http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/district/ en-us Sun, 20 Dec 2009 04:26:13 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2411513/posts The issue of concealed weapons has stirred up debate in Georgetown County. S.C. Attorney General Henry McMaster said the county’s ban on concealed weapons on school grounds does not comply with state law. School district officials they will re-think the policy, which prohibits the possession of concealed weapons on school grounds even if the owner has a permit. The attorney general’s office said state law requires the permit holder to lock a weapon in a trunk, a center console or glove box of a vehicle. The district’s plan to work its policy has some families concerned. “If you have your... SC Now http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2411513/posts#comment Sun, 20 Dec 2009 04:26:13 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2388301/posts I don't know what's loonier about this ABC report by Jonathan Karl; the idea that the federal government doesn't know much about itself or that some people who got this stim money are really, really stupid: American Thinker http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2388301/posts#comment Tue, 17 Nov 2009 17:14:28 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2387863/posts Chicago politics, where voting is such a revered civic duty that people do it even after they're dead, cold, stiff, stuffed, boxed and buried beneath the permafrost for years, has now come to D.C. with the Obama administration. This afternoon comes the most encouraging economic news, courtesy of our keen-eyed buddy Rick Klein over at ABC, that the Obama administration's $787-billion economic stimulus has, for example, thankfully created 30 new jobs in a little-known rural corner of Arizona at a cost to American taxpayers of only $761,420. That works out to only $25,380.67 spent to create each individual job. Seems... L.A. Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2387863/posts#comment Tue, 17 Nov 2009 01:39:41 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2372434/posts The issue at hand was a proposal last November to switch Kinston to a nonpartisan voting system for local elections. About 65 percent of Kinston's 15,000 registered voters are black, meaning that blacks are registered at a higher proportion than their voting-age population of 59 percent. In last November's elections, more than 11,000 of those 15,000 voted, with blacks voting in greater numbers than whites. By a nearly 2 to 1 margin, Kinston voted to eliminate party affiliations from local candidates' names on election ballots. The switch to nonpartisanship won a majority in seven of the city's nine black-majority voting... Washington Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2372434/posts#comment Wed, 28 Oct 2009 00:48:55 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2364671/posts The media is all over the new Siena poll which shows Dede Scozzafava's support collapsing in New York's 23rd Congressional District. This is a special election in November in a district that has elected a Republican since 1871. But party bosses saw fit to nominate a woman who is not only pro-gay marriage and pro-abortion, she has an economic record that has lead the Club For Growth and the American Conservative Union to target her and endorse the Conservative party candidate Doug Hoffman, in spite of Newt Gingrich's endorsement.... What's at stake in this race? As Michelle Malkin has written,... National Review http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2364671/posts#comment Sat, 17 Oct 2009 16:47:52 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2325737/posts More than 1,000 people filled the Victor High School auditorium and 250 people — initially left in the halls — listened on a speaker in the school gym to Rep. Eric Massa's town hall session on health care Wednesday. The meeting quickly turned boisterous. People booed, applauded and shouted out comments periodically as Massa, D-Corning, took questions and comments from the audience. Staff members handed out 100 numbers in random order to organize those asking questions. Massa took 48 questions by the time he ended the meeting after four hours, by which time the crowd had shrunk to fewer than... FingerLakes1.com Local Network http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2325737/posts#comment Thu, 27 Aug 2009 15:28:32 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2318407/posts The words of a local congressman on the issue of healthcare are coming under scrutiny. Democrat Eric Massa told a group in Pennsylvania that he would vote against the interests of his constituents on healthcare reform if he believes what he's voting for would be helpful to them. Massa has held dozens of town hall meetings, many focused on healthcare, but this past weekend while in Pittsburgh, meeting with the grassroots progressive political action group Net Roots Nation, Massa answered questions about where he stands on healthcare reform versus where his constituents stand. "I will vote adamantly against the interests... WHAM-TV, Rochester NY http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2318407/posts#comment Tue, 18 Aug 2009 02:59:42 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2275814/posts Herenton explains why he wants to run for Congress by Dr. Willie W. Herenton Special to the Tri-State Defender Many people have stopped and asked me that question, why would you want to run for congress and as a beginning to answer their question, simply stated I am better qualified to represent the Ninth Congressional District than the incumbent. I identify more keenly with the needs and issues facing the citizens in the Ninth Congressional District. Let’s keep it real. Many citizens will be concerned with race and representation. There is strength in diversity, but currently the Tennessee Congressional Delegation... TriState Defender http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2275814/posts#comment Sat, 20 Jun 2009 13:50:22 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2244995/posts An example of what to do with a DA who refuse to do his duty. § 7A‑66. Removal of district attorneys. The following are grounds for suspension of a district attorney