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A prominent New York City developer balked when he was ordered to shave a foot off the height of two 5-foot granite posts he had installed at the driveway entrance to Katharine Hepburn's former estate along the Connecticut shore.
A veteran of navigating zoning rules and regulations, Frank Sciame thought the local historic commission didn't have the authority to issue the order in 2010. His response? Place foot-high flower beds at the base of the posts and tell the commission he was complying with its order.
That didn't sit well with the Historic District Commission of the Borough of Fenwick in Old Saybrook, which began court proceedings that culminated Monday in a state Appellate Court ruling against Sciame, who owns the estate.
The state's second-highest court upheld a lower court ruling and dismissed Sciame's claims that the commission overstepped its authority and inflicted emotional distress on him by making him lower the posts. At a public hearing in June 2010, commission members said they were concerned that the height of the posts made them too visible from surrounding areas, including local streets and a golf course.
The Appellate Court ruled that Sciame didn't appeal the commission's decision within a required 20-day period and that the claims of emotional distress were not legally sufficient.
Sciame's Milford-based lawyer, Genevieve Salvatore, said she wasn't pleased with the court's rulings but respected them. She said no further appeals were planned, and the posts already have been lowered to the required height.
''The facts may seem trivial, but it's the procedure he's concerned about," Salvatore said. ''What Mr. Sciame was really concerned about was a governmental entity running roughshod over somebody's rights. I think he was trying to show them … that I'm not someone who's going to be pushed around."
The commission's lawyer, Lewis Wise, called the case ''very, very unfortunate."
''He did the mounding of dirt and basically said, 'What are you going to do about it?"' Wise said. ''He basically left them (the commission) no choice, and it's too bad."
Sciame founded F.J. Sciame Construction Co. Inc. in Manhattan in 1975. The company's projects have included many notable New York City buildings, including the Pierpont Morgan Library and Museum, the New Victory Theater, Central Synagogue and the exterior restoration of the Guggenheim Museum.
He has served on the executive board of the New York Landmarks Conservancy and was hired by New York officials in 2006 to find ways to reduce the cost of the Sept. 11 memorial at ground zero.
Sciame bought Hepburn's nearly 4-acre estate, which includes an 8,400-square-foot home, for $6 million in 2004. He made extensive renovations and is now trying to sell it for $30 million.
The granite posts mark the beginning of the property's driveway. Sciame had them lowered a few months ago to comply with a judge's ruling.
''Apparently in certain neighborhoods, as in life, size does matter," Judge Robert Holzberg wrote in that August ruling, after a trial. ''This is a dispute about 12 inches and how it is measured."
Holzberg found that historic district regulations don't spell out how height is to be measured. He nevertheless sided with the commission but declined to impose fines on Sciame.
After the commission ordered Sciame to lower the posts and he installed the flower beds, he told commissioners that he had no intention of taking further compliance action and ''invited" the commission to take enforcement measures against him, according to court records.
''Mr. Sciame is certainly not a bully," Salvatore said. ''The decisions he makes, he makes rationally and he makes them in good faith. At the end of the day, I think he didn't want to be bullied."


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Described as Asia's best kept secret, Sarawak is the largest state in Malaysia, and also its richest and most varied. It is situated on the island of Borneo, and along with Sabah, makes up East Malaysia, which is separated from Peninsula Malaysia by the South China Sea.
Like her neighbour, Sarawak is equally celebrated for natural beauty and diversity. This diversity extends to a rich cultural heritage and preservation of traditional lifestyles. Sarawak's numerous Dayak tribes still live in longhouses - with whole village populations living in one structure, with separate rooms opening on to a communal veranda. This communal spirit is extended to visitors who are invited to stay overnight.
Sarawak's natural wonders can best be experienced in its national parks, ancient rainforest and wildlife centres, where intriguing species of fauna and flora, cave systems and untouched coral reefs can be found. The clear waters off the coast afford an exceptional diving experience; 19 miles (30km) of trails wind through the tropical rainforest, mangrove swamp and rocky headlands of Bako National Park; protected species of Hornbill and proboscis monkey are at home in the forest and walkers can expect to see diverse plant and animal life. Permits are required and can be obtained in advance from the Sarawak Tourist Association office. The Niah National Park and Niah Caves are another favourite attraction in Sarawak.
