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Artvoice Weekly Edition » Issue v7n44 (10/29/2008) » Section: Letters to Artvoice


Marking UN Day

October 24 is United Nations Day: That is because the United Nations Charter became effective on that day back in 1945. President Franklin D. Roosevelt is considered to be the “father of the United Nations.” Every year UN Day is celebrated at UN headquarters in New York City. This year was the 63rd anniversary of the United Nations.



Spend On Police Now

In the end, politics is heavily centered upon allocating resources to where they are needed, and a sign of failed politics is the inability to put what is needed where it is needed. Odds are, most people in Buffalo believe that more police are required to deal with the uptick in violent crimes committed largely by younger males. Here is but one example: http://buffalowatch.blogspot.com/2008/10/what-hell-is-happening-in-heights.html.





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