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Hall County Heritage Trails, 1890-1980
Monday, March 1st, 2010Is Breakfast Included In The Reservation Of The Marriott London County Hall ?
Wednesday, February 24th, 2010I am traveling this summer to London . . . I liked the Marriott London County Hall but I was just wondering if breakfast was included with the package . . . thanks for your time
August: Osage County Tickets- Cast Welcomes Cullum, Warren and Ross
Thursday, January 14th, 2010August: Osage County has won numerous awards including a Tony and a Pulitzer, and the Broadway version of the hit stage production welcomes another award winner to the cast, John Cullum, along with Amy Warren and Samantha Ross in November. Cullum will be playing the patriarch of the Weston family, Beverly, while Warren will be playing daughter Karen and Ross will be the housekeeper, Johnna Monevata. With the talent each of the additions has, there is no doubt that for August: Osage County tickets will be in even higher demand than they already are. Fans who are looking to see the show on Broadway or elsewhere should check out http://www. stubhub. com/august-osage-county-tickets/.
Cullum has a storied career in theater, film and television. He was born and grew up in Knoxville, Tennessee as the youngest of five children. He attended the University of Tennessee after high school, where he was involved in both drama and tennis. He was so talented at tennis, in fact, that he toured Europe as Bill Davis’s doubles partner. He also served in the U. S. Army for the Korean War. While at UT, he was in numerous productions for the drama department but also performed for the Carousel Theatre in Knoxville. He got his first New York theater experience when he played a soldier in St. Joan at the Phoenix Theatre in 1956. Four years later, he made his Broadway debut as Sir Dinadan in Camelot.
Cullum became an in-demand actor on stage with each role that he took. His Broadway credits include Hamlet, On A Clear Day You Can See Forever, You Never Can Tell, Urinetown, Private Lives and Show Boat. He won his first Tony Award in 1975 when he won Best Actor in a Musical for Shenandoah. He won the same award three years later for On the Twentieth Century. He has continued to garner more awards as his theater accomplishments grow, leading to an induction into the Theater Hall of Fame in 2007. He also has had immense television and film roles. His television appearances include reoccurring roles on Northern Exposure, ER and Law & Order: Special Victims Unit. He has also been in films like The Night Listener, Held Up, The Notorious Bettie Page and Hamlet.
Warren and Ross are both making their Broadway debuts with August: Osage County. Warren has been seen recently in Adding Machine Off-Broadway, for which she was nominated for Drama Desk, Outer Critics Circle and Lucille Lortel awards for her role. Warren hails from Chicago and his no stranger to Steppenwolf productions as she has been in the theater’s shows like When the Messenger it Hot, House of Lily and Whispering City. Ross has been in Off-Broadway in shows like A Midsummer Night’s Dream, War W/The Newts, Romeo and Juliet and Pieces of Ass. Ross was born in California but grew up in New York City. She wanted to act from a young age. She pursued her dream by getting a degree in drama from NYU’s Stella Adler Conservatory. She did some acting on L. A. before returning to NYC for a stage career.
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Wednesday, January 6th, 2010Orange County Sheriffs Hit the Streets in Protest
Friday, December 18th, 2009Orange County Sheriffs hit the streets in protest
Deputies win court rulings later that day
By Michael Webster: Syndicated Investigative Reporter. Wed Feb 11, 2009 at 8:oo PM PST
Orange County Sheriffs Deputies are angry that they’ve worked for nearly a year without a contract. So they hit the streets marching with their signs in a silent protest while they exit the Hall of Administration in Santa Ana California following a meeting of the Orange County Board of Supervisors who control there future.
Earlier today an Los Angeles Superior court judge ruled in the sheriff’s favor by issuing a potentially deadly blow to the county of Orange in its long-standing lawsuit seeking to rescind generous retirement benefits granted to deputy sheriffs in 2001.
The lawsuit has drawn the attention of law enforcement unions across the country because a ruling in favor of the county could unravel pension benefits granted to law enforcement officers nationwide.
Judge Helen Bendix, in a tentative ruling late Tuesday, granted the Orange County sheriff’s deputies’ motion for dismissal. A final hearing is scheduled for Friday. If Bendix’s thinking remains unchanged, it could spell the end of the county’s legal challenge, which has already cost taxpayers more than $1. 5 million in fees.
County Supervisor John Moorlach led the charge on the issue, persuading other supervisors to sue in January 2008.
Known as “3 at 50,” the benefit was adopted by county supervisors in 2001 and allows deputies to retire early while also granting them increased benefits. An actuarial study concludes that the benefit adds $187 million to the county’s unfunded pension liability, now hovering above the $2 billion mark.
The Association of Orange County Deputy Sheriffs has argued since the lawsuit was initiated that it was meritless and was generating millions in legal bills for taxpayers. They have said that several law firms told supervisors their strategy was a long shot and criticized the county for continuing with the lawsuit.
Orange County supervisors have argued that the benefit violates the state constitution’s limits on debts – because of the obligation incurred – and because the 3 at 50 benefit was granted retroactively.
Yet in this tentative ruling, Judge Helen Bendix came down on the side of the deputies by rejecting both of the county’s arguments, granting two separate AOCDS motions for dismissal.