Thanks to the McCaskill-Bond amendment, mergers that produce value and create synergies have one less hurdle to leap.
The McCaskill-Bond amendment requires just two of the labor protections: that "provisions shall be made for the integration of seniority lists in a fair and equitable manner" and that disputes over seniority be submitted to binding arbitration.
Voters approved the bond proposals and charter amendments in 1927 and 1930.
You can raise taxes, override a governor's veto, write constitutional amendments, propose bond issues.
Far from being a disadvantage, the fact that Greek bond contracts were in effect amendment-free meant that smart lawyers like Mr. Buchheit could custom-design a collective action clause in Greece's favor.
Who will show up? A. Will older Texans — the ones who vote in every bond, school board, City Council and constitutional amendment election — own the day?
After much debate, the state legislative road committee included the statement that this route would follow the Feather River in the 1919 amendment authorizing a third bond issue; instead of keeping it as Route 30, the Highway Commission changed the designation to an extension of the short Richvale-Oroville (now SR 162) Route 21, which was also part of the first bond issue.
The Dallas Morning News reported on Mr. Cheney's skipped votes today, noting that he missed presidential and state primaries, runoffs, municipal and school board elections, and votes on constitutional amendments and a school bond issue.
The constitutional amendment needed to authorize the bonds won by a margin of 61% to 39%.
After Mr Bush announced that he would fight for a constitutional amendment to codify marriage as a bond only between a man and a woman, moderates inside the Bush camp are cautioning against pushing this issue, lest it backfire.
