A differing of opinion between gov and mayor

How refreshing to see gutsy city officials follow their conscience. (Reuters) - A top adviser to Oakland Mayor Jean Quan resigned on Monday over the city's handling of anti-Wall Street demonstrations, describing a morning raid to clear a downtown protest camp as a mistake that could trigger more volatility. Civil rights attorney Dan Siegel told Reuters he resigned at 2 a.m., hours before the raid on the Occupy Oakland encampment, after insisting that police should protect, not disma ...

Houston has become the largest US city to elect an openly gay mayor. The new mayor did not make a secret or an issue of her orientation, but people working in her opponent's campaign did and I think it backfired on them. It would be nice to think that the age of smear campaigns is over, but I won't be that naive. It is heartening to see such fail, though. Yay Houston for electing on the issues and not on scare tactics. NJ ...

Republican Mayor Adam O'Neal walked from Belhaven, NC to D.C to protest the state's refusal to expand Medicaid under the ACA. The state's refusal to expand Medicaid has affected 500,000 people, Democrats and Republicans. Proud of O'Neal for standing up for his fellow North Carolinians. http://insurancenewsnet.com/oarticle/2014/07/29/butterfield-joins-mayor-adam-oneal-for-final-leg-of-his-300-mile-walk-from-belh-a-536750.html#.U9ftJmPRsok ...

In his address to the issue he referred to the subject of police and the black population by describing how he has to warn his own son, that while the police are to be respected and they are thankful for them, but specifically as a black youth, he has to be extra careful, moreso than a white teen. This guy is way beyond Gov Nixon's level, but I suppose the Mayor of New York City should be. Then he repeated the speech in Spanish. Good for him. I hope they keep it u ...

While I agree with some things said, I totally disagree with giving all illegals a "pathway to citizenship." http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/video/york-mayor-bloomberg-immigration-jobs-lebron-james-11071170 But, as I delve into more and more of this information, I found this problem with the current system with those applying legally to come to this country. Read the article and please click on some of the underlined words, especially about the English couple who owned a restaurant in Main ...

all she likes, but the reason police didn't get involved was her stupidity. And then why did she not make t he curfew start last night? Wait 24 hours. She's not too bright. That man speaking now is a lot smarter than she is. ...

Rahm Emanuel expected to quit White House Rahm Emanuel, the White House chief of staff, is expected to leave his job in six to eight months after growing tired of the "idealism" of Barack Obama's inner circle. Washington insiders say they believe he could depart not long after crucial elections in November. Mr Emanuel, 50, enjoys a good working relationship with Mr Obama but they are understood to have reached an understanding that differences over style mean he will serve only hal ...

It iis a federal crime for anyone to either aid someone to enter the country illegally OR TO ASSIST THEM TO REMAIN in the country illegally. I'd like to see criminal charges brought against a few of these scofflaw city officials. They can join their precious illegals in jail for awhile and then we'll see how much they like that sanctuary policy. I never in a million years would have thought I'd ever see such brazen lawlessness in this country. We're not Colombi ...

LOLOL Kate Steinle's family gets SOME good news. ...

In a surprise announcement, Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg said Thursday that Hurricane Sandy had reshaped his thinking about the presidential campaign and that as a result, he was endorsingPresident Obama. “The devastation that Hurricane Sandy brought to New York City and much of the Northeast — in lost lives, lost homes and lost business — brought the stakes of next Tuesday’s presidential election into sharp relief,” Mr. Bloomberg wrote in an ...

Couldn't happen to a nicer guy. ...

Big Bird should be called Bird Brain. New York City’s Mayor Bill de Blasio said in an interview Monday that he would categorize drunk driving “that doesn’t lead to any other negative outcome” a minor offense. DeBlasio was asked on CNN about New York’s stance as a sanctuary city and its refusal to turn over illegal immigrants who commit minor offenses. He said that he did not want to “see families torn apart” over something very minor. He was asked if he considered gran ...

Leland Yee Arrest Makes 3 Scandals In 3 Months For California State Senate Democrats SACRAMENTO (CBS / AP) — So far in 2014, each month has brought news of another arrest or conviction of a Democratic California state senator. One senator was convicted of voter fraud and perjury, and two others face federal charges for alleged misdeeds that include accepting large financial bribes for friends and family in exchange for legislation and orchestrating weap ...

Since they are so permissive in their beliefs and do not believe in virtue, I'm curious to see how the US lefties will spin this one. Yeah, it's from Fox. Deal with it. ...

Let's invite Mr. Obama and Ms. Jackson Lee to the detention centers to personally deal with this problem hands-on, shall we? I'll pay for their hazmat suits. ...

