Women In Politics » Eddie Bernice Johnson http://www.womeninpolitics.net Women In Politics is an important topic in the United States. From Mayors to Senators&we need more. Wed, 20 Jul 2011 06:43:39 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 FUSD’s top writers honored during annual showcase; see video highlights http://www.womeninpolitics.net/2010/05/03/fusds-top-writers-honored-during-annual-showcase-see-video-highlights/ http://www.womeninpolitics.net/2010/05/03/fusds-top-writers-honored-during-annual-showcase-see-video-highlights/#comments Mon, 03 May 2010 22:24:08 +0000 admin http://www.womeninpolitics.net/2010/05/03/fusds-top-writers-honored-during-annual-showcase-see-video-highlights/ FUSD’s top writers honored during annual showcase; see video highlights
Alexa Waterhouse was one of the winners in the FUSD’s Writing Showcase. (Contributed photo by Shel Segal) Writing is very important to Kristian Castellanos.

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U.S. Rep. Alcee L. Hastings of Miramar was named a co-chairman of the bipartisan Congressional Caucus on Homelessness.

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A top Southwest Airlines official on Tuesday asked the Dallas City Council to defer a vote on two multimillion-dollar no-bid contracts at Love Field, expressing concern that the deals are too sweet to the contractors and that they could be better for the city and the airport.

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The decision appeared to frustrate the airport’s current concessionaires, who stood to win long term deals for more than two-thirds of all concessions space without engaging in a bid process.

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In a letter to City Manager Mary Suhm and Mayor Tom Leppert, a vice president for Southwest Airlines has raised concerns about two controversial no-bid contracts at Love Field that the City Council is set to vote on Wednesday.

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The sale of burgers and books at Dallas Love Field is a convenience for passengers, but it is big business for contractors who control the restaurants and newsstands at the airport.

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Dallas is poised to extend – without competitive bids and with little public debate – multimillion-dollar, 12-year contracts to companies tied to state Rep. Helen Giddings and to Gilbert Aranza, a longtime political donor to several sitting City Council members.

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