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ATLANTA - A deal forhundreds of millions of dollars in public money to draw the Atlanta Braves north of their downtown home is pitting conservative tea party activistsagainst the elected and civic leaders in the staunch Republican county, withopponents stanley cup saying the use of public money to help a private business is not whatAmerican capitalism should be about.The argument for the deal is simple, says Cobb CountyCommission Chairman Tim Lee and other supporters. Almost $400 million in countybonds and immediate infrastructure improvements, with debt payments approaching$600 million over 30 stanley cup years - will generate enough economic activity and, thus,tax revenue to justify the spending. This is a home run for Cobb County, Lee said ata public hearing on the eve of the commission s 4-1 vote, and I mconfident the people of Cobb will come to understand that. Nonsense, says Atlanta Tea Party Leader Debbie Dooley, whosegroup has a Cobb chapter.It s all appalling hypocrisy and arrogance, Dooley explained, particularly from the four Republicancommissioners who pitch their conservative credentials and champion the idea ofa free market. Dooley and other tea partiers typically associate active,expensive government with Democrats, but it was the commission s lone Democratwho cast the only dissenting vote. stanley tumbler Citizens groups have blasted both the financing arrangementand the secretive manner that it came about, with commissioners approving adeal in la Rwxs Paul Ryan: Who s to blame for climate change
Dotty Lynch, Douglas Kiker, Beth Lester, Clothilde Ewing and Katie Dyer of the CBS News P stanley water jug olitical Unit have the latest from the nation s capital.Thursday s Headlines* A Tale of Two Polls * Bush and Cheney Meet with stanley tumbler 9-11 Commission on Bush/Cheney Party Day* After Primary Win, Specter Sprints Back to the Middle * Gore Shows His Philanthropic Side* Chris Dodd Thinking About TomorrowPolls: Sentiment Growing Against War in Both U.S. and Iraq: A CBS News/New York Times poll conducted April 23 through April 27, margin of error 3 percent shows growing doubts about U.S. efforts in Iraq. Only 32 percent of respondents, the lowest number ever, saying Iraq was a threat that required immediate military action a year ago. And just 47 percent, the lowest number in the poll since the war began, say the U.S. did the right thing taking military action in Iraq. Seven in ten don t believe the Bush administration s claims that the decision to go to war was made in March 2003, and say the administration decided to go to war earlier than that. Sixty-one percent believe the administration did not try hard enough to reach a diplomatic solution before going to war in Iraq; a reversal of the public s belief last year d stanley cup uring the war.As far as the future, 48 percent believe the U.S. should stay in Iraq until the situation stabilizes, wh1le 46 percent say the U.S. should get out as soon as possible. Opinion of the war among the Iraqis is also gr
ATLANTA - A deal forhundreds of millions of dollars in public money to draw the Atlanta Braves north of their downtown home is pitting conservative tea party activistsagainst the elected and civic leaders in the staunch Republican county, withopponents stanley cup saying the use of public money to help a private business is not whatAmerican capitalism should be about.The argument for the deal is simple, says Cobb CountyCommission Chairman Tim Lee and other supporters. Almost $400 million in countybonds and immediate infrastructure improvements, with debt payments approaching$600 million over 30 stanley cup years - will generate enough economic activity and, thus,tax revenue to justify the spending. This is a home run for Cobb County, Lee said ata public hearing on the eve of the commission s 4-1 vote, and I mconfident the people of Cobb will come to understand that. Nonsense, says Atlanta Tea Party Leader Debbie Dooley, whosegroup has a Cobb chapter.It s all appalling hypocrisy and arrogance, Dooley explained, particularly from the four Republicancommissioners who pitch their conservative credentials and champion the idea ofa free market. Dooley and other tea partiers typically associate active,expensive government with Democrats, but it was the commission s lone Democratwho cast the only dissenting vote. stanley tumbler Citizens groups have blasted both the financing arrangementand the secretive manner that it came about, with commissioners approving adeal in la Rwxs Paul Ryan: Who s to blame for climate change
Dotty Lynch, Douglas Kiker, Beth Lester, Clothilde Ewing and Katie Dyer of the CBS News P stanley water jug olitical Unit have the latest from the nation s capital.Thursday s Headlines* A Tale of Two Polls * Bush and Cheney Meet with stanley tumbler 9-11 Commission on Bush/Cheney Party Day* After Primary Win, Specter Sprints Back to the Middle * Gore Shows His Philanthropic Side* Chris Dodd Thinking About TomorrowPolls: Sentiment Growing Against War in Both U.S. and Iraq: A CBS News/New York Times poll conducted April 23 through April 27, margin of error 3 percent shows growing doubts about U.S. efforts in Iraq. Only 32 percent of respondents, the lowest number ever, saying Iraq was a threat that required immediate military action a year ago. And just 47 percent, the lowest number in the poll since the war began, say the U.S. did the right thing taking military action in Iraq. Seven in ten don t believe the Bush administration s claims that the decision to go to war was made in March 2003, and say the administration decided to go to war earlier than that. Sixty-one percent believe the administration did not try hard enough to reach a diplomatic solution before going to war in Iraq; a reversal of the public s belief last year d stanley cup uring the war.As far as the future, 48 percent believe the U.S. should stay in Iraq until the situation stabilizes, wh1le 46 percent say the U.S. should get out as soon as possible. Opinion of the war among the Iraqis is also gr
