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	Kevin Taft - Activism
		Kevin Taft (born September 9, 1955, in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan) is a politician in Alberta, Canada.
		In 2001, Taft entered politics and was elected to the legislature as an Alberta Liberal Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) in the riding of Edmonton Riverview, defeating Progressive Conservative star candidate and former city councillor Wendy Kinsella.
		Taft was generally given credit for being more tenacious than the soft-spoken Nicol in his performance in the legislature during the lead-up to the 2004 election, especially on issues such as public auto insurance, public accounts, and government contracts.
	activism.ca /wiki/Kevin_Taft (384 words)

	Kevin Taft - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Kevin Taft (born September 9, 1955, in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan) is a politician in Alberta, Canada.
		In 2001, Taft entered politics and was elected to the legislature as an Alberta Liberal Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) in the riding of Edmonton Riverview, defeating Progressive Conservative star candidate and former city councillor Wendy Kinsella.
		Taft was generally given credit for being more tenacious than the soft-spoken Nicol in his performance in the legislature during the lead-up to the 2004 election, especially on issues such as public auto insurance, public accounts, and government contracts.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Kevin_Taft (385 words)

	Kevin Bailey - aqwg104 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		Sylvanus TAFT was born 5 Jul 1792 and died 16 Dec 1844.
		Polly Mary TAFT was born 1794 in Uxbridge, Worcester, Massachusetts.
		Stephen TAFT was born 1805 in Uxbridge, Worcester, Massachusetts.
	members.cox.net /kbailey3/aqwg104.htm (716 words)

	CBC - Alberta Votes 2004 - Parties
		Kevin Taft was a thorn in Ralph Klein's side long before he was elected to the legislature, writing two books critical of how the Conservatives govern.
		Taft was elected leader of the party in the spring of 2004, after Ken Nicol stepped down to run in the federal election.
		Taft was trying to make headlines by alleging the government gave untendered contracts to those connected to the party.
	www.cbc.ca /albertavotes2004/parties/taft_bio.html (437 words)

	Alberta Liberal Caucus
		Kevin Taft is deeply rooted in the Canadian west.
		Kevin was elected to the Alberta Legislature in 2001.
		Kevin has been passionate about public issues since he was young.
	www.liberalopposition.com /index.php/caucus_members/kevin_taft (316 words)

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		Kevin Taft soundly defeated rivals John Reil and Jon Friel in a leadership race conducted in a seven-day telephone ballot that ended Saturday.
		Taft said he was looking forward to getting back to the legislature and looking across at Klein and the Tories.
		Taft inherits a financially strapped party with a stagnant membership and a steadily shrinking number of sitting members in the legislature with an election looming.
	www.ctv.ca /servlet/ArticleNews/scfcn/CTVNews/20040328/taft_alta_libs_040327/Canada (735 words)

	Taft: Split off youngest offenders (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		Taft signed a bill that subjects children as young as 10 to the Department of Youth Services, the state agency for youth offenders.
		Taft signed an executive order directing department officials to contract with private agencies to house the youths and provide for their education and treatment.
		Taft's spokesman, Kevin Kellems, said the governor issued the order instead of vetoing the entire bill because he favored parts of the legislation.
	www.enquirer.com /editions/2001/01/06/loc_taft_split_off.html (425 words)

	Candidates (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		Kevin Taft first made a name for himself with his 1997 book Shredding the Public Interest which questioned the rationale for the spending cuts imposed by Ralph Klein's Conservative government.
		Taft began his career as an Alberta civil servant, before being elected in 2001 in the riding of Edmonton-Riverview on his first foray into politics.
		Three years later, Taft was elected leader of the Alberta Liberal party after Ken Nicol resigned in the spring of 2004 to run as a federal Liberal for Paul Martin (unsuccessfully, as it turned out).
	www.ctv.ca /generic/WebSpecials/alberta_election/frameset/taft.html (332 words)

	Alberta Liberal Caucus
		Kevin Taft concludes his remarks, outlining a vision for Alberta and Western Canada as a new economic superpower - a Western Tiger.
		Kevin Taft summarizes the direction of the 2007 spring session.
		Kevin Taft shows that Albertans are ready to act to stop global warming, and that they’re waiting only for a government that will take the lead on this issue.
	www.liberalopposition.com /index.php/alc/content/C64 (510 words)

	Responses to Taft
		Taft could have taken the easy way out and retired quietly without drawing attention to the government's attempt to cover up the real economic conditions we faced three years ago.
		Taft shows in his book, but were done without "a vision or a plan" as Klein admitted last December.
		Taft illustrates that the Klein government, under the framework of a four-year plan to balance the budget, had flexibility to evaluate the impact of its harsh expenditure reductions on health care, education and seniors programs.
	www.ucalgary.ca /~ponting/KleinOnTaft.html (784 words)

