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Issue date: 2/8/08 Section: News
Romney to step aside
Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney suspended his campaign from the 2008 Presidential race Feb. 1. Romney was able to obtain a total of 294 delegates after the Super Tuesday primary, compared to Sen. John McCain's 707 delegates, according to the Associated Press.
"If I fight on in my campaign, all the way to the convention, I would forestall the launch of a national campaign and make it more likely that Sen. Clinton or Obama would win. And in this time of war, I simply cannot let my campaign be a part of aiding a surrender to terror," Romney will say at the Conservative Political Action Conference in Washington, D.C., according to the AP.
Romney disagrees with McCain on many issues, according to the AP, but wants him to be successful in Iraq, in the execution of Osama Bin Laden and in eliminating al-Qaeda and terror.
Romney's campaign lasted 12 months from the announcement of his candidacy on Feb. 12, 2007.
Nutter cuts $21 million in child-care funds
Child-care providers are looking to deal with cutbacks in their after-school programs after Mayor Michael Nutter cut Philadelphia Safe and Sound's funding by $21 million.
Nutter said that the money was never authorized, according to an article in The Philadelphia Inquirer. City Council's majority leader also said that she would call for hearings Feb. 1 to look into Safe and Sound and how they conduct their business.
Because of the loss of funding, 10 school-based community centers known as "beacons" will be closed along with the termination of a parent-truancy program, and the elimination of after-school programs for many of the 7,000 children currently accommodated, according to the Inquirer.
Child-care organizers that are losing hundreds of thousands of dollars fear that they will have to turn children away from their centers, according to the article.
Rendell to ask legislators for more police funds
On Feb. 4 Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell announced that he would ask lawmakers to put 200 more police officers on the street statewide, according to The Philadelphia Inquirer. Of the new officers, 100 will serve in Philadelphia.
Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney suspended his campaign from the 2008 Presidential race Feb. 1. Romney was able to obtain a total of 294 delegates after the Super Tuesday primary, compared to Sen. John McCain's 707 delegates, according to the Associated Press.
"If I fight on in my campaign, all the way to the convention, I would forestall the launch of a national campaign and make it more likely that Sen. Clinton or Obama would win. And in this time of war, I simply cannot let my campaign be a part of aiding a surrender to terror," Romney will say at the Conservative Political Action Conference in Washington, D.C., according to the AP.
Romney disagrees with McCain on many issues, according to the AP, but wants him to be successful in Iraq, in the execution of Osama Bin Laden and in eliminating al-Qaeda and terror.
Romney's campaign lasted 12 months from the announcement of his candidacy on Feb. 12, 2007.
Nutter cuts $21 million in child-care funds
Child-care providers are looking to deal with cutbacks in their after-school programs after Mayor Michael Nutter cut Philadelphia Safe and Sound's funding by $21 million.
Nutter said that the money was never authorized, according to an article in The Philadelphia Inquirer. City Council's majority leader also said that she would call for hearings Feb. 1 to look into Safe and Sound and how they conduct their business.
Because of the loss of funding, 10 school-based community centers known as "beacons" will be closed along with the termination of a parent-truancy program, and the elimination of after-school programs for many of the 7,000 children currently accommodated, according to the Inquirer.
Child-care organizers that are losing hundreds of thousands of dollars fear that they will have to turn children away from their centers, according to the article.
Rendell to ask legislators for more police funds
On Feb. 4 Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell announced that he would ask lawmakers to put 200 more police officers on the street statewide, according to The Philadelphia Inquirer. Of the new officers, 100 will serve in Philadelphia.
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