Top aides to New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio reportedly urged his political allies to blast the city's police union and rank-and-file officers for turning their backs on the mayor during the funeral for one of two NYPD cops assassinated earlier this month. The website DNAinfo.com reported Tuesday that members of de Blasio's government affairs staff began contacting Democratic state and city officials Monday asking them to publicly criticize Patrolmen's Benevolent Associa ...

The liberal wing of the Democratic Party can be susceptible to the “moral victory” fallacy, which in its most degraded form considers a righteous loser preferable to a compromised winner. All the same, it’s hard not to interpret Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s Pyrrhic victory on Tuesday as a major win for the party’s economically populist wing. After all, this is Chicago we’re talking about; incumbent mayors expect to be coronated, not subjected to the indignity ...

When a group of imams tried to bring a form of “Shariah light” to Texas, they met an unlikely foe – Irving Mayor Beth Van Duyne. Now, Van Duyne has been thrust into the national media spotlight, and her city is being called “ground zero” in the battle to prevent Islamic law from gaining a foothold, no matter how small, in the U.S. legal system. Van Duyne’s name and picture has popped up on Facebook pages and Twitter feeds across America in recent days, casti ...

I think one of the less talked about appeals of Donald Trump is anti-intellectualism as much as anything else. His vocabulary has been described as juvenile which I imagine is about the same level as many of his followers. They are tired of someone with a superior education talking down to them. They understand Trump and don't have to open a dictionary or educate themselves to know what he's saying. ...

On the 2007 Obama speech as a candidate on racism slowing down help in Louisiana? Did anyone notice his affect change as he spoke to an all black crowd? And how in 2008 as a candidate he denounced all that he was rambling about in 2007? Schizophrenic? ...

Hello all, I'd like some opinions here. I do elderly care. I have a client who is 97 years old. Her mind is quite sharp, but she's in quite a lot of pain due to serious back fractures from falls. She does get around with a walker and all, and she has us, but life is not pretty for her and she has a lot of worries about perhaps someday needing to be placed in a home and such. She doesn't seem depressed, and doesn't talk about herself wishing she wasn't on this earth or ...

Do you think there will be a government shut down? If your answer is no, please explain why. If your answer is yes, tell who you think will be to blame and why. Just trying to get a feel for what the REAL middle America (working class like you and me) is thinking about this issue. I'll start. I don't think there will be a shut down because an agreement will be reached on the budget. Neither the Democrats nor the Republicans, despite all thier toug ...

Since it seems that only rich people run for office...perhaps we should make campaign contributions illegal. Make these politicians foot the bill. The amount of money wasted on politicians for their campaigns would put a nice dent in our nations deficit. Would also get rid of this crony capitalism and perhaps get some politicians who actually will do the right thing instead of doing what their biggest campaign contributors want them to do. Just a thought. I'm j ...

Which would you prefer?a great body or great sex. ...

To make a rather long story short, my 11 YO son was diagnosed as type 1 DM last Monday. This means (in case you don't already know) that he has to take insulin before meals, do carb counting, check his sugar, etc. School started yesterday...he fought and fought me about going, so I didn't send him yesterday or today. We haven't had our f/u with the endo as of yet, so I'm not really comfortable sending him away for 6-7 hours now, depending on teachers to watch him. He starts m ...

pain. I have had low back issues but nothing like what hit me yesterday. Today, it is an 8 on a 1-10. Let me tell you, it feels like someone has hold of a fistful of my nerves going down the back of my left leg and is pulling hard. So painful that the narcotics the doctor gave me for when I needed them isn't even registering. I don't want to go to the ER but I am seriously thinking about going in tonight. It is 9:15 pm. I am afraid they will fi ...

My husband passed away recently. We were married, had 2 daughters and were divorced, then, we got back together and remarried 3 years ago. Our daughters are in their 30s now. As he was going through the dying phase, he told me I would get money that he paid into. The problem is that he wrote the girls names in the policy as beneficiaries because at that time, we were not married. And he did not update that info after we got back together and remarried.&nb ...

We live in a development and the streets are dedicated township streets and public roads. We have some kids now that go into the middle of the street and do all these tricks on these skateboards and of course the cars are all over the place to avoid them. Also, you can hear them constantly jumping up and down out there for hours at a time almost every day after school or all day when they dont have school. You can imagine how that sounds sitting here trying to work with all tha ...

I would appreciate any opinions/advice on this. My husband is constantly complaining about food. I am not a very good cook. It is not something I enjoy, and I am just not very creative about it. I just offered four different options for dinner tonight, and he wanted none of them. I don't have anything else I can make, so this just led to a big fight as usual. Frankly, if someone were cooking for me all the time, I would eat whatever they put in ...

A differing of opinion between gov and mayor

Not really - bootstraps

I think all those involved - Trigger Happy

Agree with all. I understand people wanting to stay home, but - they do potentially endanger others. A dem.nm

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