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		<title>Mayor and Mayor-Elect Meet, Talk Budget</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Mayor Autry and his staff met with Mayor-elect Ashley Swearengin to discuss the current and future budget for the city of Fresno.  Mayor Autry says in order to survive the current economic downturn, Fresno will have to cut their 2009 budget by 2-3%.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Mayor Autry and his staff met with Mayor-elect Ashley Swearengin to discuss the current and future budget for the city of Fresno.  Mayor Autry says in order to survive the current economic downturn, Fresno will have to cut their 2009 budget by 2-3%.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>January 5, 2009 is the Most Depressing Day of the Year</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Jan 2009 12:32:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[British scientists conducted a poll to determine the most depressing day of the year.  Of those surveyed, the majority selected January 5th as the most depressing day.  Clovis residents KSEE 24 surveyed, don't necessarily agree.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[British scientists conducted a poll to determine the most depressing day of the year.  Of those surveyed, the majority selected January 5th as the most depressing day.  Clovis residents KSEE 24 surveyed, don't necessarily agree.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>City of Fresno plans garbage clean-up in homeless camps</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Jan 2009 12:32:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Homeless in Fresno are officially on notice. The city is once again cleaning up trash at various camps. Some of the people who live there are worried they'll lose what possessions they have left, but the city says that won't happen.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Homeless in Fresno are officially on notice. The city is once again cleaning up trash at various camps. Some of the people who live there are worried they'll lose what possessions they have left, but the city says that won't happen.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Update: Clovis Votes to Cut 7 Percent of Workforce</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Jan 2009 12:32:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The state of the economy has forced the City of Clovis to cut 37 employees. On Monday night, the Clovis City Council voted 5 to 0 to proceed with a plan to eliminate the jobs to make up for a $2.5 million budget shortfall. .]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[The state of the economy has forced the City of Clovis to cut 37 employees. On Monday night, the Clovis City Council voted 5 to 0 to proceed with a plan to eliminate the jobs to make up for a $2.5 million budget shortfall. .]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Mayor-Elect Ashley Swearengin Celebrates on the Eve of Inauguration</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Jan 2009 12:32:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[On the eve of her inauguration, Fresno mayor-elect Ashley Swearengin addresses a room packed with community members and local leaders as part of a community celebration themed, "One City, One Future."]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[On the eve of her inauguration, Fresno mayor-elect Ashley Swearengin addresses a room packed with community members and local leaders as part of a community celebration themed, "One City, One Future."]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Disc golf referendum might face legal question</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Jan 2009 12:11:43 +0000</pubDate>
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CHICO -- A referendum seeking to keep disc golf courses in upper Bidwell Park faces a legal issue that could potentially allow the Chico City Council to throw it out on a technicality.
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CHICO -- A referendum seeking to keep disc golf courses in upper Bidwell Park faces a legal issue that could potentially allow the Chico City Council to throw it out on a technicality.
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		<title>Newsoms Shaky Political Future</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Jan 2009 12:05:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Since winning election in 2003, San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom has been a rising political star. His landmark support for gay marriage, followed by the California Supreme Courts endorsing it as a fundamental right, left Newsom the candidate to beat in the 2010 Governors race. But Prop 8s victory lent a double blow to Newsom: one of his speeches was highlighted in the oppositions media blitz, and he did not tour the state  as Harvey Milk is shown doing during 1978s Prop 6 campaign in the film <i>Milk</i>  seeking to win hostile audiences to his side. Yet Newsoms political prospects may be more endangered by a factor entirely unrelated to Prop 8: his alienating many of the San Francisco Democrats whose support he will need in the 2010 primary. These are the Democrats who backed new Supervisors John Avalos, David Campos, David Chiu and Eric Mar against Newsoms selections, and who voted for the Peskin-Daly led Hope slate for the Democratic County Central Committee. Newsom is putting himself in the position Louise Renne found herself in her congressional race against Barbara Boxer in 1982  losing the San Francisco support needed to prevail.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Since winning election in 2003, San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom has been a rising political star. His landmark support for gay marriage, followed by the California Supreme Courts endorsing it as a fundamental right, left Newsom the candidate to beat in the 2010 Governors race. But Prop 8s victory lent a double blow to Newsom: one of his speeches was highlighted in the oppositions media blitz, and he did not tour the state  as Harvey Milk is shown doing during 1978s Prop 6 campaign in the film <i>Milk</i>  seeking to win hostile audiences to his side. Yet Newsoms political prospects may be more endangered by a factor entirely unrelated to Prop 8: his alienating many of the San Francisco Democrats whose support he will need in the 2010 primary. These are the Democrats who backed new Supervisors John Avalos, David Campos, David Chiu and Eric Mar against Newsoms selections, and who voted for the Peskin-Daly led Hope slate for the Democratic County Central Committee. Newsom is putting himself in the position Louise Renne found herself in her congressional race against Barbara Boxer in 1982  losing the San Francisco support needed to prevail.