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This study examines how a broader look at the concept of community pluralism might provide a more comprehensive perspective. A model employing dimensions of community power and leadership diversity was used to examine how decision making affects the level of transparency within communities. Results indicated that each dimension had a significant impact on the availability of public records and that gender and ethnicity differed in their influence on transparency.
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[Dianne Wilkerson] represented the traditional turf of an urban lawmaker - what she called die "black stufi" like affordable housing and high failure rates among minority students - but also courted liberal voters by backing gay marriage at a time when many black ministers brisded at die issue's comparison to the civil rights movement. I pushed the envelope farther than it's ever been pushed before," Wilkerson allegedly told me agent Under a superseding indictment released last year, prosecutors said Wilkerson also took a series of payments ranging from $500 to $1,200 between 2002 and 2006 from a man trying to develop a parcel of land in her district. Wilkerson eventually filed legislation diat would have given a long-term lease to die man's company, according to die indictment.
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Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Pasadena) released the following statement Monday on the situation in Libya: This weekend, the US, along with the UK, Canada, France and Italy, joined the UN-backed operation to protect Libyan civilians from the appallingly brutal attacks by Col. Qaddafi's forces. The military action, which was initiated by France and followed shortly by US and UK forces, comes after passage of a UN resolution, which was supported by the Arab League, to impose a no-fly zone in Libyan airspace, and authorizes member states to 'take all necessary measures' to 'protect civilians and civilian populated areas under threat of attack.'
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Cedillo vs. Secretary of Health and Human Services Highlights Failure of the Vaccine Injury Compensation Program WASHINGTON, Aug. 30 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Elizabeth Birt Center for Autism Law and Advocacy (EBCALA) is deeply disappointed in the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit's decision to affirm Cedillo v. Secretary of Health and Human Services. EBCALA submitted a friend-of-the-court brief on behalf of 23 civil society organizations in January 2010 urging the Court of Appeals to reverse. In affirming the decision, the Court of Appeals failed to do justice by Michelle Cedillo and thousands of other petitioners in the Omnibus Autism Proceeding (OAP). This case, the first test case in the OAP, highlights the overall failure of the Vaccine Injury Compensation Program (VICP...
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A collection of rare, 19th-century hand-painted banners commissioned by an association of Portland tradesmen is going up for auction next month, and the Maine arts community fears their sale may lead to the loss of important cultural artifacts. The Maine Charitable Mechanic Association owns the 17 banners and has consigned them to James D. Julia Inc., an auction house in Fairfield. The banners will be offered during Julia's late-summer sale, set for Aug. 25-27.
