Women In Politics

Deming council shoots down cell phone ordinance
Deming City Councilors unplugged the call for a distracted while driving ordinance during their regular Monday meeting.

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6:35am — Deming Nixes Driving-While-Distracted Ordinance
City Council votes 3-1 to reject limits on cell phone use while driving. Deming city councilors voted 3-1 to reject a driving-while-distracted ordinance, after some lively pro-and-con discussion by local residents, the Deming . . .

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Community Notepad : June 16, 2010
Community Notepad : June 16, 2010

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DEATH NOTICES
ANNA L. (RATH) GRAY of Allentown, Pennsylvania, formerly of Middle Village, passed away peacefully on Sunday morning, June 6, 2010, at the age of 90, in the Lehigh Valley Hospice, surrounded by loved ones. She was predeceased by her husband Walter E. Gray Sr., and survived by daughters Carol-Anne Muller, widow of Francis; Louise Muller and her husband William J. Sr.; and Mary-Elizabeth Gray …

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For the week of May 21, 2010
Donald Holmes, 77, passed suddenly on May 4, 2010, at his home in Colorado Springs, Colo. Born on Dec. 3, 1932, in Roswell, S.D., to Ruby Bennett and Lloyd Holmes, Don spent parts of his childhood in South Dakota; Santa Barbara; and finally Beaumont.

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Rep. Linda Sanchez: Obama’s Trade Opportunity
The President has the opportunity to show the world that the U.S. is leading the charge when it comes to expanding trade fairly while guaranteeing well-being at home and abroad.

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Friday round-up
[Note: Please see yesterday’s special-edition round-up for more coverage of yesterday’s opinions.] Coverage of the Court’s opinion-packed Thursday continues this morning. The Washington Post’s Robert Barnes and David Savage of the Los Angeles Times both have coverage of the Court’s decision in Stop the Beach Renourishment, Inc. v. Florida Department of Environmental Protection. The Court’s …

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It’s Politics: Whittier council members debate benefits
It’s only a small amount but City Council benefits became a point of dispute during this week’s budget study session between Whittier Mayor Greg Nordbak and Councilman Owen Newcomer.

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Bankruptcies
The following businesses or individuals filed bankruptcy petitions in the U.S. Bankruptcy court in Tampa from March 11-17. Chapter 7 filings are for companies and/or individuals whose assets are being liquidated to pay creditors. Chapter 11 is for companies seeking to reorganize while under bankruptcy court protection; and Chapter 13 is for individuals who are working out a repayment of debts.

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