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Seaside center: The plan allows the
city to be ‘architect of its own destiny’
WORLD IN BRIEF
Associated Press
Trump’s stamina attack on
Clinton stirs talk of bias
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The construction proj-
ect would add about 10,000
square feet to the existing
62,000-square-foot
facil-
ity, and reno-
vate more than
13,000 square
feet of the cur-
rent space.
The
plan
allows the city
to be “architect
Russ
of its own des-
tiny,” Vanden- Vanderberg
berg said.
At earlier meetings, Van-
denberg said the expansion
would meet requirements of
60 percent of the organiza-
tions within a 300-mile radius
of Seaside and increase market
Steele Associates Architects LLC
Proposed renovation plans for the exterior of the Seaside Civic and Convention Center.
penetration by 20 percent.
The project will allow larger
and more diverse groups to use
the center, he said, illing a need
not only for the convention cen-
ter, but the entire downtown
business community.
The convention’s last
expansion in 1991 was funded
by an increase in the room tax.
Mayor Don Larson called
the convention center plans an
“amazing presentation for an
amazing structure.”
“We’re iring the start-
ing gun,” Councilor Jay
Barber said as councilors
unanimously approved the
go-ahead.
After inancing approvals,
the renovation’s design phase
could take six months and con-
struction up to two years, Van-
denberg said.
Divided: 50 percent of millennials
describe themselves as independents
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GenForward poll. The irst-of-
its kind survey of young peo-
ple between the ages of 18 and
30 was conducted by the Black
Youth Project at the University
of Chicago with the Associ-
ated Press-NORC Center for
Public Affairs Research.
Briana
Lawrence,
a
21-year-old videographer and
eyelash artist from the South,
wants America to return to
what it was. A recent North
Carolina Central University
graduate, she’s voting for
Clinton. She was just 7 on
Sept. 11 and the aftermath of
the attacks is the only time she
remembers the nation feeling
united.
“My biggest hope for this
country is for us to come back
together as a community,” she
said.
That’s hard when people
like her begin adulthood thou-
sands of dollars in debt. Eco-
nomic issues are huge with this
group, since many are saddled
with student loans and struggle
to ind jobs.
AP Photo/John Locher
Brien Tillett takes part in a Zumba fitness demonstration while working at a health fair
in Las Vegas. Tillett exudes youthful idealism as he talks about casting his first vote in a
presidential election. “It means a lot to me personally because I’m making a difference
in my life and in the country. My vote does matter,” he said. “It really does.” notforsale
to GenForward’s poll. Views
of Hillary Clinton also were
unfavorable, though not to the
same extent.
Finances
Matching values
Bill and Kristi Clay, parents
of two young boys and devout
Christians from rural Ohio,
have struggled to pick a candi-
date who matches their values.
Kristi Clay opposes same-
sex marriage and abortion
and names those as her top
issues. Yet the 32-year-old
school librarian reluctantly
leans toward Clinton, because
she feels Trump is materialis-
tic and prefers the Democratic
views on immigration and
poverty.
Though she and her
33-year-old husband are feel-
ing “pessimistic” about this
election, both say they will
vote anyway.
Whether their millen-
nial brethren do the same is
unknown. Some are disen-
chanted that progressive Ber-
nie Sanders, who ran against
Clinton in the Democratic pri-
mary, is out of the race.
The millennial vote rose
steadily beginning in 2002 and
peaked in 2008. In 2012, how-
ever, just 45 percent of millen-
nials cast ballots and participa-
tion has leveled off or dropped
since, said John Della Volpe,
director of polling at Har-
vard University’s Institute of
Politics.
“They have a somewhat
different perspective in terms
of politics,” he said. “It hasn’t
really worked. They haven’t
been part of a movement that’s
been effective.”
AP Photo/Brennan Linsley
Recent law school graduate and Donald Trump supporter
Trip Nistico, 26, right, scales a rock with his friend, Adam
Agostini, in the hills above Boulder, Colo. Millennial vot-
ers’ disdain for traditional party affiliation have made them
particularly unpredictable.
omy. “That is something my
generation has kind of never
seen,” he said.
Not in the party
Shared pain doesn’t lead to
shared views.
Millennials’ disdain for tra-
ditional party afiliation means
that half describe themselves
as independents, according to
a 2014 Pew Research report
— a near-record level of polit-
ical disafiliation. They tend to
be liberal on social questions
such as gay marriage, abortion
and marijuana legalization.
