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	<title>Tompkins County Legislator Nathan Shinagawa</title>
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		<title>Speech to Guthrie Scholarship Recipients</title>
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It is a great pleasure for me to welcome you all today, and to congratulate you for receiving the Guthrie Scholarship.
I had difficulty thinking about what I would say to all of you today. Should I talk about health care reform? Or how fantastic and amazing Guthrie is and why you should all work here [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://nathanshinagawa.org/?p=524</link>
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		<title>About NathanShinagawa.org</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Copyright © 2010 and paid for by Friends of Nathan Shinagawa. This site was developed using Wordpress. Please use the contact page if you have any questions of comments.
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		<link>http://nathanshinagawa.org/?p=460</link>
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		<title>Stronger Oversight of Natural Gas Drilling</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Tompkins County and the Southern Tier of NY sit on the Marcellus Shale &#8212; a large natural gas deposit. Gas drilling companies are fighting to drill using a poorly regulated and researched process called Hydraulic Fracturing.  We won&#8217;t let them unless the proper regulations and oversight are in place.


There are many concerns about the Department [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://nathanshinagawa.org/?p=305</link>
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		<title>Elected to a Second Term</title>
		<description><![CDATA[On November 3, 2009, Nate was elected to a second term representing Ithaca on the Tompkins County Legislature. Over the past four years, he&#8217;s worked hard to fight high property taxes, work for universal health care, and support sustainable, community-driven development.
Watch videos and see pictures of Nate&#8217;s re-election campaign announcement here.

Re-election Announcement Event Videos
*Click the images [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://nathanshinagawa.org/?p=57</link>
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		<title>In the Press</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Over past four years, Nate has worked to raise awareness of health care, fiscal sustainability, environmental conservation, affordable housing, and other important issues in the Ithaca Journal, Ithaca Times, Tompkins Weekly, Cornell Daily Sun, Syracuse Post-Standard, Elmira Star-Gazette, WVBR, WHCU, and other media outlets.

* There are over 64 articles not listed on this page that [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://nathanshinagawa.org/?p=60</link>
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		<title>Fighting Against High Property Taxes</title>
		<description><![CDATA[For the past four years, the Tompkins County Legislature has continuously worked  to maintain a strong balance between keeping property taxes low and supporting the critical needs of Tompkins County residents. The economic downturn makes this harder than ever.


Total Budget: $155 million
Total Locally-Controlled Budget: $73 million
Total Property Tax Revenue: $38 million
 
The property tax is [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://nathanshinagawa.org/?p=64</link>
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		<title>The Movement &#8211; At Every Level &#8211; for Affordable, Universal Health Care</title>
		<description><![CDATA[On the Legislature, Nate sponsored resolution after resolution pushing for real, substantial health care reform.  His professional background in health care has given him the perspective and experience  to help make reform a reality.


In addition to serving as a County Legislator, Nate is currently an Administrative Director at Robert Packer Hospital, part of the Guthrie [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://nathanshinagawa.org/?p=55</link>
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