The Accidental Mayor
Spectator.org
But two years later, Ballard's grassroots supporters accuse him of being "disgusting" and of "abandoning" Republican principles by failing to roll back the income tax increase. He has also taken flack for successfully pushing an $8 million ...
Area News Roundup: Mayoral forum set for tonight
Daily Star
The event is co-sponsored by Hartwick College's Pine Lake Institute for Environmental and Sustainability Studies and the Grassroots Environmental Club. For more information, contact institute Director Brian Hagenbuch at 431-4518 or hagenbuc...
Deficit, schools, lack of trust among hurdles Bing still faces
Detroit Free Press
Absent were grassroots neighborhood residents. It would be a move that would fan the familiar claim voiced by many of his detractors that Bing was an outsider. "Bing is secretly plotting to turn the great city of Detroit into a municipal sh...
6 International Day of Climate Action Events to Watch
Fast Company Magazine
Saturday marks the first International Day of Climate Action, a grassroots protest spearheaded by environmentalist Bill McKibben and 350.org, an organization that gets its name from climate expert James Hansen's warning that atmospheric CO2...
KBR Announces Third Quarter 2009 Results $0.45 per diluted share for ...
CNBC
KBR announced it was awarded a contract by Sonangol, E.P. to provide license and engineering services for grassroots FCC and Hydroprocessing technologies for the Sonaref Refinery to be located in Lobito, Angola. KBR will provide licensing s...
All-women Tory shortlists under fire
Financial Times
A mounting Conservative grassroots backlash against David Cameron’s plans to impose all-women shortlists on the party was revealed in a poll on Friday.
In Defense of Principled Moderates
Spectator.org
And there's also the matter of the current imperative to nurture a growing new grassroots populist/conservative movement, when weighed against a candidate anathema to the grassroots but who was chosen without a primary or open caucuses but ...
Pew Report Examines Census Preparations in Philadelphia and Other ...
AOL
The shortfalls are leading many cities to rely on unpaid volunteers and grassroots organizing even more than in the past. City officials in Philadelphia are still hoping to receive funds from private sources. The William Penn Foundation has...
350 hike for carbon concern
Laramie Boomerang
A grassroots campaign to raise awareness about the amount of carbon in our atmosphere is issuing a call to action today, and some Laramie residents are taking part.
MCA members doubt truce will last
MalaysiaNews.net
KUALA LUMPUR: The MCA grassroots remain unconvinced that party president Datuk Seri Ong Tee Keat and his former deputy, Datuk Seri Dr Chua Soi Lek, have truly reconciled. While thankful the two wish ...
Bowls bans upheld
Shropshire Star
Calverhall’s bowls bans and fine remain – but county officials have pledged to work harder to keep in touch with the grassroots of the game. Last night’s special meeting of the county executive confirmed Calverhall’s £250 fine, and one-year...
Montclair tempers fray over board
Bridgeton News
This should just be a no-brainer," said Pegi Adam, the driving force of the grassroots movement. "We have no voice. We have no say. We have no nothing." Supporters of the status quo consider this all to be a waste of time. "If you look at j...
Grassroots rage as Cameron drops opposition to all-women shortlists
The Guardian
David Cameron is to reverse his party's long-standing opposition to all-women shortlists in the run-up to next year's general election. In evidence to the Speaker's Conference – set up last year to explore ways of making parliament more ...