Yet they skew slightly conser-
vative on iscal policy and are
more in line with other gener-
ations on gun control and for-
eign affairs.
Trip Nistico, a recent Col-
orado law school graduate,
is a gun rights advocate who
visits shooting ranges — but
also supports in same-sex
marriage. He backed Presi-
dent Barack Obama in 2008
and Mitt Romney in 2012.
The 26-year-old is voting for
Trump this year.
Still, Trump remains
unpopular among millennials
and nearly two-thirds of Amer-
icans between the ages of 18
and 30 believe the Republican
nominee is racist, according
Port: Five-day jury trial scheduled for January
Reese’s motion, iled Mon-
day, asks Param to admit
that an agreement was never
required by the Port Commis-
sion’s motion, and that none
was ever signed.
“Admit that no authorized
individual, including the exec-
utive director (Jim Knight) or
his designee, signed an agree-
ment consenting to the assign-
ment of the lease for the Riv-
The root of immigration woes?
Look to the past
WASHINGTON — For more than a decade, lawmak-
ers have been pointing at their counterparts to take the blame
for what just about everyone agrees is a broken immigration
system.
Republicans say President Barack Obama’s immigration
enforcement policies encourage more people to sneak into the
country. Democrats blame Republicans for blocking legislation
that would allow people already here to gain legal status and
create a path for future, legal immigration.
But whatever speciic policies are being fought over now,
immigration experts say the problem took root at least 30 years
ago, when President Ronald Reagan signed a 1986 immigra-
tion law that has become known as the “Reagan Amnesty” and
allowed roughly 3 million people in the country illegally to gain
legal status.
Immigration laws were overhauled again in 1990 under
Republican President George H.W. Bush and again in 1996
under Democratic President Bill Clinton.
Obama has tried in his eight years in ofice to overhaul them
once again, but nothing has passed.
White House says feds doing
their part in lood response
Only 8 percent of millen-
nials feel their household’s
inancial situation is “very
good,” according to GenFor-
ward’s poll.
Brien Tillett, who recently
graduated from a Las Vegas
high school, is 18. He was only
10 when the recession hit. His
single mother was hospitalized
for months after a car accident
and, with no safety net, the
family struggled.
National debt is his top
concern. As a black man, he’s
turned off by some of Don-
ald Trump’s remarks, but
likes the Republican’s aggres-
sive economic stance. He also
considered voting for Clinton,
but is angry about her use of
a private email server while
Secretary of State. Unsure at
irst, he recently decided on
Clinton.
Anibal David Cabrera
wouldn’t think of voting out-
side his party.
The son of a Honduran
mother and Dominican father,
he graduated from college
in 2008. He was a inance
major, but the economic col-
lapse dried up jobs. Now 31
and living in Tampa, Florida,
he inally found an accounting
position at a small irm. He
feels he’s entering the prime
of his life a few steps behind,
through no fault of his own.
He’s backing Trump and
prays the candidate keeps
promises and boosts the econ-
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NEW YORK — Donald Trump and his Republican allies
say Hillary Clinton is weak, lacks stamina and doesn’t look
presidential.
Intent on undermining his Democratic rival, Trump and
GOP backers are increasingly relying on rhetoric that academ-
ics and even some Republican strategists say has an undeniable
edge focused on gender. Trump notably belittled his primary
rivals, tagging Jeb Bush as “low-energy,” and disparaging Ted
Cruz as “Lyin’ Ted,” and Marco Rubio as “Little Marco.” His
criticism of Clinton goes beyond “Crooked Hillary,” and com-
plaints about her use of a private email server as secretary of
state and her foreign policy decisions.
Clinton, Trump said in a speech last week, “lacks the men-
tal and physical stamina to take on ISIS and all the many adver-
saries we face.”
He has repeatedly called attention to Clinton’s voice, say-
ing listening to her gives him a headache. Last December, he
mocked her wardrobe. “She puts on her pantsuit in the morn-
ing,” he told a Las Vegas audience. At rallies and in speeches,
the billionaire mogul has also used stereotypes about women
to demean Clinton, who stands to become the country’s irst
female president if she wins in November.
A frequent point of criticism: Clinton doesn’t look like a typ-
ical president.
erwalk Inn property from
Brad Smithart and/or Hospi-
tality Masters LLC, to Param
Hotel Corp,” Reese wrote in
his motion.
