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Tuesday, January 29,2008
Ron Paul
Presidential Candidate - Republican
Texas Congressman Ron Paul is a Vietnam veteran, OB/GYN, Libertarian running as a Republican for the presidency, and Internet phenomenon who has consistently raised more funds from the Net than his rivals.
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Monday, January 28,2008
Joseph Biden
Presidential Candidate - Democratic
Delaware Sen. Biden was elected to the U.S. Senate in 1972 at the age of 29, after serving on the New Castle County Council and practicing law.
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Friday, January 11,2008
Sura Faraj
Local Candidate- Third District Alderman
Faraj is the president of the Riverwest Neighborhood Association, one of the most active neighborhood groups in the city. She is a former real estate broker and owner of Empire Bakers and Commonwealth Realty.
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Friday, January 11,2008
Nik Kovac
Local Candidate - Third District Alderman
Kovac was born and raised in the Third District and after attending Harvard University and living in New York, he is calling it home again.
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Friday, January 11,2008
John A. Connelly
Local Candidate- Third District Alderman
John Connelly began his career in public service working in constituent relations for former Mayor John O. Norquist, including public safety and transit issues, as well as assisting residents with neighborhood concerns. Connelly has spent the past several years working as a key proponent and coordinator for the Community Prosecution Unit, collaborating
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Friday, January 11,2008
Matt Nelson
Local Candidate- Third District Alderman
As a resident, small business owner, community organizer, writer, teacher, and co-founder of the Freedom Now! Collaborative in Milwaukee, Matt has worked for years fighting for civil rights, racial and economic justice, and ending corporate dominance. His experience has demonstrated how to win citywide policy change in the public interest.
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Friday, January 11,2008
Patrick Flaherty
Local Candidate- Third District Alderman
Patrick Flaherty is the founder and director of Center Advocates, vice chair of Citizen Action of Wisconsin, and a member/supporter of Lake Park Friends, Riverwest Coop, and Women’s Choice. “As a nonprofit leader with a career spent working to build healthy communities, I’ve had results at all level of government,”
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Friday, January 11,2008
Sam McGovern-Rowen
Local Candidate- Third District Alderman
Sam McGovern-Rowen has served three years as 3rd District legislative assistant to Alderman Mike D’Amato, where he has been responsible for constituent communications and for addressing service concerns for about 43,000 residents. “I have forged relationships with neighbors, business leaders . .
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Friday, January 11,2008
Daniel Fouliard
Local Candidate - Third District Alderman
“In speaking to neighborhood associations and going door-to-door people have expressed a lot of appreciation for all the amenities the Eastside and Riverwest have to offer. People are also telling me about things that bother them. Some of the issues that have surfaced are: increasing property taxes, property assessment values outpacing . . .
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Thursday, January 10,2008
David Schroeder
Local Candidate - Third District Alderman
On the local level, I am concerned with the increasingly diminishing returns that Milwaukee taxpayers are receiving for their ever increasing tax dollars. I am not opposed to the idea of taxes. My concerns lie with the inequitable standards by which they are levied and how the money collected is . . .
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Obama seeks greater rein on financial institutions
(AP)
AP - President Barack Obama says he wants Congress to pass legislation giving the government greater regulatory authority over financial institutions like American International Group.
Sources: Pentagon to stop forced tour extension
(AP)
AP - The Army will substantially reduce use of the unpopular practice of holding troops beyond their enlistment dates and will pay $500 to those still forced to stay in the service, defense and congressional officials said Wednesday.
AIG head shares US anger of bonuses but backs them
(AP)
AP - The chief executive officer of failed insurance conglomerate AIG acknowledged Wednesday that the company's multimillion-dollar bonuses were "distasteful" to many and had provoked a firestorm of wrath. "I share that anger," Edward Liddy, chairman and CEO of the American International Group Inc., said in testimony prepared for Congress.
Analysis: White House, Dems backpedaling on AIG
(AP)
AP - For the first time since last fall's election, Democrats and the Obama administration are backpedaling furiously on an issue easily understood by financially strapped taxpayers: $165 million in bonuses paid out at bailed-out AIG.
Pence: Return AIG donations
(Politico)
Politico - House Republican Conference Chairman Mike Pence is urging politicians from both parties to strongly consider returning campaign contributions from AIG.
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AIG head shares US anger of bonuses but backs them
(AP)
AP - The chief executive officer of failed insurance conglomerate AIG acknowledged Wednesday that the company's multimillion-dollar bonuses were "distasteful" to many and had provoked a firestorm of wrath. "I share that anger," Edward Liddy, chairman and CEO of the American International Group Inc., said in testimony prepared for Congress.
Obama seeks greater rein on financial institutions
(AP)
AP - President Barack Obama says he wants Congress to pass legislation giving the government greater regulatory authority over financial institutions like American International Group.
Consumer prices rise by largest amount in 7 months
(AP)
AP - Consumer prices rose in February by the largest amount in seven months as gasoline prices surged again and clothing costs jumped the most in nearly two decades.
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