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16, 2008, in the midst of a very rainy weekend, Becky Garcia’s bright smile cut through the drizzle as she welcomed area residents to a celebration of Mexico’s Independence Day on the Muscatine Riverfront. …  read more…

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St. Louis - Gut Check - Java Enabled: Brave New Cup
“We wanted to find a way to inject money into these rural communities. Looking around, we realized that the answer was growing in people’s backyards.” Building off the coffee people were already growing, Jake and Taylor started Cup to Crop. …. Riverfront Times Reader Recommendations. A short list of St. Louis’s most popular hot spots. Black Thorn Pub St. Louis, MO; Funny Bone Comedy Club-Westport Plaza Maryland Heights, MO; Nick’s Irish Pub St. Louis, MO …  read more…

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Resolved Question: Where is there to train for Parkour in St. Louis, MO?
Hey everyone, I frequently train Parkour/Freerunning and have been at it for over a year. I am pretty dedicated to the art of movement but I am sick of my usual spots. The ones I frequent are Jefferson Barracks park, Laumeier Sculpture Park, and some schools in the area. I also frequent the Arch area and the riverfront. are there any other notable spots that you know of? Be specific please. Thank You! Your answers may or may not be submitted into a parkour community “map” of spots to hit.

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Resolved Question: will people go to jail for voter fraud?
ALBANY, GA (WALB) - There are allegations of voter fraud, as a Dougherty County family claims the vote of a mentally challenged relative was stolen.

They say the adult day rehab program where Jack Justice attends took him to vote, without the family’s permission. What’s worse is Justice says the person helping him wouldn’t cast the ballot for his choice for President.

Jack Justice has been voting since he turned 18. Typically his family takes him to their neighborhood precinct. This time Primus Industries, his adult day rehab program, took him to vote. His family was shocked, but what shocked them more was that Jack claims that his aide commandeered his vote.

“They told me to vote for Obama, I said no I wanted to vote for McCain,” said Jack Justice, a voter.

Jack Justice says the person helping him, selected Obama’s name. His sister says the family is often asked to sign a permission slips for trips, but for this they were never notified.

“No permission slips, no nothing, he just came home and said he had gone,” said Nancy Justice, Jack’s sister.

We questioned election officials about the procedure, who say they recall the group coming in to vote and an aide was helping the individuals, but they must sign an oath that they’ll cast the ballot however the voter prefers.

“So it plainly says the person should tell the person how they want to vote and then they help them mark it,” said Carolyn Hatcher, Dougherty County Elections Supervisor.

Election officials say they can’t follow people into the booth to see what happens. We contacted the Albany Area Community Service Board who oversees Primus Industries. They say they do their best to protect the safety, treatment, and care of the individuals in their programs. They also said they’ll look into the allegations and conduct an internal investigation if necessary. Nancy Justice is just upset the incident happened.

“For me it was kind of pushing it to the limit there to get him to vote for someone in particular who they wanted him to vote for,” said Nancy Justice.

Election officials say the family’s only option is to file a challenge to the election results. The Justice’s are considering their options.

Advance voting will begin this Monday at the Riverfront Resource Center on Pine Avenue. Advance voted will run through October 31st. No one will be able to vote the Monday prior to election day.

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Resolved Question: how do you revitalize a downtown riverfront district?
for 30 years downtown fort myers florida has been unable to turn itself into a vital succesful urban community in spite of a general area population increase of 400% and 3 major economic residental booms.there have been many plans scripted including by the world famous planner Andre Duany
but none are fully implemented and there are currently an ominous amount of vacant street retail space in a historic distict in spite of the fact that it is waterfront. Are there any models of succesful similar districts where one can go for example and help?

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