 Several String Bands are experiencing a change in the Captain's position this year and these changes are huge. Big names, big influences on the Mummers will give way to a new generation of leadership. These changes also occur as...Tags: Bars and Clubs, World War II (1939-1945), Family, Lifestyle and Leisure, Philadelphia (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
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Steve Highsmith
Steve Highsmith is myphl17's Director of Community Relations and host of myphl17's community affairs program entitled "In Focus." Highsmith can also be seen on NBC10 as the host of "Live@Issue," a news and public affairs show, and covering elections...Tags: Muscular Dystrophy Association, Television, Drunk Driving, Mothers Against Drunk Driving, Philadelphia (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
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Our Take: No place for parties
No place for parties Call it ironic. An effort to make positions on Osceola County's Board of County Commissioners nonpartisan has gotten bogged down by partisanship. The county's chamber of commerce, led by Republican state Rep. Mike Horner, has...Tags: Parties and Movements, Voting, Politics, Democratic Party, Republican Party
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Des Plaines mulls hiring outside legal firm as next city attorney
TribLocal - Des Plaines » NewsDes Plaines leaders are weighing their options for the next city attorney, whose responsibilities could fall to an outside legal firm instead of a full-time …... -
Friday letters to the editor
No more airport runway delays Ignorance is no excuse. The Dania Beach City Council's derailment of the Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood airport runway expansion is just the latest in a litany of obstructionist, election-year posturing and pandering to vocal...Tags: Mark Zuckerberg, Car Safety Tips and Advice, Israel, Voting, Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport
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Our Laguna: Last chance for free Sunset Serenade
Some folks may have noticed that ubiquitous me was not at events last weekend that I was expected to attend. I had a date Friday with a handsome doctor, Steven Chang, which I slept through as he performed minor surgery on my neck — at 7:30 a.m., no...
Tags: Muffin Spencer-Devlin, Washington, DC, Local Government, Arts and Culture, Arts
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H.H. Brookins dies at 86; pastor was influential black leader
The Rev. Hamel Hartford Brookins, an influential bishop and former pastor of the First African Methodist Episcopal Church of Los Angeles who became a political power broker, civil rights leader and mentor to former Mayor Tom Bradley, the Rev. Jesse...Tags: Zimbabwe, Executive Branch, Obituaries, Bill Clinton, Justice and Rights
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Two more join race for H.B. City Council
Two new candidates have entered the race for Huntington Beach City Council, bringing the field of contenders to eight. Planning Commissioner Erik Peterson, who ran unsuccessfully for the council in 2010, and Robert Wentzel filed their candidate intention...Tags: Politics, Elections
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Boynton expense fund is an ethics risk, county says
A Boynton Beach commissioner wants more public scrutiny into the $7,117 taxpayers give him annually, on top of his commissioner's salary, for the expense of doing his job. Commissioner Bill Orlove said the lack of oversight is troubling and, while...Tags: Palm Beach County, Palm Beach County Commission, Boynton Beach, Government, Public Officials
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Paul Davis, 1957-2012
Paul Davis was a journalist and public relations specialist who often put his talents to work for causes and political candidates he believed in. "I remember Paul as an aide to Mayor Harold Washington," said the Rev. Paul Jakes Jr., who met Mr. Davis...
Tags: Natural Resource Industry, Journalism, Forests, Danny K Davis, Elections
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Earl Wood may run if former mayor Crotty enters tax collector race
Central Florida Political Pulse - Orlando SentinelFormer Orange County Mayor Rich Crotty has avoided answering whether he plans to run for Tax Collector in the fall, a race that's generated a lot of interest since the incumbent Earl K. Wood said he would retire soon, after 48 years in office. But the 95-... -
Term limits may go to Orange voters this fall
Orange County Tax Collector Earl K. Wood has held his elected office for 48 years, though not always working regular office hours in his most recent ones because of his age and health issues.
So at 95 years of age, Wood has become a poster child for...Tags: Orange County (Florida), Rich Crotty, Lifestyle and Leisure, Politics, Voting
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