European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 18, 2007, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 18 stars and stripes sunday March 18 2007 St pats controversy looms in nyc the associated press new York a St Patricks Day in the City the Green Stripe painted on fifth Avenue the Echo of endless bagpipes the annual March infighting among new Yorks Irish after past controversies Over an Ira linked grand marshal and the exclusion of Gay groups from marching this years hostilities pit Parade organizers against the cites firefighters their Sec Ond Battle in two years John Dunleavy president of the parades organizing committee ignited this years Brouhaha by moving the Odny from its traditional spot at the front of the Parade to the Middle of the pack Dunleavy also complained that firefight ers show up drunk for the Parade and continue drinking All Day while in uniform fire officials along with City officials were Quick to strike Back at Dunleavy on both counts i think it is ridiculous and absurd that the organizers of the Parade Are moving new Yorks fire department Back f f Christine Quinn new York City Council speaker Hes made a huge mistake in trying to Brand All new York City firefighters on something that he says he saw said uni formed firefighters association head Steve Cassidy about the drinking charges uniformed fire officers Union head Peter Gorman called Dunleavy com ments the ultimate slap in the face to those firefighters who turn out to March firefighters March carrying 343 flags one for each Odny member killed on sept 112001 i think it is ridiculous and absurd that the organizers of the Parade Are moving new Yorks fire department Back said City Council speaker Christine Quinn the Odny along with the police depart ments fighting 69th infantry band usually March at the front of the Parade the Crux of the marching order dispute Between the Odny and Parade organizers was last years appearance by new or leans firefighters with the new York con Tingent organizers said the Parade with its 150000 marchers was delayed 35 minutes while the Louisiana group unfurled a ban Ner thanking new York for its Aid after Hurricane katrina the slowdown infuriated Parade organizers and Dunleavy said last week that the firefighters were a Law unto themselves and needed a reminder about who was run Ning the Parade Bloomberg Felt the Deci Sion to relocate the Odny contingent was inappropriate it didst make any sense to me he said Dunleavy who did not return phone Calls for comment made his remarks about Drunken firefighters in a rare inter View with the weekly Irish examiner Usa Quinn who is openly Gay opted to March in Dublin this year rather than participate in a new York Parade where Gays May not walk under their own Banner the fight Over the banishment of Gay groups by the Parade committee began in 1991 and has yet to Abate but Gay marching is not the Only Issue two years ago some firefighters boycotted the Parade when department officials barred them from wearing their custom Ary Green berets in 2002 there was a Dis Pute Over the Best Way to Honor the victims of the world Trade Center terrorist attack and in 1983 former Ira Soldier Michael Flannery served As grand marshal Congress plans to change no child left behind Law by Nancy Zuckerbrod the associated press Washington president Bush signature no child left be Hind education Law is headed for fundamental changes As con Gress rewrites it this year including a Likely softening of door die deadlines school administrators Long have complained about the Annu Al deadlines which punish schools that do not make Ade quate Progress toward having All children perform at their Grade Levels school officials also have re belled at requirements that Stu dents with limited English ability or with learning disabilities per form As Well As their Grad level Peers now those complaints Are being taken up by lawmakers spanning the political spectrum key democrats who control the Federal purse strings Are de manding changes moderate re publicans say the Law must be More flexible on thursday they were joined by dozens of gop conservatives who want an even More Radical overhaul lawmakers say a major flaw is that schools that miss achieve ment targets by a Little Are treated the same Way As schools that miss those goals by a lot schools then Are labelled As needing improvement and face the same penalties we cant have Onesipe Fitall rep Peter Hoekstra Rich said thurs Day he led a group of House and Senate lawmakers in introducing legislation that would let states opt out of no child left behind requirements without losing Federal education Money currently any state that does not adhere to the requirements of the billion program cannot get the Federal dollars that come with it the requirements include annual testing in math and read ing in grades three through eight and once in High school the tests must show steady yearly Progress toward a goal of getting students working 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