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Examiner Local Editorial: Local Editorial: Elections board ignores voting anomalies
Examiner Editorial
Published: Tue, May 21, 2013
On Monday, Montgomery County's Board of Elections received credible evidence of voting anomalies, but Chairwoman Mary Ann Keeffe insisted that investigating them was not the board's job. One complaint involved problems with the county's Diebold touch-screen voting machines. In 2011,...
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Local Editorial: Do 'Right by Ike' with scaled-down memorial
Examiner Editorial
Published: Mon, May 20, 2013
It's been 14 years since Congress authorized $63 million for a fitting memorial to Dwight D. Eisenhower, supreme commander of Allied forces during World War II and the nation's 34th president. It's been four years since architect Frank Gehry submitted his controversial design and three years...
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Examiner Local Editorial: Lt. Gov. Bill Bolling doesn't get to define 'mainstream'
Examiner Editorial
Published: Sat, May 18, 2013
Frustrated in his gubernatorial ambitions, Virginia Lt. Gov. Bill Bolling decided to skip the party's convention in Richmond this weekend and launch a political action committee for "mainstream" Republicans instead. The jab is directed at Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli, who will be the Virginia...
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Local Editorial: Reducing private placements is just the first step
Examiner Editorial
Published: Thu, May 16, 2013
DC Public Schools has been struggling for years to reduce the amount it spends annually on private school placements for special education students who cannot get their academic needs met in the public system. The focus is now on the main underlying factor:Too many District children are being...
