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David Anderson | Wed, Apr 2nd, 2008 | Category: Headlines | City: Headlines | Tags: news, david anderson, headlines, downtown, crime, energy, foreclosure, atlanta, homeless, police, construction, mortgage, denver, alphonso jackson, dollar, churches, founder, skid row | 0
Mortgage defaults force Denver exodus, protestors interrupt Los Angeles mayor at Skid Row announcement, a silent killer stalks world of urban farming, former HUD secretary Alphonso Jackson forgets to pack painted portrait on his way out and a developer’s mixed-use project pays homage to Savannah’s roots. This and more in today’s headlines.
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David Anderson | Wed, Mar 26th, 2008 | Category: Headlines | City: Headlines | Tags: obama, david anderson, clinton, seattle, homeless, construction, bus, alphonso jackson, toilet, dollar, canada, dallas, missouri, new york, vancouver, whopper, crane, airline, tent city | 0
A “Whopper”, the infamous Alphonso Jackson, Canadians outsourcing to Kansas City?, $1 fares from Toronto to New York, demolition in the Tent City, the burden of housing illegal immigrants, increased safety regulations for city construction, and proper disposal of “public waste.”
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Jeffrey Hill | Tue, Mar 25th, 2008 | Category: Headlines | City: Headlines | Tags: jeffrey hill, news, obama, building, clinton, energy, green, sustainability, atlanta, china, architects, democrats, art, economics, michael nutter, carl rowe, alphonso jackson, chinese, music, austin | 0
Philadelphia Daily News reports: “Mayor (Michael) Nutter said yesterday that he wants to get presidential candidates Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama to Philadelphia for a public discussion of urban issues before the April 22 Democratic primary ... Nutter said that issues affecting American cities haven’t gotten enough attention in the campaign. ‘Health care is very important,’ Nutter said. ‘The war is very, very important. But if you live at 56th and Master, you’re not as focused on what al Qaeda is doing.” MORE
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Jeffrey Hill | Wed, Feb 6th, 2008 | Category: Commentary | Tags: jeffrey hill, alphonso jackson, metroplex core, philadelphia housing authority | 1
As more news stories break on Housing and Urban Development (HUD) department secretary Alphonso Jackson, more “old friends” keep popping up in key positions to determine federal contract awards. His harassment of the Philadelphia Housing Authority (PHA) over the Martin Luther King housing project deal is merely another crumb in a trail of questionable behavior and federal investigations. Like his former cohorts in the Attorney General’s office and the Department of Defense, Alphonso…
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