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Obama to Mayors: Don't Mess This Up!
President Obama met with America's mayors today, promising to "call them out" if they spend stimulus money in a wasteful way.
The president told the Conference of US Mayors that he needed unprecedented responsibility and accountability. He said: If a federal agency proposes a project that will waste that money, I will not hesitate to call them out on it, and put a stop to it.
Poll: Which Mayor Had Baddest Sexy Time?
Illicit affairs by politicians, and everyday people for that matter, are nothing new. But as information travels fast and furiously over new technology more and more people know the steamy and unfortunate details of political sex-lives.
US Mayors seem to be the latest perpetrators.
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Should Public Officials Get Private Lives?
Arlington, OR, Mayor Carmen Kontur-Gronquist was recalled by voters who disapproved of her less-than-professional pictures posted on her MySpace profile. The pictures were snapped before she took office and she stands by her right to strictly draw a line between public and private life. She says she doesn't regret posting the photos, saying that essentially that, it's my.
Thirsty For Change? US Mayors Tap Tap Water, Ban the Bottle
The US Conference of Mayors, meeting in Miami, banned bottled water this week. The cities will no longer use municipal funds to purchase water bottles.
San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom, who proposed the resolution along with 17 other big-city mayors, said: "Cities are sending the wrong message about the quality of public water when we spend taxpayer dollars on water in disposable containers from a private corporation."
Mrs. Mayor? Critics Says Mayor's Wife Runs Kansas City
Gloria Squitiro, the wife of Kansas City Mayor Mark Funkhouser says she volunteers 70 hours a week to help her husband fulfill his campaign promises, but critics say she's doing a job that she wasn't elected to do. After resigning, the mayor's former chief-of-staff said, "It was kind of like having your mother-in-law go along on your honeymoon."
Controversy has surrounded the duo for a while now.
Say What? Brad Pitt For Mayor!
"I'm running on the gay marriage, no religion, legalization and taxation of marijuana platform. I don't have a chance."
— Brad Pitt joked on the Today show this morning about running for mayor of the Louisiana town where he has been leading on Hurricane Katrina reconstruction efforts.
Front Page: Maine Voters Reject Gay Marriage
- Voters in Maine voted to repeal legislature-approved gay marriage yesterday by 53 to 47 percent. — Politico
- Steve Martin and Alec Baldwin will host the Oscars together this year. — BuzzSugar
- Michael Bloomberg has won a third term as New York City's mayor, after spending a record $90 million on the campaign.
Aussie Mayor Asks Ugly Women to Move to His All-Male Town
One Australian mayor thinks he came up with the perfect way to fix his town's glaring gender imbalance: invite all the country's ugly women to move in. John Moloney, the mayor of Mount Isa, has invited the "beauty-disadvantaged" to relocate to the outback mining town because it's the perfect place "for ugly ducklings to flourish into beautiful swans."
You would think the mayor's comments would offend women, but he also managed to upset his biggest constituency — men.
Dumbass of the Day
Meet the mayor of Arlington, Ore.: Carmen Kontur-Gronquist. She may have a constituency of merely 500 citizens, but do they really need to know what she looks like in her bra, underwear, and spray tan? (Do I, come to think of it?) Although the pictures (this is but one) were uploaded to her MySpace page before she became mayor — and curiously, also the fire department's executive secretary — "she saw no reason to remove them from the internet after taking office."
Briefing Book! SF Mayor Newsom Twitters Pregnancy News
- SF Mayor Gavin Newsom is excited/proud about his wife's pregnancy. — Twitter
- Would you like a vibrator with your Vermont cheddar? Vermont General Store sexes up its inventory.
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