| Carbondale council to discuss goals for new year
CARBONDALE — In their first meeting of 2008, members of the Carbondale City Council will be discussing what they hope to achieve with the budget in the coming fiscal year.A seven-page brief drafted by city staff entitled, "Review of Community Goals for the Fiscal Year 2009 Budget" will frame the council’s discussion.Items mentioned in the review range from the abstract, such as promoting "a sense of community pride for accomplishments and progress during the year," to the specific, in fixing crumbling sidewalks and water lines.The total city budget for fiscal year 2008 was about $42.9 million, an increase of $880,000 over the year before.Councilman Chris Wissmann, who has warned in the past that increasing costs might mean the city will have to abandon its zero-dollar property tax assessment, said Saturday he was unsure of what to expect as far as what can be accomplished in the FY 2009 budget."There are some water line replacements on Pecan Street, where the water mains have broken on a regular basis … sidewalks are ongoing, and bicycle paths," he said, highlighting a few bricks-and-mortar projects.
In Boston, Mayor and Librarian Clash Over Control
Margolis and some of his allies, who say it could have a chilling effect on donors and even lead to the money being spent outside the library system. "It gets to the very core of the independence of the library trustees and the basis on which people give money to the library," said Mr. Margolis, who will step down in June after 11 years on the job. "They give it with the expectation that the library is the steward of that money and of the institution's destiny not with the expectation that the mayor or someone else downtown decides how or when it's used." But Dot Joyce, a spokeswoman for Mr. Menino, said the city did not intend to use the library trust funds for other purposes, and had no right to do so. "We would never be able to do that," Ms. Joyce said. "We only want to make sure the money is being used for what the people who left it to the library intended it for." Mr.
Country profile: Kenya
Situated on the equator on Africa's east coast, Kenya has been described as "the cradle of humanity". In the Great Rift Valley palaeontologists have discovered some of the earliest evidence of man's ancestors. In the present day, Kenya's ethnic diversity has produced a vibrant culture but is also a source of conflict. .
Cape Advisors, Inc. Brings The Chelsea, The First Non-Gaming Boutique ...
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J., Feb. 13 /PRNewswire/ -- Come Summer 2008, Cape Advisors, Inc. will launch Atlantic City's first non-gaming boutique hotel to open on the Boardwalk since the early 1960s. Featuring 332 guest rooms and suites, a roof-top swimming pool area with private cabanas, Sea Spa - a 6,500- square-foot spa complex, two signature Stephen Starr restaurants and the 5th Floor - a social destination housing the hotel's prime hotspots - the Chelsea will infuse "America's Playground" with a sexy refinement and timeless Hollywood glamour not seen since the Rat Pack put the seaside resort town on the map. Reservations are available through its official website: www.theChelsea-AC.com. Located on Atlantic City's best beach and neighboring The Tropicana Casino & Resort, the Chelsea combines two properties (previously the Holiday Inn Atlantic City-Boardwalk and the adjacent Howard Johnson Hotel Atlantic City), into a luxury destination catering to those who value relaxed elegance, service on an intimate scale and a fresh vibe.
Guns and the higher-ed grading system
A gun is just a handier way to kill or hurt, both good and bad. You can do the same with a pencil or pen. Should we not allow them also? How about them heavy books? You could certainly cause a lot of harm with one if it was used as a weapon. What it boils down to is there are weapons all around us at all times. Most will never use any. others will so we need to be able to defend ourselves as we choose from those who don't respect our rights. Your sister has nothing to fear from legal gun carrying youth in her class room any more than she would during hunting season driving down the roads of this state. rd: You'd like my sister. She's sassy, like you. And she's open to considering arguments like those you present. She's also been teaching for almost 40 years at the high school and college levels, so far without having any crazies with with guns come charging into her classroom.
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