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1/8/03 <link>
Clinton
Presidential Library dramatically revitalizes downtown Little Rock, AK
Here's something the "liberal media" failed to
mention.
"...Suddenly,
downtown Little Rock is booming. Concrete and steel now rise at the
foot of newly named President Clinton Avenue, where the Clinton
Presidential Center is scheduled to open next year. The center's
construction, with its $160 million price tag, has also spurred
commitments for $700 million in other downtown projects. Little Rock
developer Rett Tucker said property values in the area have doubled
since 1998, the year after Bill Clinton said he would build his
library here. An area once boarded up and written off as a warehouse
wasteland has become the booming River Market district, dotted with
hotels, restaurants, bars and shops. Clinton's aim to use his
presidential library to transform a world beset with racial and
religious strife is already benefiting a city once equated with
bigotry and segregation, developers and proponents said. 'What the
Clinton library has created is a domino effect,' Tucker said.
Rutherford said most of the money being spent on the $160 million
construction project is going into Arkansas' economy with the use of
local workers...'For the first time in the last 50 years we've seen an
increase in population ... mainly in the downtown area,' Moore said.
He said the Clinton park and the Heifer project will breath life into
downtown..."
"11/7/02 <link>
Oh
California!
At a time when GOP wins are bandied about all over the media, powerful
CA sends a message of its own, with a nearly complete Democrat-sweep,
possibly the first in over a century!
10/31/02 <link>
The emerging Democratic majority or Republican majority?
Somewhat conflicting indications in two separate articles. John Judis
and Rui Teixeira argue that we should expect the gradual emergence of
a moderate Democratic majority in the United States - in The
New Republic and Salon.
In contrast, Tom Kenworthy and Paul Overberg argue in this
USA Today article how Republicans are migrating in droves to the
Mountain West and tilting the balance of power towards Republicans in
these key states.
10/7/02 <link>
President
Bush threatens Defense Bill veto over veterans benefits
At
the minimum, veterans who were disabled due to their service should
get long-term disability benefits for the permanent disabilities
caused by their service. If they were able to continue to work on
other armed forces duties subsequently (not hindered by their
disabilities), and then retire, they should be paid retirement
benefits as well, based on their years of service. At least Sen. John
McCain seems to agree with that position.
10/01/02 <link>
California
Governor Gray Davis building back lead over Bill Simon, while
signing new bills
Of course, who can blame Californians who are simply trying hard to
favor the one they dislike the least.
Governor Davis has of course been signing
some good bills and vetoing some bad ones of late to gain somewhat
politically. We support the veto of the granting of licenses to
illegal immigrants and the signing of the student backpack weight bill
(!). Other bills we support are the Rampart bill, "allowing
people who already have served their sentences appeal to have their
convictions overturned if they were convicted with the use of false
evidence", and the Malpractice Bill requiring information
published on malpractice lawsuit histories of doctors. We also support
the Family
Leave, Emissions and Stem Cell Research Bills. The shocker
to us however was the the veto of the
electronics recycling bill (for items like PC monitors and
televisions).
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