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  Jim Doyle Obituary
- Jim Doyle, the crack third baseman of the Chicago Cubs, died in St. Joseph's Hospital at 9 o'clock last night.
Doyle was one of the finds of the season of 1911.
Doyle was a graduate of Niagara University and took up baseball as a profession so that he could get married, as he found he could make more moeny at baseball than in any other pursuit.
www.baseball-almanac.com /deaths/jim_doyle_obituary.shtml   (497 words)

  
  Jim Doyle - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Governor Doyle was born in Washington D.C., the son of Ruth and James E. Doyle Sr.
Doyle was elected Wisconsin Attorney General in 1990, and reelected in 1994 and 1998.
Doyle was sworn in on January 6, 2003 in Madison.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Jim_Doyle   (849 words)

  
 NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Jim Doyle
Idaho Lieutenant Governor Jim Risch is a rancher and attorney from Ada County.
Governor Doyle was born in Madison, Wisconsin, the son of Ruth and James E. Doyle Sr.
Governor Doyle’s parents were founding members of the modern Democratic Party in Wisconsin and he credits them for instilling in him the belief that politics and government are honorable professions, and that public service is a way to improve people’s lives.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Jim-Doyle   (5662 words)

  
 Doyle - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Doyle is a surname of Norman descent, and Irish origins.
The original Gaelic form of the name Doyle is O Dubhghaill, derived from the words dubh, which means fl, and ghall, which means foreigner.
Doyle Lonnegan, Robert Shaw's character in the 1973 film, The Sting.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Doyle   (305 words)

  
 Jim Doyle   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
Jim Doyle (born November 23 1945) is the current and 44th Governor of Wisconsin.
Governor Doyle was born in Madison Wisconsin to James E. Doyle Sr.
Doyle was reelected as Attorney General 1994 and 1998.
www.freeglossary.com /Jim_Doyle   (589 words)

  
 Newspapers endorse Jim Doyle
Doyle’s long-range vision is more defined than McCallum’s, including early childhood intervention in education and health, and changes to truth-in-sentencing laws to reflect their original intentions.
Doyle, who has been a strong attorney general, has been at his most inspirational when vowing to fight even his own party’s leaders to ensure that change.
Doyle has backed up his long-term commitment to public education with a pledge to remove teacher salary caps - a move that would permit local school boards to attract and retain outstanding teachers.
www.weac.org /Election/2002-03/newspapers.htm   (799 words)

  
 Council of Great Lakes Governors - Governor Jim Doyle - Wisconsin
Doyle credits his parents for instilling in him at a young age the belief that politics and government are honorable professions and that public service is a way to improve people’s lives.
Doyle is a graduate of the University of Wisconsin –; Madison.
Doyle was elected as Wisconsin’s Attorney General in 1990, and re-elected to the State’s top law enforcement position in 1994 and 1998.
www.cglg.org /governors/wi   (428 words)

  
 Hon. Jim Doyle | Members at dissolution of 36th Parliament | Legislative Assembly of British Columbia
Jim Doyle was appointed Minister of Municipal Affairs on November 1, 2000.
Doyle previously served as Minister of Forests from February 2000 to November 2000, as Minister of Municipal Affairs from July 1999 to February 2000, and previously as Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Municipal Affairs.
Doyle was elected as a municipal councillor in Golden in 1976 and was re-elected in 1978 and 1980.
www.legis.gov.bc.ca /mla/36thparl/Doyle.htm   (174 words)

  
 Governor Doyle interview with Jeff Mayers
Governor-elect Jim Doyle said Tuesday he will appoint a secretary to run the state Department of Natural Resources but added that, if he gets his way, it will be the last time a governor selects someone for the job.
Besadny, Doyle said, displayed a total devotion to the state's natural resources, had a deep appreciation for the importance of hunting and fishing in Wisconsin and was tough but even-handed when enforcing environmental regulations.
Doyle, along with the secretary of state and state treasurer, is a commissioner on the board, which he said has $150 million to $200 million available.
www.alphacdc.com /treaty/doyle.html   (4937 words)

