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An 1833 statue of Thomas Jefferson will be taken out of New York's City Hall in the coming days and sent to a museum, capping longstanding efforts to remove the founding father's likeness because he owned… ....
Some seeking office have been shaped by family suffering in the yellow-cab medallion financial collapse or their own experiences driving cabs. They say only a bold bailout will avoid calamity. ....
True Texas Project supporter says white power to Asian Colleyville council candidate Fort Worth Star-Telegram 1 hr ago Mark Dent, Fort Worth Star-Telegram Apr. 27 A man involved with the True Texas Project, a Tarrant County-based tea party group, said white power to an Asian City Council candidate as he campaigned during early voting in Colleyville, according to two witnesses and a video of the incident. Amyn Gilani, who is running for the Place 5 Council seat in Colleyville, said he was in the parking lot of City Hall on Saturday and walked past political volunteer David Medlin and Place 5 City Council member Chuck Kelley, who were having a conversation. David Medlin sticks his fist out and says, white power, Gilani said. ....
Ben Fractenberg/THE CITY Voting ended for New York City’s first ranked choice election Tuesday with one candidate holding such a sizable lead that counting votes beyond the top pick on each ballot may not be necessary. Democrat James Gennaro reaped more than 3,200 first-place votes out of upwards of 5,500 cast on Tuesday and during nine days of early voting in the crowded special election contest for a southeast Queens City Council seat. Up to 2,000 absentee ballots had yet to be counted meaning it could still be weeks before an official winner is announced in the snow-snagged eight-candidate race. But if his margin remains above 50%, Gennaro will automatically win the special election, called to fill a vacancy left by former Councilmember Rory Lancman. In that event, no tally of voters’ ranked choices of up to four additional candidates will take place. ....