] Popp had budgeted a 2.5 percent raise for himself, which
] would have boosted it to $56,375 after July 1. But
] Riverview Avenue resident Bill Howard proposed raising
] his pay to $80,000 as part of the city's $12.4 million
] budget for 2003-04.

He deserves a lot more if he can run a huge city like this on only $12.4 million next year. Seriously, doesn't that sound like very little money?

Popp Is Given ‘long Overdue' Salary Increase

Laughing Boy wrote:
] ] Young girls at a mixed primary school in Somerset have
] ] been banned from wearing thongs and G-strings after the
] ] headteacher deemed them "inappropriate".
] ]
] ] Concerned Anna Roxburgh, head of Hamp Community Primary
] ] School in Bridgwater, wrote a letter to parents after she
] ] saw four 11-year-olds wearing the risqué underwear while
] ] changing after sport.
] ]
] ] She said the "revealing" items could lead to "possible
] ] embarrassment" if they fall over in the playground or are
] ] spotted by boys.
] ]
] ] Although some parents slammed her decision, the move was
] ] welcomed by children's welfare charity Kidscape which in
] ] the past has campaigned for the withdrawal of sexy
] ] underwear for pre-teens.
]
] OK... what kind of parent lets their 11 year old wear a thong?
] Never mind - likely the same type of parent like Patsy Ramsey
] that lets her 7 year old daughter be in swimsuit competitons
] for beauty pagents. It's just plain sick - and people wonder
] how/why peophiles exist?

] What the hell is wrong with people?
] Laughing Boy

RE: UK: Headteacher Bans Young Pupils From Wearing Thongs

I forgot all about that song!!! I used to have it but I don't anymore. This is awesome!

Cows With Guns

] TOMS RIVER -- One of the 18-year-olds accused of
] bludgeoning to death eight birds at a Lacey zoo sustained
] a broken jaw, a fractured nose and other facial injuries
] after he was assaulted by fellow inmates at the Ocean
] County Jail.

Not that I think violence is the answer, but ROCK ON!!!!!!!!!!!

What goes around, comes around!!!!!!!!

] In Sanford, North Carolina, the listing belongs to a
] church whose minister is actually named Bruce. And he is
] not amused.

That's friggin' AWESOME.

Phone number causes 'Almighty' uproar

] PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania (AP) -- The nation's third
] largest Boy Scout council expanded its nondiscrimination
] policy to include sexual orientation, defying the
] national group's anti-gay stance.

I never did understand where the BOY SCOUTS got off excluding gays. Talk about pot-kettle-black...

Philadelphia Boy Scouts won't exclude gays

] SALT LAKE CITY, May 28 -As it does now and again,
] Utah is looking for a few good marksmen.
]
] A search for volunteers began early this month after a
] state judge signed death warrants for two convicted
] murderers who have requested death by firing squad. Utah
] is one of only three states, along with Idaho and
] Oklahoma, where execution by a team of riflemen is
] available as an alternative to lethal injection.

I couldn't help but put this in THAT category. So much news about the death penalty lately, it's driving me to a giggling insanity.

Utah Officials Look for Firing Squad

] But a glance at recent toy and game patents suggests that
] many independent inventors create toys more for
] themselves than for children. Quite a few will face a
] challenge when it comes to capturing the hearts and minds
] of children in pursuit of the latest blockbuster fad.

I personally like the fluid piping kit.

Inventing Toys From an Adult View

] And now, the news that every parent dreads. Researchers
] are reporting today that first-person-shooter video games
] -the kind that require players to kill or maim
] enemies or monsters that pop out of nowhere -
] sharply improve visual attention skills.

Video-Game Killing Builds Visual Skills, Researchers Report

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