Kuching is Sarawak's capital, an interesting city and good base from which to explore the national parks. Its rich history can be seen in a variety of museums, including the Sarawak Museum, or outside the city at Damai visitors can get to grips with the cultural heritage at the Sarawak Cultural Village. Gateway to the northeast, the resort city of Miri is fast becoming the state's most popular tourist destination, and is renowned as an adventure city. It offers a wide range of accommodation options, good beaches, and a lively nightlife, and is within reach of several national parks and natural attractions, as well as some of the best diving in Borneo.
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Terry contemplating England return
Chelsea captain John Terry believes he is still one of the world's leading defenders - and it is understood he has not fully closed the door on an England return despite his acrimonious departure from international football.
The 32-year-old's influence at Stamford Bridge has waned as fitness concerns have seen him overtaken in the pecking order. Yet Terry maintains he is as good as ever and is believed to be considering making himself available for England again despite being stripped of the captaincy after being charged with racially abusing QPR's Anton Ferdinand.
Any U-turn would be dependent on personalities in and around the squad, with Terry's resentment towards the Football Association evident last week when he rejected chairman David Bernstein's attempt to shake hands at the Champions League trophy handover.
Terry was cleared at Westminster Magistrates Court of making a racist insult to Anton Ferdinand, brother of his former England team-mate Rio, but was charged by the FA and banned for four matches.
Terry's belief in his ability remains as he enters the final year of his contract and he is prepared to wait for Chelsea to initiate discussions over a new deal. Following the 2-1 Europa League semi-final win at Basle, Terry was asked if he is still as good a player after a decade of repelling the world's leading strikers. "Yes, I personally think that," he said.
"This year's been really frustrating for me, not playing and picking up the (knee) injury (against Liverpool in November). Initially it looked (like an absence of) two or three weeks, it turned out to be three or four months.
"I don't want to talk out of turn, but I'd love to stay at Chelsea. I'm happy to leave things until they come to me. I've got another year left and I'll definitely be here next year. It would be nice to get some silverware, get the season out of the way and maybe talk contracts in the summer."
Terry recognises he is not in the strongest position to go in search of a new contract and that, like Frank Lampard, who could leave this summer, time is catching up with him. But whatever the future holds, Terry cannot envisage himself playing against Chelsea.
"It might be another year, or another two, I don't know," added Terry. "It depends on my fitness and me staying in a good enough condition to impress the guys who make those decisions. I have got another year left which I will honour and respect, regardless if it's a yes or a no.
"Naturally it would be disappointing (to leave), but at the same time you understand that you can't be around forever. Where I would go after that it certainly wouldn't be in England. I couldn't do that to Chelsea or the fans. That's just not me."


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Tiger Woods PGA Tour 14: The Masters Historic Edition Spotlights 1934 Augusta
Tiger Woods PGA TOUR 14: The Masters Historic Edition will enable gamers to play at the very first Masters Tournament in 1934, when it was dubbed the Inaugural Augusta National Invitation Tournament.
The golf course was designed in 1931 by architect Dr. Alister Mackenzie and iconic golfer Bobby Jones. "From the very beginning, our relationship with the Masters Tournament has been built around our ability to bring a unique and authentic experience to a new and younger demographic of potential golfers," said Tiger Woods PGA Tour Vice President Mike Taramykin in a statement. "From unprecedented access to the Augusta National Archives, to in-depth discussions with golf historians - and even our own internal research into the sport in the 1930s - The Masters Historic Edition is the next step in bringing gamers an exciting and distinctive glimpse into the game of golf."
The game also includes a copy of Tiger Woods PGA TOUR 14, a walk through of the Augusta National layout, a detailed look at the present day Augusta National Golf Club course, the Green Jacket ceremony, and Augusta, the Song, as it is heard during the Masers Tournament TV broadcast. While Tiger Woods PGA TOUR 14 retails on the Xbox 360 and Playstation 3 for $59.99, the Masters Historic Edition carries a $69.99 tag. The official release date is March 26th, but EA SPORTS Season Ticket program subscribers will be given full digital access to both versions three days before the launch.


