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It was unclear who would be chair of the party months after current Chairman Tony Krvaric announced he would not run for re-election. We confirmed that the executive committee of the party met last week and discussed a new compensation package for the chair that would be worth $15,000 per month in election years and $10,000 per month on off years. We heard this week that one potential rival to Krvaric had expressed interest in running the party: Ashley Hayek, probably the most prominent fundraiser for conservative causes and candidates in San Diego. The contenders: Will Rodriguez-Kennedy is president of the California Young Democrats, and president of the San Diego Democrats for Equality, the largest and one of the most influential Democratic groups in the county. The primary in the county supervisor’s race got messy too, with multiple Democratic candidates thinking they didn’t get a fair shake from the party. Roberts said the prevalence of Democrat-versus-Democrat races is a testament to the party’s success. “I want to mentor those young Democrats, because that’s what I received over the last 25 years of activism at the local, state and national level.” Rodriguez-Kennedy said he’s focused on three steps for the party: rebuilding a sense of solidarity, revitalizing the party’s brand by connecting to communities and “modernizing our coalition.” “The next level is to embrace the diversity of our party,” he said. The university and its supporters pledged, and wrote into Measure G, that the land would be purchased for fair market value. We won’t hold him to that report too much though because we, well, we mocked the flimsy case the report made for how it got to that number. But at the time, Day was very confident the city could sell just about half the stadium land for $225 million.

Cliff Taylor: Health plan must be given a real chance despite the demands of our system No sooner was the Sláintecare implementation plan published when it started. The consultants warned more cash was needed for beds, frontline staff and, eh, more consultants. The lack of costings in the Sláintecare implementation programme points to something of a breakdown in relations between the Department of Health – and the HSE– and the key centres of power in the Department of the Taoiseach and the Department of Finance and Public Expenditure. And cash is not the only issue to be sorted. Yet it is only when there is cash behind it all that we will see a real political commitment. Trust has been undermined because HSE overspending has been endemic in recent years. And so we are at risk of a stand-off rather than a real effort to get wind behind the latest reform plan. Yet we can’t go on with the old story of annual overruns and no change. This is the only plan we have. It came from a cross-party group, and so has some chance of wider political acceptance.

Trudeau 'stabbed us in back' on trade, says Trump chief economic adviser Read more But a day after Trump left a trail of diplomatic chaos from Canada to Singapore, the site of his summit with Kim Jong-un of North Korea, a picture of world leaders apparently confronting Trump dominated reactions to the G7 summit. It shows Trump, arms folded and eyes glaring, sitting while around him stand a group of world leaders and their advisers. Departing Washington on Friday, Trump called for Russia to be readmitted to the G7, four years after it was thrown out over the annexation of Crimea. In the picture released by Merkel, John Bolton, Trump’s national security adviser, stands at the president’s right. The president made it clear today. The release of the picture caused animated commentary around the world about body language and what it might say about relations between the US and its allies in the Trump era. It was followed on Sunday by a furious attack on Trudeau by Trump’s leading economic advisers. Fabian Reinbold (@fabreinbold) One scene - four different perspectives #G7 1) by Merkel‘s team ?? 2) by Macron’s team ?? 3) by Conte’s team ?? 4) by Trump’s team ?? pic.twitter.com/q3qaSfaiQS June 9, 2018 But every picture tells a story. Other images of the same gathering suggested a more relaxed interaction, Merkel smiling and Trump making eye contact while Trudeau, also smiling, stood by. In March 2017, Merkel’s first visit to the White House saw Trump either fail to hear or ignore the chancellor’s offer to shake hands.