| Tough talk, tough times
This, along with a projected $2.5 million deficit, has caused her to impose an austerity order. The provisions include that any city purchase over $100 requires her approval. While she inherited a city on the fiscal brink, she does not blame the prior administration, led by John Bell, who chose not to run for mayor last year. (Bell could not be reached for comment despite repeated phone messages.) Nor does she blame Bell's predecessors. "I think a better way to express that is to say that the city has been operating under models that were useful maybe in the '70s, and that we have to modernize the framework of government," she said. With the city facing $125 million in water and sewer project bills, annual multimillion-dollar deficits, a shortfall in state aid, aging municipal buildings, the task of closing a school this year, and a storied harbor that has seen an exodus of its lifeblood - fishermen - Gloucester residents tu rned to Kirk in November, casting its future with the former business consultant and two-term School Committee member.
Doug Moe: 'Mayor of Black Milwaukee' graces mag cover
THE JUST-PUBLISHED Winter 2007-2008 issue of the Wisconsin Magazine of History has a terrific cover story on J. Anthony Josey, "The First Mayor of Black Milwaukee," written by Milwaukee university professors (and wife and husband) Genevieve G. McBride and Stephen Byers. Josey was a big presence in Milwaukee in the first half of the last century -- as a newspaper publisher and civic leader -- but his career started in Madison. Josey's great-nephew, former Madison alderman Ed Hill, provided many of the photos for the article, including the delightful cover shot of a smiling Josey holding a cigar. "He was a character," Hill was saying Wednesday. Hill lived with "Uncle Joe" for a time in Milwaukee in the 1950s, and was greatly influenced by him. Hill became one of Madison's first black alders when he was elected in 1970 (Gene Parks had been elected a year earlier).
Tories push law-and-order bill
It isn't about 14 year old having sex it is about who with. 20's and older go to jail, in your teens just be careful. Tougher bail, more punishment for drunk drivers and gun crimes. If you are against that wait until you or your family is a victom of crime and see how you feel. Posted 18/10/07 at 11:20 AM EST | Link to Comment .
Developer Jesse Keyes turns unconventional into bold statement
If there was ever a case of a building perfectly mirroring its developer, it would be One Seventh and Jesse Keyes. Both are angular, ultra-chic, smart and aggressive. Both are also making their emphatic debut on the New York architecture and style worlds. Built on a 45-degree angle at the juncture of four different streets where Seventh Ave. South meets Varick and Carmine Sts., One Seventh resembles a hulking helm of a slick, futuristic boat or space-age flying machine. Six stories tall with just four units, the corner building shaped in an angular prism has a façade of manganese ironspot brick and Solarban 80 double-paned glass. The side of the building on Seventh Ave. South that parallels the rush of autos making their way to Tribeca or the Holland Tunnel has bold racing stripes and competing slabs of vertical windows.
McCain ramps up Florida operations, Napolitano to host rally for Obama
Arizona Sen. John McCain launched television advertisements and opened campaign offices in Florida in the run up to that state's Jan. 29 Republican presidential primary. McCain opened offices in Jacksonville, Tampa, Orlando, Fort Lauderdale , Pensacola and West Palm Beach, Fla. The Arizona Republican won the South Carolina primary Saturday. Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney won the Nevada GOP presidential caucuses. McCain also picked up endorsements from the "Kansas City Star," "Gainesville (Fla.) Sun," "Orlando Sentinel" and "Palm Beach (Fla.) Post." On the other side of the aisle, Gov. Janet Napolitano will host a rally for Illinois Sen. Barack Obama's Democratic presidential campaign Wednesday at Arizona State University in Tempe. Actress Kate Walsh will appear at that event.
Melville company offers controversial $1,000-down mortgage
"My thoughts were, 'Yeah, right sure. This can't be real,'" said clothing designer Crystal Austin, 42.
But that's all she plunked down in cash last month for her $344,000 Rockaway Beach home under a new program arranged by Melville-based Continental Home Loans.
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