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James Moran: Cities
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James Moran’s poetry has been published in www.anothertorontoquarterly.com and Blue Moon Magazine and his fiction, in Algonquin Roundtable Review. A freelance journalist, his credentials include CBC Radio, the Ottawa Citizen, Ottawa City Magazine, the Ottawa Sun, Capital Xtra, the Antigonish Review, the New RO, the Canadian Guide to Working and Living Overseas, and www.nologo.org.
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Moran was born May 16, 1945 in Buffalo, New York. He attended the College of the Holy Cross and the University of Pittsburgh, graduating with a masters degree in Public Administration. He was elected to the Alexandria, Virginia City Council in 1979, serving as deputy mayor from 1982 to 1984, when he was forced to resign as part of a nolo contendre plea bargain to a misdemeanor conflict of interest charge. The conviction was later erased. Moran subsequently ran and was elected mayor of Alexandria in 1985. His brother, Brian Moran, is a member of the Virginia House of Delegates.
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Rep. Moran voted against H. Amdt. 288 to H.R. 2862, the the Science, Departments of State, Justice, and Commerce Appropriations, 2006 Act. The amendment, offered by Rep. Tom Tancredo (R-CO) would deny federal funding to states and cities that are in violation of section 642(a) of the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996. This is the provision that specifically prohibits state and local governments from enacting sanctuary policies that bar public officials, including police officers, from asking an individual's immigration status to determine eligibility for public services and from reporting illegal aliens to federal authorities. Despite that, cities such as San Francisco, Los Angeles, Chicago and Houston, still have sanctuary policies in place.
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Prior to his election to Congress, Moran served for five years as the Mayor of Alexandria, a city of 112,000 residents. He served as Vice Mayor from 1982-84 and as a member of the City Council from 1979-82. These years were marked by innovative programs in economic development, housing and criminal justice.
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