	Taft students outwit competition
		Students at Taft who enter a gifted English program are allowed to enroll at SMC once they begin their junior year.
		Taft engages in meetings with SMC to monitor the progress of the classes.
		Taft student Monica Schettler, 17, a member of the decathlon team, said the best part of dual enrollment is that it challenges her to think.
	www.smdp.com /article/articles/758/1/Taft-students-outwit-competition (568 words)

	Dayton Daily News Online: part of the ActiveDayton.com city site
		Kevin Kellems, Taft's press secretary, blamed the apparent contradiction on a reporter's ambiguous question, and in fact, the question put to the governor was lengthy and rambling.
		Taft has taken some criticism for the fund raising because, as secretary of state, he championed full disclosure of contributions.
		Taft has defended his work for the group as part of his effort to improve the climate for business in Ohio and to let voters know the importance of having a court that interprets the law even-handedly.
	www.ohiocitizen.org /moneypolitics/pre2003/hardline.htm (842 words)

	Kevin Weisman - Biography (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		Kevin Weisman was born and raised in Los Angeles, CA.
		Kevin has a passion for music, and has played the drums and percussion since he was around 11 years of age.
		Kevin is also has quite a passion for music and has played drums and percussion since he was young.
	www.kevinweisman.com /bio.html (650 words)

	Parkland Institute - Bio Taft
		Kevin Taft is one of western Canada's most prominent public policy researchers.
		Kevin is head of Taft Research and Communications in Edmonton.
		Kevin is co-author with Gillian Steward of the Canadian bestseller Clear Answers: The Economics and Politics of For-Profit Medicine.
	www.ualberta.ca /~parkland/aboutparkland/speakbureau/BioTaft.html (331 words)

	cleveland.com: Cleveland City Council
		Kevin was swept into office by the largest margin in 16 years.
		Kevin was inaugurated for his first term as a Cleveland City Councilman on January 7, 2002.
		A native Clevelander, Kevin was born to Gloria Rollins-Conwell and Clarence Conwell in December of 1959.
	www.cleveland.com /profiles/index.ssf?/profiles/more/conwell.html (491 words)

	The Front: July 27, 2000
		And though the Albertan model does figure prominently in the text, Taft's and Steward's careful research and analysis have obvious lessons for people in other parts of Canada--in particular Ontario and Quebec--where Klein's health-care model is being studied, embraced and copied.
		Taft contends that too often the costs of health care are discussed in the same terms economists might discuss the sale of bananas or Pontiacs.
		Taft argues that Canada's health-care system has fallen victim to "vested interests who will benefit greatly by the switch to a for-profit health-care system." So many public issues, he goes on to say, "are real dilemmas.
	www.montrealmirror.com /ARCHIVES/2000/072700/news2.html (849 words)

	Shredding the Public Interest by Kevin Taft
		On January 30, 1997, the Parkland Institute and the University of Alberta Press held a news conference at Edmonton's Stanley Milner Library to launch Kevin Taft's Shredding the Public Interest.
		The institute, working in collaboration with U of A press and Kevin Taft, helped catapult this important information to the national stage.
		Taft's book was number one on the bestseller list in Edmonton and Calgary in February and March.
	www.ualberta.ca /PARKLAND/post/OldPost/Vol1_No1/Shredding.html (417 words)

	Kevin Taft (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		Kevin Taft Kevin Taft (born September 9, 1955, in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan) is leader of the Alberta Liberal Party and leader of the opposition in the Alberta legislature.
		In 2001, Taft entered politics and was elected to the legislature as an Alberta Liberal MLA in the riding of Edmonton-Riverview, defeating Progressive Conservative star candidate and former city councillor Wendy Kinsella.
		Despite leading a party saddled with a $900,000 debt he helped his party more than double its seats in the 2004 Alberta general election to 16 from 7 before the election call, regaining seats in Edmonton as well as a remarkable breakthrough in the traditionally Conservative city of Calgary.
	kevin-taft.iqnaut.net (342 words)

	Alberta Venture - Kevin Taft
		A former government researcher and best-selling author whose books on public policy took dead aim at Ralph Klein's revolution, Alberta Liberal leader Kevin Taft helped re-establish the Grits' grip on the provincial capital in the November 2004 election.
		Taft reversed a decade-long trend of ever-increasing majorities of the Klein government, a feat made even more remarkable by the federal Grits' plunge into scandal and his party's hamstrung war chest which carried a $1-million debt from previous leader Nancy MacBeth's catastrophic 2001 campaign.
		The business community has responded to Taft's stewardship as the Liberals raised $1 million in 2004 for the first time since 1993.
	www.albertaventure.com /abventure_4234.html (411 words)

	Kevin Taft (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		Kevin Taft has 1 in-development credit available on IMDbPro.com.
		Discuss this name with other users on IMDb message board for Kevin Taft
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	www.imdb.com /name/nm2017236 (135 words)

