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PSC ANNOUNCES ADDITIONAL PUBLIC HEARING REGARDING QUEENS POWER OUTAGE

ALBANY, NY -- (07/28/2006; 1610)(EIS) -- The New York State Public
Service Commission today announced an additional hearing to take

John Hall for Congress
Democrat - NY 19th CD

For Immediate Release
July 28, 2006

Tom Staudter, Press Secretary
(914) 762-0097
staudter@verizon.net

Health Care Advocacy Group Backs Hall

Beacon, NY – The Citizens for Universal Healthcare, an advocacy group based in the Mid-Hudson Valley, has announced its full endorsement of Congressional candidate John Hall in the upcoming primary and general elections.

Citizens for Universal Healthcare co-chairs Art Richter and Max Finestone said in a released statement: “John Hall has demonstrated his commitment to the public good by his leadership, legislative experience and civic participation in education. John’s values, experience and enthusiasm make him the right person to help reform our health care system.

For Immediate Release
July 28, 2006
Contact: John Choe, 646-296-1455
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FLUSHING OFFICIALS ORGANIZE CAMPAIGN TO PREVENT WIDESPREAD POWER OUTAGE
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FLUSHING, NY – Council Member Liu, community leaders, and Consolidated
Edison officials today began a campaign to prevent a potential power
outage in the Flushing area by urging businesses and residents
intensify energy conservation efforts.

CM Liu stated: "The impending heat wave and striking parallels between

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This is a story that originally had a different name. The title was supposed to be Midnight In The Garden of Evil. I started writing it a few hours after the deadline for filing petitions at Board of Election headquarters on Broadway, Manhattan. Thursday, July 13.

Through my life bad things had happened to me on days that fell on the thirteenth of the month. So being of a superstitious nature I thought there was something ominous and evil about midnight on the 13th of July. Especially when that midnight straddled a Friday. The thought occurred to me that the Board of Elections could be The Garden of Evil.

President Bush signed the Voting Rights Act reauthorization yesterday. But it appears that bill drafters overlooked the fact that the new expiration date for Section 5 preclearance (and minority language assistance) lands directly during 2031 in the middle of the post-2030 redistricting cycle.

While the 1982 VRA amendments were set to expire in 2007, congressional leaders wanted to reauthorize before the 2006 session ended. The bill signed by the President apparently  goes into effect immediately, extending 25 years from 2006 to 2031.

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John Hall for Congress
Democrat - NY 19th CD
For Immediate Release
July 27, 2006

Tom Staudter, Press Secretary
staudter@verizon.net
(914) 762-0097

Ariel Azoff, Deputy Press Secretary arielcelestea@gmail.com
(845) 831-1735

Hall Applauds Healthcare Protest
Challenger Chides Kelly for Dismissing Seniors’ Concerns

BEACON, NY – US Congressional candidate John Hall voiced his approval and support for the group of Orange County senior citizens who gathered yesterday at the district office of Rep. Sue Kelly to protest the Medicare Part D drug benefit plan and its disastrous “doughnut hole.”