or for his removal from office: (1) Mental or physical incapacity interfering with the performance of his duties which is, or is likely to become, permanent; (2) Willful misconduct in office; (3) Willful and persistent failure to perform his duties; (4) Habitual intemperance; (5) Conviction of a crime involving moral turpitude; (6) Conduct prejudicial to the administration of justice which brings the office into disrepute; or (7) Knowingly authorizing... North Carolina General Assembly http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2244995/posts#comment Wed, 6 May 2009 01:04:34 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2222461/posts Congressional Republicans who spoke with CNSNews.com on Thursday expressed concern that illegal immigrants who will be counted in the 2010 census could distort the apportionment of congressional districts. House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-Md.), however, told CNSNews.com that he does not “know that there is a problem.” And Sen. Tom Carper (D-Del.), chairman of the subcommittee that oversees the census process, said that while illegal immigrants’ contribution to the apportionment of congressional districts is “a concern,” it is a feature of the law. The acting director of the U.S. Census Bureau, Thomas Mesenbourg, told CNSNews.com on Wednesday that the bureau... CNSNews http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2222461/posts#comment Sat, 4 Apr 2009 21:59:59 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2194919/posts District of Columbia when it became the nation's capital two centuries ago would be granted under legislation the Senate passed Thursday. Congress is "moving to right a centuries-old wrong," said Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid shortly before the 61-37 vote. The House is expected to pass the measure with a strong majority next week and President Barack Obama, a co-sponsor when the bill failed to clear the Senate two years ago, has promised to sign it. The measure is likely to face a court challenge immediately after becoming law; opponents argue that it is unconstitutional because D.C. is not a... Associate Press http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2194919/posts#comment Thu, 26 Feb 2009 22:59:26 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2153592/posts Recently I was listening to a political talk show on the radio and the speaker was talking about the evils of gerrymandering congressional districts. I had to laugh a bit because he was attempting to assert that only the GOP does this, and that the DNC was completely innocent of such shenanigans. Lets forget who is at fault for a moment, and focus on the solutions. It should not surprise you that some very elegant solutions exist, technical solutions. Upon investigating this issue one discovers that technology is not the problem, but politicians are. The root problem is that neither... Manatee Libertarian http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2153592/posts#comment Wed, 24 Dec 2008 04:47:58 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1921494/posts HERAT, Afghanistan (Reuters) - Taliban insurgents have captured a third district in western Afghanistan, local officials said on Monday, defying Western assertions the rebels are unable to mount large military offensives. The hardline Islamist Taliban relaunched their insurgency two years ago to topple the pro-Western Afghan government and eject the 50,000 foreign troops, expanding their operations further from the mainly Pashtun south where they are strongest. Western forces say the Taliban's greater reliance this year on suicide and roadside bombs is a result of heavy battlefield casualties they and Afghan troops have inflicted on the rebels and the insurgents' inability... Reuters on Yahoo http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1921494/posts#comment Tue, 6 Nov 2007 03:31:27 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1832669/posts A group of Democratic senators plans to introduce legislation reversing a new law allowing U.S. attorneys to live outside the districts they are appointed to serve. Sens. Dianne Feinstein (Calif.), Charles Schumer (N.Y.), Max Baucus (Mont.) and Jon Tester (Mont.) plan to drop a bill Monday that will undo a provision inserted into last year’s Patriot Act reauthorization. That language, included at the Department of Justice’s request, allows U.S. attorneys to live outside their districts if the attorney general gives them dual or additional responsibilities. The senators’ planned bill would require that U.S. attorneys reside in the district they are... The Hill http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1832669/posts#comment Sun, 13 May 2007 00:59:09 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1827411/posts Well folks, it looks like the U.S. Census Bureau is finally getting high-tech for their 2010 census. With $600 million poured into the Field Data Collection Automation (FDCA) project, half a million (500,000) field enumerators will be getting hooked up with a HTC Census smartphone. Armed with an EVDO data-only Windows Mobile 5.0 Pocket PC, and integrated GPS, the enumerator's job of collecting absentee census information will get nice and streamlined. As a high-tech plus, the built-in GPS unit also keeps the enumerator honest.Back in 2000, I was actually a census enumerator. My job consisted of driving to households to... http://www.intomobile.com/2007/04/04/2010-census-goes-high-tech-with-data-only-htc-census-gps-smartp http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1827411/posts#comment Wed, 2 May 2007 21:25:32 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1734051/posts Help! Vanity http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1734051/posts#comment Tue, 7 Nov 2006 16:53:52 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1707305/posts WHILE my assignment was to write about Minnesota’s important Senate race, I think there’s more to be learned right now from the far closer contest in Minnesota’s Sixth Congressional District, which borders Minneapolis-St. Paul to the east, north and west. The race, between Michele Bachmann, the Republican, and Patty Wetterling, the Democrat, has revealed a Bush-era national trend now visible locally. That