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Saturday, July 18, 2015

Chattanooga: No More Sitting Duck

Governors Order National Guardsmen To Be Armed After Attacks

By Gary Fineout, July 18, 2015 AP

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) -- Governors in at least a half-dozen states ordered National Guardsmen to be armed in the wake of an attack on two military facilities in Tennessee, and Florida Gov. Rick Scott went a step further Saturday by immediately relocated recruiters to armories.

In an executive order, the Republican governor said he wants Guard recruiters to move from six storefront locations into armories until state officials can evaluate and make security improvements, including possibly installing bullet-proof glass or enhanced surveillance equipment.

Scott ordered the Guardsmen to be armed, as did governors in Texas, Louisiana, Arkansas, Oklahoma and Indiana.

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Saturday, February 14, 2015

Yeah, but can she govern?

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This Woman Will Soon Become The First Openly Bisexual Governor In American History

By Hunter Schwarz, Feb. 13, 2015, WashingtonPost.com

Oregon Secretary of State Kate Brown (D) will become the first openly bisexual governor in U.S. history when Gov. John Kitzhaber (D) resigns Wednesday.

An open LGBT governor has never been elected, although New Jersey did have an openly gay governor briefly in 2004, after Gov. Jim McGreevey (D) came out as gay and admitted an affair with a man he had appointed to a key job. He resigned three months later.

Brown is married to husband Dan Little; she has publicly discussed her bisexuality in past campaigns. She is already arguably the highest-ranking bisexual elected official in America; Rep. Kyrsten Sinema (D-Ariz.) became the first bisexual member of Congress in 2013. There are about 525 openly LGBT public officials in office at all levels of government, according to the Gay and Lesbian Victory Fund. Most of them are Democrats, said interim executive director Denis Dison, and only about 20 are Republicans.

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Sunday, August 17, 2014

And Now This...

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Wednesday, March 26, 2014

"Calif Lawmakers Reconsider Bare-hand Food Ban After Complaints from Food Preparers" --Not consulted before hand?

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Mar. 25, 2014, Associated Press / Townhall

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California lawmakers are beginning to back away from a new law that bans bare-hand contact with food in restaurants and bars, with the Assembly Health Committee voting unanimously Tuesday to repeal and revisit the regulation.

The vote follows opposition from chefs and bartenders who say they were taken off guard by the new regulation.

Gov. Jerry Brown signed a bill last year requiring restaurant workers to wear gloves or use utensils when handling ready-to-eat food, including the rice in a sushi roll and the mint in a mojito.

It allows for exceptions if eateries show good hygiene practices, but food industry representatives say local regulators were granting them inconsistently.

California is among the last states to adopt a bare-hand contact ban, already in place in 41 other states and recommended by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration more than 20 years ago.

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"North Dakota Once Again Records Highest --7.6%" --Hey, elect some dems to slow it down!

elderstatement.com March 26, 2014 Governor , Jack Dalrymple 0 Comments

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) -- North Dakota has recorded the highest personal income growth among all states for the sixth time in the last seven years.

Statistics released Tuesday by the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis indicated that the state's personal income grew 7.6 percent in 2013. Utah ranked behind North Dakota with a 4 percent growth.

The federal report tied the state's income to various business sectors including agriculture, construction and energy development.

Gov. Jack Dalrymple says the report shows that the state's efforts to create jobs and career opportunities are getting results.

The national average of growth declined last year. The bureau reports the national average as 2.6 percent in 2013, down from 4.2 percent in 2012.

Earnings grew in 2013 in every industry nationwide except civilian federal government, which fell $6.7 billion.

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