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Diahuebs 9 December 2021
“Señor ta mi wardador, mi’n tin falta di nada
Den cunucu di yerba berde e ta ponemi sosega.
E ta hibami na awa trankil,
Pa mi bolbe haña forsa”.
Salmo: 23
Nos ta anuncia fayecimento di:
Leopoldo José Leonardo
*17-01-1936 - †04-12-2021
Acto di entiero lo wordo anuncia despues.
“Señor ta mi wardador, mi’n tin falta di nada
Den cunucu di yerba berde e ta ponemi sosega.
E ta hibami na awa trankil,
Pa mi bolbe haña forsa”.
Salmo: 23
Cu profundo tristeza na nos curason nos ta
anuncia fayecvimento di nos defunto esposa,
mama, wela, ruman, tanta, suegra stima
Maria Imaculada
Gomes-de Cuba
*24-03-1954 - †07-12-2021
Acto di entiero lo wordo anuncia despues.
Seattle socialist politician faces tight race in
recall push
(AP) — Preliminary results Tuesday showed
Seattle voters narrowly in favor of recall-
ing socialist City Councilmember Kshama
Sawant, a firebrand who pushed the city to
adopt a $15 minimum wage, raged against
hometown tech giant Amazon for its busi-
ness practices and angered many with her
aggressive political tactics.
But the election is being conducted by a mail-in
vote, so definitive results may not be known for
several days as more ballots are counted. And Se-
attle’s election counts are known to swing wildly
until final results are posted.
ing last month’s general election, when business-
Sawant represents the city council district con- friendly candidates won the mayor’s office and a
sidered Seattle’s most liberal and includes the council seat.
neighborhoods east of the downtown area.
In the first count released by officials Tuesday
If Sawant is recalled, the other eight council night, 53% voted to recall Sawant. But she has
members would appoint a replacement until a come from behind during previous elections to
special election next November. win despite larger initial vote deficits.
Sawant, 48, an Indian immigrant and an eco- Sawant has had an outsized influence on the tone
nomics professor, is the longest-tenured council and direction of Seattle politics since she launched
her political career under the banner of the Social-
member in Seattle. ist Alternative party in 2012, when she ran unsuc-
If she survives the recall it would boost the city’s cessfully for state representative.
beleaguered left wing, which was bruised dur-
Navy contests Hawaii’s
orders to suspend,
drain fuel tanks
The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want.
He maketh me to lie down in green pastures: he
leadeth me beside the still waters.
He restoreth my soul: he leadeth me in the
paths of righteousness for his name’s sake.
(AP) — The U.S. Navy is contesting orders
With great sorrow we announce the passing of from Hawaii to suspend use of fuel tanks and
our beloved drain them at a complex above an aquifer
that supplies nearly 20% of Honolulu’s drink-
ing water until certain conditions are met.
The Navy has already said it was suspending use of
the massive World War II-era fuel storage complex
near Pearl Harbor following days of complaints
that tap water smells like fuel and has sickened
some people.
But Hawaii’s state government order demands
that the suspension remain in effect until inde-
pendent evaluators can ensure that appropriate ac-
tions are taken to protect drinking water.
The state also wants the Navy to treat contaminat-
Suzette Mercedes Hutchinson ed drinking water and remove fuel from the mas-
*08-10-1971 †03-12-2021 sive 20 underground storage tanks at the complex
called the Red Hill Bulk Fuel Storage Facility.
Funeral will be held on Friday December 10th
2021 from 2pm until 4pm at Pray Funeral Putting the storage facility out of use could affect
operations at a critical time for the Navy, especially
Home in San Nicolaas.
as tensions rise in the Pacific with China’s rhetoric
Her wake will be held on Thursday December about Taiwan ramping up over the past year, said
9th from 7pm to 9 pm at the Pray Funeral Lyle Goldstein, a Pacific Ocean maritime security
Home in San Nicolaas and director of Asia Engagement at Defense Pri-
orities think tank.