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Senate Should Seat Franken, But Not Burris</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Jan 2009 12:04:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today is the first day of the 111th Congress, where the U.S. Senate will decide whether to seat two Democrats: Al Franken of Minnesota, and Roland Burris of Illinois.  After two long months of counting and recounting the votes, Franken legitimately won his race  and must be sworn in.  Despite Republican Norm Coleman pursuing further legal action, there is clear precedent for the Senate to (at least provisionally) seat Franken.  The same cant be said, however, about Roland Burris  who was appointed by Rod Blagoyevich, after the Illinois Governor was arrested for selling the seat to the highest bidder.  Although many observers claim there is nothing the U.S. Senate can do to shut out Burris (citing the Adam Clayton Powell precedent), the legalities are more complicated than that  and Democrats should be willing to risk dragging this on longer for the prospect of ultimately getting an untainted Senator.  Roland Burris is an egomaniacal loser  a political has-been who so desperately seeks the limelight that he was willing to take up Blagoyevichs offer (while other politicians turned it down), which will only cause Senators grief down the road.  While I agree that Illinois must have an African-American Senator, Democrats must stand firm  because moving on isnt worth being stuck with Burris for the next two years.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Today is the first day of the 111th Congress, where the U.S. Senate will decide whether to seat two Democrats: Al Franken of Minnesota, and Roland Burris of Illinois.  After two long months of counting and recounting the votes, Franken legitimately won his race  and must be sworn in.  Despite Republican Norm Coleman pursuing further legal action, there is clear precedent for the Senate to (at least provisionally) seat Franken.  The same cant be said, however, about Roland Burris  who was appointed by Rod Blagoyevich, after the Illinois Governor was arrested for selling the seat to the highest bidder.  Although many observers claim there is nothing the U.S. Senate can do to shut out Burris (citing the Adam Clayton Powell precedent), the legalities are more complicated than that  and Democrats should be willing to risk dragging this on longer for the prospect of ultimately getting an untainted Senator.  Roland Burris is an egomaniacal loser  a political has-been who so desperately seeks the limelight that he was willing to take up Blagoyevichs offer (while other politicians turned it down), which will only cause Senators grief down the road.  While I agree that Illinois must have an African-American Senator, Democrats must stand firm  because moving on isnt worth being stuck with Burris for the next two years.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>City College Ushers in New Generation</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Jan 2009 12:03:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[At a time of increased demand for affordable higher education among young people, two new young members of the SF City College Board of Trustees were inaugurated last night, alongside two incumbents in a ceremony at the colleges flagship Balboa Park campus.<br />
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The four trusteesChris Jackson, a 25-year-old former student activist; 33-year-old lawyer Steve Ngo; and longtime board members Natalie Berg and Milton Markstook their oaths of office after a grueling nine-candidate campaign which centered on concerns about the fiscal governance of the college in the aftermath of a scandal regarding its use of public funds. Each was elected to a four-year term on the seven member governing board of City College, which serves more than 100,000 students annually at campuses around the city.<br />
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[At a time of increased demand for affordable higher education among young people, two new young members of the SF City College Board of Trustees were inaugurated last night, alongside two incumbents in a ceremony at the colleges flagship Balboa Park campus.<br />
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The four trusteesChris Jackson, a 25-year-old former student activist; 33-year-old lawyer Steve Ngo; and longtime board members Natalie Berg and Milton Markstook their oaths of office after a grueling nine-candidate campaign which centered on concerns about the fiscal governance of the college in the aftermath of a scandal regarding its use of public funds. Each was elected to a four-year term on the seven member governing board of City College, which serves more than 100,000 students annually at campuses around the city.<br />
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		<title>Keep God Out of the Swearing-in!</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Jan 2009 12:02:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[From the moment I heard about the controversy over the selection of anti-gay minister Rick Warren to give the invocation at president-elect Barack Obamas inauguration on January 20, I asked the obvious question: Whatever happened to separation of church and state? <br />
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Fortunately, I wasnt the only one.  A group of atheist and other freedom from religion organizations filed suit in U.S. District Court in Washington, D.C. on December 30 to halt the use of so help me God in the oath of office. It also asks the Court to prohibit ministers from giving the invocation and the benediction at the swearing-in ceremony. I couldnt be happier.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[From the moment I heard about the controversy over the selection of anti-gay minister Rick Warren to give the invocation at president-elect Barack Obamas inauguration on January 20, I asked the obvious question: Whatever happened to separation of church and state? <br />
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Fortunately, I wasnt the only one.  A group of atheist and other freedom from religion organizations filed suit in U.S. District Court in Washington, D.C. on December 30 to halt the use of so help me God in the oath of office. It also asks the Court to prohibit ministers from giving the invocation and the benediction at the swearing-in ceremony. I couldnt be happier.]]></content:encoded>
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