Janet Ward

Janet
Ward
Articles by Janet Ward
EDITOR'S VIEWPOINT/Local governments think states are blowing smoke
Local governments are complaining about President Bush's homeland security budget. The problem is not that the budget doesn't contain enough money; it's
If you build it, will they come?
Twenty years ago, when Paul Mickle moved to Trenton, N.J., the city's waterfront was dominated by a defunct steelyard. U.S. Steel had abandoned the facility
Back to the future
Myrna Gale estimates she spends three-and-a-half hours in her car every day. A secretary for a downtown Atlanta law firm, Gale lives in Rex, a suburb
EDITOR'S VIEWPOINT/Florida town knows the devil is in the details
Satan, as we all know, lives in Hell. He visits a lot of places, like Kabul, the Gaza Strip and Las Vegas. I do not know that he has ever visited Inglis,
What locals want
The Sept. 11 attacks were not only the worst terrorist acts ever perpetrated against Americans. They also were a wake-up call for local governments, which,
EDITOR'S VIEWPOINT/Group pairs those that have with those that need
There is, as we all know, no free lunch. But there are free light fixtures. And there are free volleyballs and free lug wrenches and free software and
Amherst, N.Y., tops list of safe cities
In the Safe City sweepstakes, repeats are the order of the day. That is good news for Amherst, N.Y., which, for the second year in a row, has been named
EDITOR'S VIEWPOINT/Police departments balk at Ashcroft's request
The police department in Portland, Ore., is in a tight spot. It does not want to be the poster child for civil libertarians. At the same time, it finds
EDITOR'S VIEWPOINT/Mayors play hardball with Bud Selig
In an effort to have his team be the only one in the Major Leagues that starts with an ÒM,Ó Baseball Commissioner (and Milwaukee Brewers owner) Bud Selig
A league of her own
It is the deer thing, as she calls it, that Geralyn Barone remembers. The deer population around Minnetonka, Minn., had exploded. Deer were everywhere,
FDNY Municipal Leader of the Year
You couldn't really call them anonymous. Even before the Sept. 11 attacks, New York's firefighters were what one writer called, this city's working man's
EDITOR'S VIEWPOINT/Looking for a piece of Uncle Sam's pie
It is two months after the attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, and cities and counties are beginning to realize the enormity of the task
EDITOR'S VIEWPOINT/They hit New York because it is us
They hit New York because they thought, by hitting New York, they would bring the country to its knees. They didn't know the country, and they most certainly
EDITOR'S VIEWPOINT/Utah town's ordinance is simply U.N.believable
All I can say is, thank God for LaVerkin, Utah. I am heading straight for that little desert town in the event that we are attacked by diplomats. Such
EDITOR'S VIEWPOINT/Small towns, Chicago at odds over sweet deal
Chicago makes candy. The self-proclaimed Candy Capital of America, the Windy City boasts the folks who make Milky Ways, Red Hots, Tootsie Rolls, Milk
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