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Greuel forgoes sleep to shake hands across the city
Operating on just four hours of sleep and trailed by a swarm of journalists, Los Angeles mayoral candidate Wendy Greuel asked for votes and talked up the historic nature of her campaign during a lunchtime stop in Chinatown. "I'm the most qualified...
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Hey L.A., your vote actually matters
The big story about L.A.’s city election taking place Tuesday is that very few Angelenos are likely to vote. Never mind that we’re electing a mayor of Los Angeles tomorrow. Only 21% of voters turned out for the March 5 primary election, and...
Tags: Robert J. Lopez, Elections, Voting, Politics, Primaries
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Toronto mayor urged to step down if crack allegations true
ReutersBy Julie Gordon TORONTO, May 20 (Reuters) - The mayor of Canada's largest city, facing allegations that he smoked crack cocaine, and made racial and homophobic slurs on video, must either refute the accusations or step down, fellow city politicians say....Tags: Toronto (Canada), Canada, Career and Workplace, Labor Legislation, Cocaine
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Voter files challenge in Rogers County road tax vote
Tulsa WorldA voter has filed a legal challenge to last week's unofficial renewal of a Rogers County sales tax, alleging the public wasn't properly notified. Rogers County voters approved the renewal of a penny tax for roads and bridges by more than 16 percentage...Tags: Elections, Politics
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Gallen: Ads for Manatee County proposed sales tax increase are misleading
Bradenton HeraldCommissioner Michael Gallen is contending that promotional materials supporting the 1/2-cent sales tax increase on the June special election ballot are misleading. "I'm concerned the Healthy Manatee 1/2 penny sales tax campaign is making promises of tax...Tags: Elections, Voting, Politics, Taxation
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L.A. poised to go after Las Vegas hospital in patient-dumping cases
The Sacramento BeeYears before a Las Vegas psychiatric hospital bused a homeless, schizophrenic man to Sacramento without arranging contacts or a plan for care, a different hospital ditched Gabino Olvera on Skid Row in Los Angeles. Olvera, homeless and paraplegic,...Tags: Laws, Economy, Business and Finance, Health Insurance, Mental Health, Arnold Schwarzenegger
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Three more candidates enter Duluth City Council race
Duluth News TribuneThree more Duluth City Council candidates launched their campaigns this past weekend after receiving local DFL endorsements. Zack Filipovich, a 23-year-old accountant, and Jim Gaylord, a 38-year-old St. Louis County social worker, plan to run for At...Tags: Elections, Minnesota Legislature, Politics, St. Louis
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Panel clarifies rules on business trip expenses
The Honolulu Star-AdvertiserA city employee or official on a business trip who incurs expenses for personal activities must pay for those expenses, the city Ethics Commission said in an advisory opinion issued last week. Chuck Totto, commission executive director, said Friday that...Tags: Elections, Business Trips, Marketing, Politics, Trips and Vacations
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Interest in mayor position grows
The Sun, Yuma, Ariz.The field of potential candidates for Yuma city mayor has grown with Karen Watts recently taking out a nomination packet for the position. Incumbent Mayor Al Krieger has announced he will not run for re-election. Others who have taken out nomination...Tags: Elections, Primaries, Politics, Judges, Crime, Law and Justice
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L.A. mayoral candidates Eric Garcetti, Wendy Greuel pound the pavement
Los Angeles Daily NewsThe two candidates vying to become Los Angeles' next mayor made the most of Sunday with a frenzy of appearances across the city as they headed into the final stretch of a race that shows they are nearly neck in neck with voters. City Councilman Eric...Tags: Health Insurance Cost, Antonio Villaraigosa, Jan Perry, Tony Cardenas, Eric Garcetti
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L.A. Now Live: Garcetti leads Greuel in poll as election nears
Mayoral candidates Eric Garcetti and Wendy Greuel are hitting the campaign trail hard as the mayoral race winds down in what has been a long and expensive fight to become the next leader of Los Angeles. Times political reporter Michael Finnegan will...
Tags: Elections, Politics, Eric Garcetti, Polls, Wendy Greuel
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Hammonton First candidates announce run for Town Council
The Press of Atlantic City, Pleasantville, N.J.Three former elected officials endorsed by the independent Hammonton First party are jumping back into the political fray, challenging three incumbent council members from the Hammonton Republican Party. Tom Gribbin, Ed Marinelli and Ed Wuillermin...Tags: Atlantic County, Atlantic City (Atlantic, New Jersey), Elections, Parties and Movements, Politics
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