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IN BRIEF
Bush names Negroponte
to national intelligence post
WASHINGTON, D.C. — President
Bush named John Negroponte, the
U.S. ambassador to Iraq, as the gov
ernment’s first national intelligence
director Thursday, turning to a veter
an diplomat to revive a spy commu
nity besieged by criticism after the
Sept. 11 attacks.
Ending a nine-week search, Bush
chose Negroponte, who has been in
Iraq for less than a year, for the diffi
cult job of implementing the most
sweeping intelligence overhaul in
50 years.
Negroponte, 65, is tasked with
bringing together 15 highly competi
tive spy agencies and learning to
work with the combative Defense
Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld, the
new CIA Director Porter Goss and
other intelligence leaders. He’ll over
see a covert intelligence budget
estimated at $40 billion.
Negroponte, a former ambassador
to the United Nations and a number
of countries, called the job his “most
challenging assignment” in more
than 40 years of government work.
—The Associated Press
LTD: Changes are expected
on final labor contract offer
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actions, Hunt said, and if things
aren’t resolved, “they’re going to see
one, there’s going to be a strike. ”
One of the union’s many con
cerns with the LTD management is
its use of a large amount of funds
for expensive capital projects that
unions representatives say do not
benefit the community the way pre
serving bus service and taking care
of drivers do.
“I think the public should be out
raged by what’s going on,” Hunt
said, adding that union members
don’t understand “how you can
spend money on one side and claim
poverty on another side.”
Much of the money being spent on
capital projects comes through grant
funds, which can only be used for
designated projects, but Hunt said
LTD has a history of moving money
that could be made public should an
outside expert be allowed to review
the district’s funding levels.
“We feel this group will be able to
show that even with (capital funds),
there is money out there to support
the 6 percent increase,” Hunt said.
The 6 percent increase refers to the
wage and benefits increases LTD has
given the union in the last two con
tract offers. With this contract offer,
LTD has said it wants to keep the in
crease around 4 percent, but Vobora
said recent negotiations have pushed
the figure up closer to 5 percent.
“We think we’ve addressed the
employees that we’ve heard and
made changes,” Vobora said. “The 4
percent comes from a kind of long
term perspective of trying to try to
control all personnel expenses at a
rate that is equal to what your main
revenue source is.”
Vobora said changes should be ex
pected to the final contract offer and
added that certain aspects of the of
fer could be remedied retroactively if
necessary.
The Feb. 25 negotiation session
will be the first since LTD implement
ed its final contract offer on Feb. 1.
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SHALOM! Free Shabbat services and dinner Fridays at 6:00 p.m
Stop by anytime.
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Springfield Unitarian Universalist Fellowship
1072 Main St. Springfield • (541) 988-0277
Sundays at 4pm
| Coffee and conversation after each service.
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Grace Lutheran Church
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Sundays at Grace
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Student Dinners: 6 pm
Bible Study: 7 pm
Grjef support group: 7 pm
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Saturday, March 5th: Fasting: Food for the Spirit
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Christian Science Organization
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Next week we will be discussing peace
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