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First lady Michelle Obama, center, greets Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
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Mar 28 2009
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NEWS
Court of Appeal’s reasons revealed [updated]
Posted: 2009-03-13 16:23:12
The Court of Appeal cited the role of the electorate in determining a political representative as among its reasons for not awarding the West Portland constituency to the PNP’s Abe Dabdoub.
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In its 82-page written judgement handed down this afternoon, the appeal judges pointed to established precedent for their decision.
..In arriving at their decision to uphold the ruling for a by election, Justices Seymour Panton, Algernon Smith and Karl Harrison relied on the 1977 election case of Mattison v Junor.
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Mar 14 2009
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Contributed by a dear friend…
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History was made yesterday when Barack Obama accepted the Democratic party Nomination as it’s candidate for President. A milestone in American His-story! The seed of his historic journey was planted long before yesterday. That seed was Loved and Nurtured along the way by those who were placed along his life path to help him get to this point. It is foolish to think he has done this on his own. He has made choices and those choices have led to those he has surrounded himself with during his journey.
His rise to the top has equaled the shock heard round the world when Ali defeated Sonny Liston to become the Heavyweight Champion of the World. Well Obama has done likewise to the Clintons in a different forum/or arena, American Politics.
He has chosen a path reminiscent of Abraham Lincoln and John F. Kennedy. There is no need to go further as to the impact these two American left behind, but we will always often wonder how things may have been.
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Aug 30 2008