	CANOE -- CNEWS - Politics: Taft scores points in Alberta (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		Alberta Liberal Leader Kevin Taft watches as campaign volunteer Elizabeth Owens Skidmore marks the areas in his Riverview riding that are confirmed voting Liberal, on Sunday Nov. 21, 2004.
		A scheduled Taft breakfast speech to the Calgary Chamber of Commerce during the campaign was cancelled because only 17 tickets were sold.
		Taft is their fifth leader in 10 years.
	cnews.canoe.ca /CNEWS/Politics/2004/11/22/726085.html (892 words)

	Caller.com: High School Sports
		Taft’s Ryan Aguirre (33) battles Sinton’s Jonathan Wilkerson for a rebound during the first quarter.
		Taft, however, fought off the attack and managed to tie the game on the last shot of the fourth period.
		Taft went up 57-55 on Aguirre's fifth 3-pointer of the game and free throw by Mundo Castillo, but the Pirates closed the gap on a free throw by Joseph Perez.
	www.caller.com /ccct/high_school_sports/article/0,1641,CCCT_821_3389489,00.html (642 words)

	Alberta Liberal Party - Alberta's Opportunity (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		A packed house of Calgarians joined Kevin Taft and the Alberta Liberals for their annual Leader’s Dinner June 1 at the Telus Convention Centre in Calgary.
		A packed house of interested Albertans set their TVs to record the Oilers game and joined Kevin Taft and the Alberta Liberals for their annual Edmonton Leader’s Dinner on May 17 at the Westin Hotel in Edmonton.
		Kevin Taft spoke to 80 people in Fort McMurray on Tuesday, reflecting on the challenges that are unique to this community, and the possibilities that lay before us in Alberta.
	www.kevintaft.com (836 words)

	justice4kevinfedprison.com
		Kevin was in great spirits, but his health is failing.
		Kevin Walker, Federal Inmate #00465-111 convicted of attempted possession of a controlled substance on February 3, 1999 and sentenced to 168 months in a california federal correctional facility.
		Originally misdiagnosed with pneumonia by prison medical staff, kevin was left to suffer while the disease entered later stages.
	www.justice4kevinfedprison.com (405 words)

	CIVITATENSIS » Blog Archive » Leadership for Alberta Liberals: Jim Dinning
		The argument is fleshed out from comparing the political inclinations of Dinning and Kevin Taft, the leader of the Alberta Liberal Party and Leader of the Opposition.
		Taft really is a Red Tory, and he’s only with the Alberta Liberals because he didn’t like Klein and his methods too much.
		To say that Dinning and Taft are a kind of a reversible garment is to say that you could wear it on both sides, and only the outer appearances would change.
	www.civitatensis.ca /archives/2006/09/22/1495 (650 words)

	Taft College Cougar Baseball Alumni (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		A second team all CVC pitcher during the spring of 2006, Josh was in the top-ten in the state in innings pitched (103) and games started (16).
		Kevin is now the Head Baseball Coach at West Valley High School in Yakima, Washington.
		Kevin Johnson (OF) Signed in 1988 with the Montreal Expos and played two years of professional baseball.
	www.taftcollege.edu /newTC/Activities/baseball/pros.htm (1010 words)

	WKSU: The Troubles of Merging Ohio and Family Services: Transcript
		Taft spokesperson Kevin Kellems says all jobless services will be available via telephone...
		Taft: I think that the merger had the right idea because we had tremendous duplication in our workforce development, in our training, in the whole welfare to work, really.
		Taft says it will take a year or two to see the benefits.
	www.wksu.org /news/features/familyseries/merger_transcript.html (1164 words)

	The Calgary Sun - Taft's burden
		Taft was chatting about his provincial party's impressive new policy handouts -- Alberta Horizons: The Time is Now, The Place to Dream is Alberta.
		Well, some Albertans are, Kevin, such as the 45% of delegates to the latest PC convention who voted against Klein's continued leadership.
		Taft flies under the Liberal banner, one rightly despised in Alberta, and is the head of a party that hasn't been in power in Alberta since the start of the flapper era.
	calsun.canoe.ca /News/Columnists/Jackson_Paul/2006/04/22/1546174.html (740 words)

	ASSEMBLYMAN KEVIN MCCARTHY - California State Assembly Republican Caucus
		Kevin McCarthy is a fourth-generation Kern County resident.
		As a former small business owner and entrepreneur, creating his first business before age 21 (Kevin O’s Deli), McCarthy understands the importance of a positive business climate and the difficulty in navigating the bureaucratic process.
		Kevin and his wife, Judy, have two children, Conner (12) and Meghan (9).
	republican.assembly.ca.gov /members/index.asp?Dist=32&Lang=1&Body=Bio (358 words)

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