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Thirty-five years ago, Maureen O’Connor who had campaigned on a promise to bring political reform and a renewed commitment to growth management to City Hall was elected mayor of San Diego.
O’Connor, who was first elected to the City Council in 1971 at age 25, served as mayor from 1986 to 1992. She was the first woman to hold the city’s top post.
O’Connor elected mayor
By Rick Shaughnessy and Mark Ragan, Tribune Staff Writers
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Fresh from defeating Bill Cleator in the city’s sixth mayoral election in three years, Maureen O’Connor immediately vowed to fulfill her campaign pledge to “retake City Hall from special interests.”
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Demolition teams started tearing down the Tower Bowl building on Broadway at Kettner Boulevard 35 years ago this week. With it’s 80-foot steel tower with revolving neon-illuminated bowling balls the building had been a landmark downtown since 1941. It was demolished to make way for One America Plaza.
From The Tribune, Monday, May 19, 1986:
Tower Bowl still a big shot at end
By Preston Turegano, Tribune Staff Writer
A lot of people literally want a piece of the Tower Bowl building, a former downtown San Diego bowling center, theater and cocktail lounge that in its heyday was a hub of activity along Broadway but deteriorated into an eyesore.
Barbara High
Tribune Staff Writer
KEYSER - The Patriots Pack will be arriving in Keyser Sunday, May 23, to honor city resident Clifton Brooks Sr. as one of the last remaining Tuskegee Airmen alive today.
Brooks, now 99, was part of the Tuskegee Airmen - the African-American military pilots and airmen who served in the U.S. Army Air Corps - during World War II. They formed the 332nd Expeditionary Operations Group and the 477th Bombardment Group.
He will be honored by the group with a parade and an event where he will be awarded a citation and plaque.
According to John Brostrom, who along with Mike Stramaglio created the Patriots Pack, the riders will be leaving North Ridgeville, Ohio, and make the journey to Keyser to honor Mr. Brooks for being the hero that he is.
Police budgets: What do Mineral County s towns get for their money?
Barbara High
Tribune Staff Writer
West Virginia municipalities finalized their budgets in March. As the News Tribune compared their budgets, specifically examining the funds set aside for their respective police departments, we wondered: What does each of the towns get for their money?
The law enforcement budgets are used for salaries, uniforms and equipment, vehicles, and maintenance. As the populations of West Virginia’s cities and towns have decreased, however, so has the share of money available for law enforcement. In 1977, municipalities comprised almost half of police spending in the entire state, compared to 39 percent in 2017, according to the West Virginia Center on Budget & Policy.