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Tom Crochunis of Brown University writes to let us know about an intriguing theatrical production in New York. Anyone who attends the play is hereby invited to send us a brief review.
If any Romanticists out there are lucky enough to be in New York (but not unlucky enough to be Yankees fans--sorry, as a temporarily exuberant Red Sox fan I just had to say it), they should consider attending the current production of Hannah Cowley's The Belle's Strategem, which was just reviewed in The New York Times and Curtain Up.
From everything I hear, this sounds like a very strong production worked on by a sharp dramaturg, Melinda Finberg, and a good director, Davis McCallum. Finberg has edited a collection of plays by women dramatists from Behn to Cowley for Oxford and worked on the Cowley readings that were a part of the First 100 Years series that has taken place over the past year in New York.
Some readers of this blog may have attended the readings of Joanna Baillie's The Election and The Tryal that were given during the period of this year's NASSR conference at Fordham. The series' readings have had the effect of interesting artistic directors in New York in mounting productions of some of these plays (about which they'd previously known little or nothing). The production of The Belle's Strategem is just one example of the payoff of this excellent series, curated by Mallory Catlett and Gwynn MacDonald.
Here's the information on the show:
by Hannah Cowley
Directed by Davis McCallum
Remaining Performances:
October 9-11, 15-18 @ 8pm
October 12, 19 @ 3pm
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$15 General Admission/$12 Students with ID
Purchase tickets at www.Theatermania.com (212) 352-0255
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Aired: Apr 3, 2016. What's a hero? For Izuku Midoriya, the answer to that question has always been simple: "Everything I want to be!" And who is the ultimate hero? Well, the legendary All Might, of course. All Might is the number one ranked hero and also the "Symbol of Peace" in the world. Not in his wildest dreams could Izuku have imagined that he would soon cross paths with his childhood hero... In Boku no Hero Academia, status is governed by "Quirks"—unique superpowers which develop in childhood. But, unfortunately, hero otaku Midoriya "Deku" Izuku never had a Quirk. That is, until he met All Might, the greatest hero of all time. Izuku's transformation from dreamer to superhero begins at Yuuei Academy, the top-ranked hero-training high school in Japan. Izuku is on cloud nine when he's accepted to this prestigious academy, especially when he finds out that All Might is one of the teachers. What surprises does this mighty academy offer? And will Izuku be able to keep up with his elite classmates?
TV version of Little Witch Academia. Episodes 1, 2 and 3 will be previewed at a screening at Cinema Mediage (Tokyo) and Toho Cinames Umeda (Osaka) on December 11, 2016. Regular broadcasting will begin in January, 2017.
Republic of Biscotti faces a predicament by the invasion of Galette Leo Knights. In order to save the country, Princess Milchore summons a "hero" from the outer world. Shinku, a junior high school boy living in the Earth, is chosen as the hero.
Satan Rchimedes returns to the earth after being sealed for one thousand years by a hero. The King tries to seal Satan once again by dispatching descendants of the hero. However, it's troublesome to find the genuine descendants, the king chooses 75 hero-like people. This is an adventure of Alba, the hero No.45, and an his monitoring fighter Ross.


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Pedro the Parrot says,
"Hola Amigos. Break out your sombreros for the golf fiesta of the year!"
Monday, May 13, 2013
$125/single or $400/foursome
Enjoy a day filled with fun in the sun while supporting a great cause with friends or colleagues.
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What can/can't I bring to the event?
Sunset Hills Country Club policy prohibits outside food or beverage. A Box Lunch, On-Course Margarita Bar and Taco Buffet Dinner are included with your entry fee.
An on-course beverage cart will be available during the event should you wish to purchase additional food & beverage items.
