April 12, 2009
As many as two hundred mostly mature and educated demonstrators yesterday flaunted witty, well-crafted signs of outrage against the Obama adminstration's bailout of banks, calling for failed banking institutions to be broken up, nationalized and regulated... http://www.fogcityjournal.com/wordpress/2009/04/12/demonstrators-protest-obama-administrations-bailout-of-failed-institutions/
Washington's mayor, Adrian M. Fenty, has proposed a "streetlight user fee" of $4.25 a month, to be added to electric bills, that would cover the cost of operating and maintaining the city's streetlights. New York City recently expanded its anti-idling law to include anyone parked near a school who leaves the engine running for more than a minute. Doing that will cost you $100.