  
 Wisconsin Gov. Jim Doyle on stem cell politics
Doyle has not only vetoed legislation that would criminalize such research, he also has made millions of state dollars available to encourage the development of this field in his state.
Doyle: The primary motivation is the hope for cures for illnesses that we long thought to be incurable.
Doyle: It is important that people understand what this issue is because the other side really wants to obscure it; they want to co-opt the term "stem cell research" and they want to pretend that research on adult stem cells is not only equivalent but also superior to embryonic stem cell research.
news-service.stanford.edu /news/2006/june7/med-doyle-060706.html   (982 words)

  
 Democratic Governors Association
Jim Doyle was sworn in as the 44th Governor of Wisconsin on January 6, 2003.
In 1975, Governor Doyle was elected Dane County District Attorney and served three terms from 1977-82.
Governor Doyle was reelected as Attorney General in 1994 and 1998.
www.democraticgovernors.org /governors/382/governor-jim-doyle   (827 words)

  
 Fraley's Dailytakes: Jim Doyle and State Employees   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
Governor Doyle’s plan was to eliminate full-time equivalent jobs from all funds to downsize the government to its size in 1986.
Doyle promised a reduction of 10,000 by 2010.
Doyle’s a stinking liar who just can’t lop the heads off more state employees, especially when the legislature keeps adding them every time he turns around.
www.wisopinion.com /blogs/dailytakes/2006/05/jim-doyle-and-state-employees.html   (575 words)

  
 Discover the Wisdom of Mankind on Jim Doyle   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
Doyle is married to Jessica Laird Doyle and they have two adult sons, Gus and Gabe.
Doyle has vetoed over 100 bills, including bills involving such hot button issues as concealed carry, a Defense of Marriage Act, an expansion of school vouchers, state level tax breaks for Health Savings Accounts, and IDs being required for voting.
Doyle will be up for reelection on November 7, 2006, along with all of Wisconsin's statewide offices and the United_States^ Senate seat of incumbent Senator Herb Kohl.
www.blinkbits.com /blinks/jim_doyle   (1411 words)

  
 The Jim Doyle File - Part of the La Crosse County, Wisconsin, Republican Party Web Site   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
Diamond Jim Doyle's administration is guilty of fiscal mismanagement, leading to a 20 percent increase in spending in the past four years, gubernatorial candidate Mark Green told reporters and editors from the Wausau Daily Herald on Monday.
Diamond Jim Doyle raised a record $415,113 from outside Wisconsin in 2005 and surpassed the $1 million mark in total out-of-state campaign contributions since 2002 when he was elected governor.
The Republican Party of Wisconsin is asking the State Ethics Board to investigate whether Diamond Jim Doyle's handpicked former Department of Administration Secretary, Marc Marotta, violated state ethics laws by participating in a meeting in his state office that seems to have netted a $10,000 contribution for Doyle.
www.lcrp.net /doylefile.htm   (4194 words)

  
 DLC: New Dem of the Week: Jim Doyle
Last week, Wisconsin Governor Jim Doyle unveiled a new comprehensive strategy to make his state a leader in the fields of biotechnology, health sciences, and stem cell research.
At the forefront of Doyle's new strategy is the creation of the new Wisconsin Institute for Discovery on the campus of the University of Wisconsin in Madison.
Doyle recognized that such investments have a long history in the Dairy State: "Wisconsin has always pushed the frontiers of science and discovery, especially in agriculture and life sciences.
www.ndol.org /ndol_ci.cfm?kaid=104&subid=116&contentid=253029   (640 words)

  
 Above the Belt: Jim Doyle Always Disappoints   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
Governor Jim Doyle says he cares about poor children in Milwaukee’s failing schools, but rather than lifting the enrollment cap on Milwaukee’s Parental School Choice program, the “Education” Governor has slammed the door in their face, not once, but three times.
Rumor has it Jim Doyle is fit to be tied over the advertising campaign launched today by the Alliance for Choices in Education, expressing disappointment with Governor Doyle’s vetoes and encouraging him to correct his mistake.
Jim Doyle has made the crass political calculation that opposing the school choice program would not hurt him politically because it affects only low income families who are less likely to make much difference in his re-election anyway.
www.wisopinion.com /blogs/abovethebelt/2006/01/jim-doyle-always-disappoints.html   (3844 words)