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Please contact Nadia Chapman firstname.lastname@example.com
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Sculpted from the rolling hills of Thousand Oaks just north of Los Angeles, Sunset Hills Country Club's spectacular par-71, 6,066-yard championship layout was designed by noted golf course architect Ted Robinson to blend seamlessly with its beautiful natural surroundings. Lush stands of mature trees frame undulating fairways and manicured greens, in perfect balance with nature – with elevated tees and greens and a variety of ponds and lakes creating both strategic diversity and a picturesque backdrop for golf.


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Dell Shares Keep Rising, But Analysts Cut Ratings
The stock market is betting the biggest buyout in over five years isn't enough.
Shares of Dell Inc. continued to rise on Wednesday, up 0.4% to $13.84 and are now about 20 cents above the $13.65 buyout price that has been agreed upon.
That comes as the two largest shareholders not named Michael Dell have come out against the deal, even though the hill to climb to block the deal remains large. Dell itself has said it explored other options before taking the deal, and the ongoing go-shop period keeps the door open for other bidders.
Two analysts on Wednesday have downgraded the stock warning they don't see any other bidders emerging for Dell — a prospect most have deemed remote — or even expecting much, if any, of a boost to the price — which shareholders appear to be looking for.


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Tanacross Athabascan
Tanacross is the ancestral language of the Mansfield-Ketchumstock and Healy Lake-Joseph Village bands. It is spoken today at Healy Lake, Dot Lake, and Tanacross on the middle Tanana River. The total population is about 220, of whom about 65 speak the language.
The name Tanacross derives from the English name Tanana Crossing, a ford on the Eagle Trail. The indigenous name for the language is Nee'anděg'.
A practical alphabet was established in 1973 and a few booklets have been published at the Alaska Native Language Center. In 2009 the Tanacross Learners' Dictionary, compiled by Irene Arnold, Rick Thoman, and Gary Holton, was published.
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Ben Stahl: "... injecting life - or spirit - into a picture"
Henry C. Pitz wrote about Ben Stahl in the September 1950 issue of American Artist and made a point of reinforcing this aspect of Stahl's work by providing a step-by-step demonstration of an illustration assignment Stahl had recently completed for Today's Woman magazine.
"[Ben Stahl] uses models infrequently," wrote Pitz. "He draws with great ease from his imagination and usually his pictures grow from a series of quickly executed sketches. When the experimental sketches result in an exciting solution, he enlarges the sketch freely onto the board or canvas and begins to paint directly."
Stahl said, "I keep a picture flexible all the way to its completion. This permits changes and additions during the progressive stages of painting that, to me, result in better pictures. The problem of injecting life or spirit into a picture is difficult. But by keeping yourself free to change and modify the physical forms in a picture you will find the spiritual values and the life of the creation entering subtly, almost subconsciously into your composition."
Of course Ben Stahl understood that photo reference of models had its merits. As we can see, he had models pose for this particular assignment. But to qualify his intentions he wrote, "The photo shown here is one of a number used in this illustration. They were not much help through no fault but my own. I took these photos knowing full well what I wanted and no model could possibly get into the preconceived poses I had in mind. I did use small parts, such as a hand here, a fold there."
This next exploratory sketch speaks volumes about Ben Stahl's problem solving process when making a picture. The art director had asked Stahl to emphasize the girl's frustration in attempting to hold the man back. Stahl said that "this sketch was made to more clearly demonstrate that it is the abstract forms of the illustration which project drama and mood, with a minor helping hand from diagrammatic action and the reportorial aspects. The sketch could be even more abstract and still carry the story."
Stahl was intently interested in creating mood through strong composition, form and lighting and the sketch above was key to his analysis of the problem. He added, "I wish to point out how form serves two purposes: the creation of strong architectural structure and at the same time the creation of a mood."
"The mood," wrote Stahl, "is the result of certain structures and arrangements of form as is aesthetic spirit."
Unfortunately I don't have a full colour scan of the piece presented in the demonstration, but below is another Ben Stahl illustration that might serve as a relative example of the conclusion of Stahl's illustrative process.
* My Ben Stahl Flickr set.
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Great to see Stahl's sketches and read a bit about his process.
