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Parent Complains, Then Tries to Change the System

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By Leslie Eaton Verified
| The New York Times Verified
In the mid-1990's, after the Internal Revenue Service dunned her for taxes owed by her long-divorced first husband, Elizabeth R. Cockrell helped lead a successful campaign to change the way the agency dealt with the innocent spouses of tax cheats. Now she has set her sights on changing the way New York courts use forensic evaluators. ''But fighting the I.R.S. was easier,'' she said, because at least she could turn to Congress for help. The evaluators, she said, seem to be accountable to no one.
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States Shut Down to Save Cash

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By Leslie Eaton Verified, Ryan Knutson Verified, Philip Shishkin
| The Wall Street Journal Verified
California drivers can't line up to renew their licenses Friday. Wisconsin natives can't order copies of their birth certificates. Georgia consumers will have to postpone registering complaints with state watchdogs. And stranded motorists in Maryland may have to wait a little longer for highway-department help. Across the country, cash-strapped state governments are shutting down business for a day at a time to save money.
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Candidate Hoping New York Is Newest Bloomberg Market

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By Leslie Eaton Verified
| The New York Times Verified
That kind of self-confidence is one advantage that entrepreneurs bring to political life, said James O'Toole, a business professor at the Center for Effective Organizations at the University of Southern California. A disadvantage, he added, is that people who start successful businesses are seldom good managers. An entrepreneur turned mayor ''has to manage a bureaucracy, deal with labor unions and the like,'' Mr. O'Toole said.
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