  
 The Journal Times Online
Jim Doyle, the Democrat who will win or lose the race for governor in five weeks, was a college student at Stanford University in the mid-1960s.
Jim Doyle's parents were focused on public service, and in particular, politics.
She feels all four of the Doyle siblings have followed their parents' lead -- all four are lawyers who teach, defend people or work in government.
www.journaltimes.com /articles/2002/10/14/features/rob_on_doyle.txt   (1209 words)

  
 Office of the Governor
Governor Doyle Seeks Applicants for Barron County Judicial Vacancy
Governor Doyle Seeks Applicants for Washington County Judicial Vacancy
Governor Doyle Requests Ozone Attainment Status for Eight Counties in Eastern Wisconsin
www.wisgov.state.wi.us   (164 words)

  
 Jim Doyle on Gun Control   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
Jim Doyle was an early public supporter of the proposed constitutional amendment to hunt, fish and trap.
Doyle sees this not only as a protection for the sporting public, but also as needed protection for animal and fish habitats.
Jim Doyle created a hotline in the Department of Justice to allow gun dealers to check the backgrounds of their customers.
www.issues2000.org /Governor/Jim_Doyle_Gun_Control.htm   (212 words)

  
 Wisconsin's Governor Doyle and the Casino Connection
Doyle needs to be held accountable for this vast abuse of power.
Many of us were hopeful that Doyle would live up to his talk, but his swift and clandestine dealings have already lost my trust.
See the article, "Doyle compact with tribe 'bad for Wisconsin'" in the Burnett County Sentinel, Feb. 26, 2003.
www.jefflindsay.com /snippets/doyle.shtml   (1241 words)

  
 The National Peace Corps Association: Jim and Jessica Doyle
Jim’s father ran unsuccessfully for governor and served as a federal judge.
His mother was a member of the state assembly, a former dean of the law school, a member of the local school board and an early champion of the national feminist movement.
Jim was sworn in as Wisconsin’s 44th governor in January, 2003, the first Democrat to hold that office in 16 years.
www.rpcv.org /pages/sitepage.cfm?id=980   (321 words)

  
 Jim Doyle: ZoomInfo Business People Information
Jim Doyle's summary was automatically generated using 42 references found on the Internet.
Jim Doyle, public affairs chairman for the Vietnam Veterans of America, said news about arms caches and guerrilla attacks in Iraq worry him.
Doyle, who fought Vietnamese guerrillas as a U.S. soldier in 1969, said he feared there could be ongoing attacks shedding American blood during a reconstruction effort.
www.zoominfo.com /people/doyle_jim_2165469.aspx   (330 words)

  
 Candidate profile: Jim Doyle   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
Doyle, who is serving his third term as Wisconsin attorney general, hopes to become the state’s 44th governor by emphasizing a variety of issues.
“Jim, like most Democrats, views education and the UW System not as programs who overspend but as programs that are our state’s sole investment that can truly make our state economically competitive in the long run,” Isaacson said.
Doyle has said he also intends to improve access to affordable health care, halt the destruction of the environment and improve Wisconsin’s economic outlook and create more jobs.
www.uwgb.edu /4e/10-24-02/doyle.htm   (488 words)

  
 Jim Doyle for Governor - About Jim Doyle
Governor Doyle’s parents were founding members of the modern Democratic Party in Wisconsin and he credits them for instilling him with a strong commitment to public service, and an unwavering desire to improve the lives of working families.
After Jim graduated in 1972 from Harvard Law School, their commitment to service brought Jim and Jessica to the Navajo Indian Reservation in Chinle, Arizona.
Jim was reelected as Attorney General in 1994 and 1998, gaining a reputation as a fighter for working people and the middle class, taking on big money special interests like big tobacco, and standing up for Wisconsin consumers
doylelawton.com /content/view/33/30   (549 words)

  
 Jim doyle - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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www.sciencedaily.com /encyclopedia/jim_doyle   (168 words)

  
 JS Online: Doyle Profile, Part 1: Seeds for race planted early
It was 1960, and Jim Doyle, then 14, was listening to a speech from the balcony of the Union Theater in Madison when a security official tapped him on the shoulder and asked him to step outside.
And Jim Doyle, well, he was the son of the leader of the movement to instead draft Adlai Stevenson as the Democratic nominee.
Jim looked at his father, who signaled it was OK to go along.
www.jsonline.com /story/index.aspx?id=510656   (1474 words)

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