John Freeman
John Freeman
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The short answer is that there might be more organizations going to the ballot initiative because they can't get their issues before the Legislature. Either that or they don't agree with what the Legislature has done. Either way, the reason we're doing our initiative is it won't get done by the Republican Legislature.
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Since (then), that $5.15 an hour has lost a lot of purchasing power. It isn't sufficient income for families.
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My initial reaction is that there are some real people who will benefit from this, which is good, and I applaud the Republicans (24 of whom joined all 49 Democrats on the House floor in approving the bill). But it's only a partial step forward.
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The minimum wage was enacted in 1937 during the Great Depression and it has been increased 16 times. It's a well-established economic policy to help families.
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Nobody these days wants to be the high-cost provider,
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The African-American Mardi Gras experience in this part of Louisiana is that that was a day that they could be actually free. The old folks talk about a sense of liberation and a sense of mysticism.
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Several of us had heard rumors, which persisted for a period of time.
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Qualcomm is hedging its bets -- in case CDMA eventually gets killed off or loses out to OFDM.
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This is an issue of fairness and doing what's morally right.
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There can be a lot done if you are not so particular about who gets credit for it.
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What we stand for are the books we will choose today.
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The real issue is how high does that threshold need to be.
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The pendulum is swinging back to the HD-DVD camp.