George Stewart
George Stewart
George Rippey Stewartwas an American historian, toponymist, novelist, and a professor of English at the University of California, Berkeley. His 1959 book Pickett's Charge, a detailed history of the final attack at Gettysburg, was called "essential for an understanding of the Battle of Gettysburg". His 1949 post-apocalyptic novel Earth Abides won the first International Fantasy Award in 1951...
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth31 May 1895
CitySewickley, PA
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I work for a trading company. With the amount of time required on the council, I asked them to cut my compensation in half, which amounted to a $5,000 a month cut. That's neither here nor there in some ways, but as I looked at the council compensation compared to other cities, it was not balanced, especially in this form of government.
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If Steve had suggested it earlier, we might have done it. But I looked at it as a slam dunk because smaller cities were paying more.
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Community good, neighborhood good, trumps the right of property owners,
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You are a separate branch of government. You don't rely on the city manager like other city councils, where the city manager really represents the council.
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She was trying to stab pencils in people's eyes.
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It's a unique building having been a skating rink and a well-known Ream's grocery store. There's nostalgia associated with it.
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He was acting out due to that, but nobody took the time to find out what was going on at home. She settled down.
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In this election and others, ... Billings has been plagued by the rumor that his credentials ('studying engineering and business at BYU' and being close to graduation) are distorted or even falsified. I challenge the mayor to come clean: Produce a BYU transcript. . . .
I didn't know of the disparity, or I would have put it in my platform.
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I just can't see going into more debt for a recreation center. There's needs, wants and desires, and we need to take care of the needs. I think it's foolish to have more debt.
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I never asked for a transcript, ... I hired him in a job where I didn't think he needed (a degree). His work experience was enough. And then with his job performance I gave him some responsibilities of and the title of chief administrative officer. . . . His educational background was never a big deal for me.