Tag: hometown

Voters in Kamala Harris’ Hometown Smack Down Initiative to Tax Natural Gas Use

down, voters, Natural, hometown, Kamala, Harris, initiative, Smack0 comment

DAILY CALLER NEWS FOUNDATION—Voters in Berkeley, California, soundly rejected a proposal that would have required owners of certain larger buildings to pay a fee in order to use natural gas. Measure GG would have required owners of multifamily or commercial buildings larger than 15,000 square feet to pay up in order to use natural gas. It failed with 68.25% of voters moving to reject the measure, according to Alameda County election data. Environmentalists and labor unions advocated for “Measure GG” on the grounds that reducing emissions from buildings is imperative to fight climate…

Read More...

At Age 25, She Was Just Elected Mayor of Her Tiny Hometown in Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania, just, Elected, Mayor, hometown, Tiny0 comment

Brianna Howard says she never thought she would run for public office, but when no one else was on the ballot for mayor in her hometown of Mount Jewett, Pennsylvania, she rose to the challenge.  Howard ran as a write-in candidate, won, and will serve as mayor of the town for the next four years, beginning in January. Mount Jewett, located about 140 miles north of Pittsburgh, has a population of fewer than 1,000 people. “Rural Americans are, in a lot of ways, at a disadvantage, just because of their…

Read More...

‘Go back’? Trump’s grandfather’s German hometown has a different message for the U.S. president – The Washington Post

trumps, ‘Go, U.S., grandfather’s, Post, president, Washington, back, Message, Different, German, hometown0 comment

‘Go back’? Trump’s grandfather’s German hometown has a different message for the U.S. president  The Washington Post Seeing the not-so-imposing homes of his ancestors might bring him back to earth,” said Thomas Jaworek, the mayor of the town where Trump’s grandfather was … “us president” – Google News

Read More...