Also interesting to note is that American Artist Magazine used to interview well known illustrators. When is the last time they did that today?
- Remo11:35 AM
This is very interesting. I'm drawn to the idea that the girl's frustration should be conveyed by her posture and not reliant on her facial expression. However, I'm not convinced that her anatomy looks right, her arm looks too long and there's something not quite right about the head and shoulder structure.ReplyDelete
But I like this fine art approach, you can see it in some of the best illustrators of the previous era- in particular Saul Tepper.
- Rich2:48 PM
Yes; anatomical correctness has its value, no doubt.ReplyDelete
I think the vast majority of the reading public will be very forgiving for a slight anomaly here and there, if the mood has been created successfully. As obviously is the case here: As a novel reader I couldn't ask for more.
- Remo4:04 PM
I don't see it as a major problem, but the proportions of the girl in the reference photo have been lost in the painting. I think a combination of Fawcett's accuracy with Stahl's visceral dynamics would be a great combination.ReplyDelete
I think it is important to compare the photo and the illustration. The photo is staged like two actors posing on stage for the audience, frozen for the camera.. and it visually conveys that feeling. The illustration is full of energy, and I can feel the action of the two figures as I look at it. It is full of human emotion and artistic decisions. N.C. Wyeth was quoted that an illustrator has to feel the strain in his body, while illustrating an action scene. I think Stahl was focusing on the subjectivity of the scene.. how both figures felt, emotionally and physically. The girl is straining and stretching toward the man much more in the illustration than in the photo. The man's pose is more fluid than the model in the photo, and the background heightens the sense of high energy.ReplyDelete
When I was an illustration student, I mentioned to my instructor that a hand was poorly drawn and painted in an Edgar Degas art book we were looking at. The teacher said, If Degas felt it was important to paint the hand anatomically accurate and realistic, he was more than capable. He left it rough and unfinished because he wanted the attention entirely on the face, and he wanted an immediate spontaneous feel to the painting. Degas was being selective by merely suggesting the hand. I think Ben Stahl made similar decisions, and like Degas, the more confident and mature he became as an artist, the more he felt confident in simplify and exaggerate the figures. Even Robert Fawcett's later (1960s) illustrations were often simplified, looser and even distorted, to convey his objective.
Tom Watson
- Remo7:48 PM
That's a delicate balance because you need the viewer to suspend disbelief and buy into your illusion, if something jars because it is not correct-in essence- then that can diminish the strength of the picture.ReplyDelete
That is a different thing from 'selective focus' where a hand could be proportionally correct but deliberately loosely rendered.
If you look at Stahl's first sketches {particularly the third} you'll see they look a lot less stilted than the final picture.Both in terms of anatomy and expressive movement.It's like he worked all the life out of them as the picture progressed.
I must say, I like his color palette.
I think the changes he made end up being a matter of personal taste. Not everyone is going to see anatomy problems like you do.
What I found odd is that he made her grab the guy with one hand instead of two. IMO it gives the action less impact.
He also bulked the woman up and she reminds me of a tough farmer. Not sure if that was part of the story but she's definitely not the model he photographed!
Daniel and Remo, the viewer does not have the photo reference to compare to the finished illustration, therefore it's the end product that is important. Set aside your personal preferences and taste, and look at the man's qualifications and accomplishments. He was one of the top mid century illustrators along side giants like Al Dorne, Norman Rockwell, Robert Fawcett, Austin Briggs, Al Parker, etc. He was a founding member of the original Famous Artists School, which was a very prestigious honor, and he won many awards for his illustrations.. not to mention a very successful fine art career, after the decline of the illustration market. My point being, it's easy to play Monday Monday morning quarterback (over a half decade later) from our easy chair, but Stahl earned his accolades in the trenches. He didn't rise to the top by making a lot of bad artistic decisions. Therefore, I cut him a lot of slack on the small stuff, and try and learn from his very qualified assets as an illustrator.ReplyDelete
Tom Watson
I'm not questioning Stahl's accomplishments, he was great, all I was responding too was that sketch.
