Sep 24 2008
The Strategy Center’s “No on the Six” Campaign
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In November California voters will be asked to consider twelve statewide propositions. Initiatives on the ballot range from amendments to the state’s constitution to ban same-sex marriage to increasing penalties and spending for prison and policing. You may recall our examination of Proposition 6 or the Runner initiative, and last Friday, a …
In November California voters will be asked to consider twelve statewide propositions. Initiatives on the ballot range from amendments to the state’s constitution to ban same-sex marriage to increasing penalties and spending for prison and policing. You may recall our examination of Proposition 6 or the Runner initiative, and last Friday, a …
Israel’s Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni has won the ruling Kadima party’s election, which could make her the second female Prime Minister in that country, after Golda Meier. Livni replaces Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, who is stepping down as in the face of corruption allegations. Her campaign of political change has been likened to Barack Obama’s …
The Defense Task Force on Sexual Assault in the Military wrapped up its two day visit yesterday to Camp Lejeune. Members of the task force were on hand at the site where Corporal Caesar Laurean was alleged to have raped and killed fellow Corporal Maria Lauterbach in December 2007. For the next ten months, …
This November, Californian voters will be asked to consider a ballot proposition that would rescind the rights of same-sex couples to legally marry in the state. The latest poll figures indicate that Proposition 8 would fail with a growing majority of 55% of likely voters saying they would vote against the ban. The increased opposition …
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Defense Secretary Robert Gates yesterday during his visit to Afghanistan expressed regret at civilian deaths in a recent US air strike – and then used it to justify sending more troops to Afghanistan. On August 22nd, a US air strike killed 90 Afghan civilians, mostly women and children, according to on-the-ground reports. The US has …
Less than two months before the Presidential election, Vice Presidential nominee Alaska Governor Sarah Palin faces an ethics investigation into her role in firing her state’s Public Safety Commissioner. Walt Monegan says he was terminated because he rebuffed intense pressure from the governor and her aides to dismiss Mike Wooten, a state trooper who was …
Last July we brought you the story of Troy Davis, a young black man who was set to be executed by the state of Georgia for the crime of killing a white police officer. Thirty nine year old Troy Davis, who claims he was innocent, was convicted solely on the testimony of witnesses. There …
