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		<title>Snapshots: Acting Mayor Larchmont Votes, 1914</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 31 Oct 2008 18:45:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[November 6, 1914- Former City Council President and acting Mayor Walter Larchmont warily casts his ballot in the emergency election called after Mayor Jonathan T. Sanders succumbed to influenza in October. Former Deputy Mayor Sanders himself had taken over after Mayor Jonah Woolsey fell to the disease in September. Larchmont needen&#8217;t have worried- he was easily elected for this and two more terms. He died in his sleep of natural causes in 1929, aged 77. - RJ White [original]]]></description>
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		<title>Briefs: Laziness/Self-Plagiarism, Newspaper Endorsements</title>
		<link>http://thecitydesk.net/2008/10/27/briefs-lazinessself-plagiarism-newspaper-endorsements/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Oct 2008 14:32:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Did Sunday’s editorial cartoon by Journal-Clarion artist Jeff Norwood look familiar? Longtime readers may have noticed that it was identical to the cartoons printed in the paper on the week of Halloween in 2004 and 2000. The cartoon features a trick-or-treater wearing a scary-looking hockey mask, standing on a porch holding a flashlight under his chin. He is attempting to frighten a nonplussed homeowner labeled with the word “VOTERS” on his backside. In the 3 times the cartoon has been used, only the name on the hockey mask and the word balloon over the trick-or-treater has been changed. 2008: Name on mask is “McCain.” Word balloon: “WooOOOoo…William Ayers…ACORN…Rev. Wright…Tax Increases on Small Businesses, my friends!” 2004: Name on mask is “W.” Word balloon: “WooOOOoo…Flip-flopper…Gay Marriages…Weak on Homeland Security!” 2000: Name on mask is “Bush II.” Word balloon: “WooOOOoo…Stem-cell research&#8230;A third term for Bill Clinton…Didn’t really invent the internet!” The City Desk contacted Norwood for a comment on his work. We asked if readers would be justified in assuming that he had cut some corners out of laziness, or was guilty of perpetuating a hackneyed cliché. “That assumption would be undermining the irony of my artistic vision,” said Norwood in a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Friday Facts: Hope, Change and/or Straight Talk</title>
		<link>http://thecitydesk.net/2008/09/26/friday-facts-hope-change-andor-straight-talk/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Sep 2008 13:42:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[:: The voter registration deadline for the November 4 election is October 6. Once again, your mayoral candidates- - Democratic: Joseph Wilders, current mayor - Republican: Maribeth Cosgrove, longtime City Councilwoman - Libertarian: Lewis Armstrong, local businessman - Green: Louis M. Armstrong, Watson University humanities professor - Independent: Leonard Pierce, former Fifth Ward Democratic party leader (Mr. Pierce is also a sometime contributor to The City Desk) :: Mayor Wilders currently has a three point lead in the polls over Councilwoman Cosgrove. :: Of more than five hundred city residents asked in an informal poll, only three percent indicated that they would be willing to vote for a transvestite presidential candidate. :: Number of local businesses with &#8220;Hope&#8221; in their name: 7 (Including &#8220;Hope&#8217;s Erotic Bakery,&#8221; &#8220;Never Give Up (Hope)&#8221; resale and thrift store benfiting St.Katherine&#8217;s Childrens Hospital, and &#8220;Hope Floats&#8221; movie-themed ice cream parlor) :: Number of local businesses with &#8220;Change&#8221; in their name: 43 (mostly car service stations ending with &#8220;-Change,&#8221; but also including &#8220;Loose Change&#8221; used clothing store and &#8220;Change-a-lot&#8221; diaper laundry service) :: Number of local businesses with &#8220;Straight Talk&#8221; in their name: 0 (Although Community Radio 790 AM has a 15-minute niche news broadcast three [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ex-Candidate Ron Paul Dis-invited</title>
		<link>http://thecitydesk.net/2008/02/17/ex-candidate-ron-paul-dis-invited/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 17 Feb 2008 20:13:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Former presidential candidate Ron Paul was scheduled to give a speech this Wednesday at Watson University for several student political science classes, but the event has been canceled. Watson Students for Poli-Sci (WSPS) had booked the Congressman (R-TX) to come and speak back when he was still in the race, but hoped that his exit from the campaign could still serve as fodder for an instructive talk. The problem came last week when the group began to circulate a last round of press materials promoting the campus event. In the press release, WSPS publicity committee head Ian Sandborn (class of &#8217;09), made a reference to &#8220;Rep. Ron Paul&#8217;s failed presidential bid.&#8221; Once the release began to be circulated, that sentence was all it took for scores of Ron Paul supporters to begin a deluge of phone calls and emails to the Watson University Student Affairs office, Student Activity Board, Administration Office and to Sandborn&#8217;s apartment. Threats of protests, threats of contacting university donors and even threats of death resulted. At one point, even confused administrators over at the Community College were contacted about the release. After consideration by administrators and the WSPS, Rep. Paul&#8217;s invitation was rescinded, citing safety concerns [...]]]></description>
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		<title>BREAKING NEWS: Actor Enters Mayoral Race</title>
		<link>http://thecitydesk.net/2008/01/25/breaking-news-actor-enters-mayoral-race/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Jan 2008 15:56:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In a press conference this morning in the ornate lobby of the Chandler Building, actor William Atherton (Ghostbusters, The Sugarland Express) announced that he will be running as a democratic party candidate for mayor in May&#8217;s primary. The announcement comes as somewhat of a surprise, as there had been no rumors about his entry into the race. Mr. Atherton has held a home in the city&#8217;s posh President Heights section for three years. He joins these already declared candidates: Democratic Party :: Incumbent Mayor Joseph Wilders :: Two-term City Council member Terence Williams III (Son of the late mayor) :: Leonard Pierce, Fifth Ward party leader (Full disclosure: Mr. Pierce is also a sometime contributor to The City Desk) :: Homelessness/general political activist Perry Holmes Republican Party :: Alan Craw, local real-estate magnate :: Eight-term City Council member Maribeth Cosgrove :: Perennial also-ran Arthur Borden, on his fifth attempt at gaining the city&#8217;s top executive position. Independent (not participating in the primary) :: Lewis Armstrong (Libertarian) :: Louis M. Armstrong (Green Party, no relation to the Libertarian candidate or the late jazz musician) The primary will be held May 6. Debate details to come. - RJ White]]></description>
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