is, we are facing a choice between a “conservative” who wants to institute radical reforms and a “progressive” who wishes largely to maintain the status quo. In Minnesota’s Sixth District, liberalism is the new conservatism. NYT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1707305/posts#comment Sun, 24 Sep 2006 12:39:46 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1693469/posts SACRAMENTO -- Nearly every time I've walked into the Capitol building this week, I've been buttonholed by one Republican or another who says something like, "Did you see that Nicole Parra voted for driver's licenses for illegal immigrants?" It's all part of the GOP's search for anything they can use to help Republican Danny Gilmore in his campaign to unseat the Democratic assemblywoman who represents the west valley 30th Assembly District. Republican strategists believe the district, while it is heavily Latino in population, is conservative, especially on social issues like immigration, abortion and guns. They hope to paint Parra as... Bakersfield Californian http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1693469/posts#comment Fri, 1 Sep 2006 00:42:21 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1677390/posts KABUL, Afghanistan — Army Col. William E. Bulen assumed command of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Afghanistan Engineer District from outgoing Commander Army Col. Christopher J. Toomey on Aug 2 during a change of command ceremony here. Lt. Gen. Karl W. Eikenberry, commander of Combined Forces Command-Afghanistan, presided over the transfer of leadership while Master Sgt. Eric O. Johnson, AED’s Command Sergeant Major, oversaw the exchange of colors. Lt. Gen. Eikenberry used the occasion to reflect on America’s continued commitment to Afghanistan illustrated in the District’s work. “As we look to improve Afghanistan’s infrastructure, AED is helping to lead... COMBINED FORCES COMMAND – AFGHANISTAN http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1677390/posts#comment Fri, 4 Aug 2006 00:36:45 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1672172/posts U.S. Air Force Maj. Kurt Workmaster, Panjshir Provincial Reconstruction Team physician assistant, checks the blood pressure of an elder in the Paryan District, Afghanistan, July 16, 2006. Three medics from the Panjshir PRT treated more than 200 patients during the Medical Civic Action Program, or MEDCAP, which was coordinated at the invitation of Panjshir Director of Health Dr. Jellani. U.S. Air Force photo by Air Force Tech. Sgt. John Cumper Medics Visit Remote Afghan District Panjshir Provincial Reconstruction Team treats more than 200 patients. By Air Force Capt. Joe Campbell Panjshir Provincial Reconstruction Team PANJSHIR PROVINCE, Afghanistan, July 25,... Defend America News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1672172/posts#comment Tue, 25 Jul 2006 23:03:30 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1652947/posts JOHNSTOWN, Pa. - While Staff Sgt. Randy Myers was dodging roadside bombs in Iraq, his congressman was calling the war a lost cause...Myers said he backs Murtha, an opinion echoed by a number of other troops and their families. Several share his frustration with the conflict. Said Sgt. 1st Class George Wozniak, 36, of Murtha: "He's definitely for a strong military and he definitely supports the troops." Patriotism runs deep in Murtha's district in the Allegheny Mountains, where joining the military is a family tradition and often an economic necessity. Many served in Vietnam and that war exacted a heavy... San Jose Mercury News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1652947/posts#comment Wed, 21 Jun 2006 12:28:31 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1652324/posts After appearing on Fox News Live yesterday, Commissioner Irey is following that up with an appearance today with the morning crew. Please post details here for the TV-impaired. Thank you. Irey for Congress http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1652324/posts#comment Tue, 20 Jun 2006 11:46:53 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1651117/posts On MSNBC's Countdown show on Friday, substitute host Brian Unger featured a softball interview with Democratic Congressman John Murtha during which Unger queued up Murtha to attack the Bush administration's Iraq policy and Republican critics. The Countdown host bolstered Murtha's credibility by referring to his war record and labelling him a "traditional hawk" while he discredited White House advisor Karl Rove by negatively labelling him as a "partisan attacker trying to squash discussion about Iraq," and proclaimed "the Swift-Boating of the 2006 election has begun." ...Murtha: "Well, it's just, it's a slogan. That's all. Here's a guy [Rove] sitting on... MSNBC/Newsbusters http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1651117/posts#comment Sat, 17 Jun 2006 17:39:21 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1650827/posts ...Murtha said his stature in defense, and especially his ongoing battle with President Bush and top Republicans over the war in Iraq, makes him a strong candidate for the House leadership role. “So much on the national level right now is related to defense that it is a logical step,” Murtha said. “And what we have to do now is show the public that there will be change.” Some Republicans see Murtha’s war activism and his push for the high House seat as being divisive in his own party. The GOP’s position: Keep it up, Jack. A divided Democratic Party... The Tribune-Democrat http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1650827/posts#comment Fri, 16 Jun 2006 23:36:30 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1649952/posts Contrary to Jack Kemp's thesis, the greatest civil rights challenge of our time is not granting congressional representation to the District of Columbia. It is helping black Americans throw off the chains of liberalism, which for nearly 50 years has caused enormous harm to the black community, and held back the social and economic advancement of blacks while other minority groups in our society were developing, achieving, and prospering. American Spectator http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1649952/posts#comment Thu, 15 Jun 2006 16:57:08 GMT