Hospitality Ventures
Things have been clearing
up this month for Trabucco
and Orr as they complete the
irst year of operating the Riv-
erwalk Inn.
The Port Commission
recently extended Hospital-
ity Ventures’ lease on the hotel
through October 2018, cit-
ing the signiicant investments
made by the company in the
property. The Port had initially
held the company to a month-
to-month lease as a short-term
operator, hoping to collect pro-
posals from potential long-
term operators once the litiga-
tion with Param was resolved.
Judge
Philip
Nelson
recently struck Hospitality
Ventures from the lawsuit,
arguing the company’s lob-
bying of the Port Commis-
sion to get the hotel lease was
allowed. Param and Hospital-
ity Ventures had been arguing
over the amount of attorney
fees the latter would receive as
part of the favorable judgment,
but Orr and Trabucco with-
drew their motion for attorney
fees earlier this month.
The Port and Param are
scheduled to start a ive-day
jury trial in January.
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama is making his
irst visit to lood-ravaged southern Louisiana as he attempts to
assure the many thousands who have suffered damage to their
homes, schools and businesses that his administration has made
their recovery a priority.
The Baton Rouge visit Tuesday is a reminder of the polit-
ical dangers and opportunities that natural disasters can pose.
On top of a competent federal response, it’s critical for polit-
ical leaders to demonstrate compassion and a reassuring sense
of engagement.
Obama took some criticism by opting to complete his fam-
ily’s two-week vacation in Martha’s Vineyard, Massachusetts,
before inspecting the lood damage personally and meeting
with local residents. An editorial headline in the Baton Rouge
Advocate last week read: “Our Views: Vacation or not, a hurt-
ing Louisiana needs you now, President Obama.”
The White House said Obama is willing to assume criticism
about “optics” as long as the federal response is up to par.
“The survivors of the looding in Louisiana are not well
served by a political discussion; they’re well served by a com-
petent, effective, strong, coordinated government response,”
White House spokesman Josh Earnest said Monday. “And the
federal government has certainly done our part in the irst eight
to 10 days after this disaster, but there’s a long road ahead.”
Islamic State struggles to retain
grip as it loses ground
DIBAGA CAMP, Iraq — As the Islamic State group loses
ground in Iraq, the militants are showing strains in their rule
over areas they still control, growing more brutal, killing desert-
ers and relying on younger and younger recruits, according to
residents who led battleground territories.
The accounts point to the dificulties the extremist group
faces as Iraqi forces, backed by the United States, prepare for an
assault on Mosul, the largest city still in the militants’ hands. For
months, Iraqi troops, militias and Kurdish ighters have been
clawing back territory town by town, making their way toward
the northern city.
In the latest areas recaptured, Iraqi troops over the past
month took a clump of villages near a key military base south
of Mosul that they plan to use as a hub for the assault. Residents
of the communities, which lie strung along bends in the Tigris
River, say that in the preceding weeks, the militants ruling them
had seemed to be scrambling to keep control.
In Qayara, which is the main town in the area and remains in
IS hands, beheadings and extrajudicial killings that previously
were occasional became commonplace in a hunt for spies and
deserters, said Jarjis Muhammad Hajaj, who was among thou-
sands of residents who led ighting in the area and now live in
the Dibaga Camp for displaced people in Kurdish-run territory.
“They started making raids on houses, arresting people and
beheading them,” he said.
Private lives are exposed as
WikiLeaks spills its secrets
CAIRO — WikiLeaks’ global crusade to expose government
secrets is causing collateral damage to the privacy of hundreds of
innocent people, including survivors of sexual abuse, sick chil-
dren and the mentally ill, The Associated Press has found.
In the past year alone, the radical transparency group has
published medical iles belonging to scores of ordinary citizens
while many hundreds more have had sensitive family, inancial
or identity records posted to the web. In two particularly egre-
gious cases, WikiLeaks named teenage rape victims. In a third
case, the site published the name of a Saudi citizen arrested for
being gay, an extraordinary move given that homosexuality is
punishable by death in the ultraconservative Muslim kingdom.
“They published everything: my phone, address, name,
details,” said a Saudi man who told AP he was bewildered that
WikiLeaks had revealed the details of a paternity dispute with a
former partner. “If the family of my wife saw this ... Publishing
personal stuff like that could destroy people.”