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Archive for September 2nd, 2005
Friday, September 2, 2005 Katrina: Someone Saw A Disaster Coming By Dave Berns NOW with Bill Moyers: The City in a Bowl
September 20, 2002, © PBS
Transcript
DANIEL ZWERDLING: When travelers rate their favorite cities around the world, they put New Orleans near the top of the list… Cajun culture… The Mississippi…The French Quarter.
But a scientist named Joe Suhayda sees a more troubling vision of this city.
JOE SUHAYDA: What we [...]
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Friday, September 2, 2005 Not time for blame or playing race card By Len Butcher Well, it was only a matter of time that the Blame Game would begin in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. As thousands of victims wait helplessly for basics like food and water, and medical help, they turned angry, wanting to know why it was taking so long to get these supplies to them. A good [...]
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Friday, September 2, 2005 Prisons of the mind By Steve Sebelius So it seems the county's jail is so full, there's simply no room for misdemeanor offenders like vandals and prostitutes. It raises the legitimate question of how many non-violent offenders are currently incarcerated at the jail, but that's just one of many side issues to this tale. (It was reported in the Review-Journal today.)
"We've [...]
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Friday, September 2, 2005 And so it begins By Steve Sebelius The Taxcapomaniacs had reason to cheer on Thursday. Assemblywoman Sharron Angle, who by no coincidence whatsoever is running for Congress from Reno and looking to separate herself from the field, filed her Proposition 13-like property tax capping measure with the Secretary of State.
Angle's measure, like its 1978 namesake in California, would cap property taxes [...]
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