Like I said in my previous post I thought his choices were a bit odd but it's a matter of personal taste. I also don't know the story he was illustrating. It could be a case where he changed things to better tell the story.
Correction, I ment to say 'half a century later', not 'half a decade later'.ReplyDelete
Daniel, I understand your point, and agree to a certain extent that the difference between one top illustrator and another, can be personal taste. When I was teaching at the Academy of Art in S.F., occasionally a student would say to me, "Isn't it a matter of personal taste", after I would critique his or her assignment. My answer was usually, "If it were just a matter of personal taste, you wouldn't need your assignment's critiqued".. actually we wouldn't need art schools. The point of Stahl's sketches was to show how most illustrators, and specifically Ben Stahl arrives at a solution for a finished illustration.
Tom Watson
I think you might be confusing my posts. I was specifically responding to Remo when he said: "That's a delicate balance because you need the viewer to suspend disbelief and buy into your illusion, if something jars because it is not correct-in essence- then that can diminish the strength of the picture."
I do think the changes Stahl made end up being a matter of personal taste and that not everyone will see the anatomy flaws that Remo did.
I certainly don't see that as a distraction and pointed out the things I thought were odd. But that's why it's great to see these things. We get to look inside Stahl's thought process a bit when it comes to making pictures.
As for taste and school I don't think you can compare the two. A student saying "Isn't it a matter of personal taste" after a critique is different than a person looking at paintings on a website (or at a museum).
However I do agree with you about teaching. There's more too it than simply a matter of personal taste.
Don't get me wrong. I think Stahl was good and I'm glad to see the posts this past week. I didn't know a lot about his work and it was great to learn more and see samples.
Daniel, I think we are both on the same page, and your points are well taken. Thanks for your polite and well articulated response. I think one of the assets of TI is that we can exchange our thoughts, ideas and insight.ReplyDelete
Tom Watson
I agree.
It's great that there's a place like Today's Inspiration where we can talk about all this stuff.
- Remo2:42 PM
cDid you know that Stahl owned a copy of Robert Fawcett's Famous Artist's advanced program? That suggests to me that he was maybe aware of something Fawcett did that he {Stahl}, didn't.Accurate drawing was Fawcett's strongest suit.Credit to Stahl, though, for recognising a weakness and attempting to improve it.ReplyDelete
Unlike a lot of things in art which are subjective, correct anatomy is not.


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I am dismayed to hear that our Chevy Chase Canyon Library is once again on the potential chopping block ("Residents rally for libraries," May 27).
Council members have suggested that the management of the library be transferred from Glendale Public Library Services to Community Services and Parks; however, the valid concern of canyon residents is that this may potentially be the first step toward elimination of our library.
We would be happy if Community Parks and Services held some classes or events at the library, but we do not want to altogether lose our library in this process. Our library has been a vibrant host to some amazing speakers and events over the last couple of years. We have attended a fair number of them and been very impressed with not only the presentations and activities, but with the number of families from the community who have been in attendance.
My children and I have enjoyed the local connection to books and DVDs — we often walk up to the library as a Saturday afternoon outing. In a time of cutbacks, it has been nice to have a neighborhood spot where the children and I can go that does not involve expensive admission fees and travel.
Over the last few years, the library has had its hours reduced to a bare minimum. We will continue to plead with members of the City Council that they at least allow this one neighborhood service to remain here in our canyon. The city does not provide any other "social" services to our canyon. We have only one small park to service the entire canyon.
Please don't strip us of our local library. I find it appalling that this canyon can be so overlooked by the city for social services.
Thanks for your consideration to keep our library active, and to improving its children's, teen and adult reading sections.
Betty Fritz


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Amid talk of budget woes and the possibility that some county workers would get no raises at all, some Jeffco department heads snagged raises and bonuses that totaled up to $20,000 over the last 18 months.
Two of the department heads that report directly to County Administrator Jim Moore — Administrative Services Director Todd Leopold and Transportation and Development Director Tim Carl — each received $10,000 base-pay increases in 2007, along with $5,000 bonuses in 2007 and 2008.
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