COUNCIL'S SELECTIVE LISTENING
     The City Council last week took half the advice of a mayoral advisory panel by voting itself 25-percent raises - from $90,000 to $112,500 - but deferred action on the other half - that it consider restrictions on outside employment for its members. No one should be surprised that it handled the grou
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NEW HOPE FOR COPS
     U.S. Rep. Anthony Weiner last week expressed optimism that the Democrats taking control of both houses of Congress will mean funding is provided to reinstitute the Community Oriented Policing Services program.
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