In Rogers' case, Dattner believes there would have been a greater stigma attached to the party-crashing incident if she had stepped down immediately following it.

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Second, while the challenger attacks Allen for being too liberal and too closely attached to the national Democratic party's agenda, Allen has made a name for himself championing campaign finance reform and will be able to use all the advantages of incumbency in his re-election bid.

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The council, which is attached to state news agency WAM, said a "neutral party" had been appointed to investigate but had found the claims to be untrue.

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One Green Party councillor in Solihull told us that this extra money was being offered with tight government strings attached, while spending on other local services like adult day centres were having to be pruned radically because of the budget cuts.

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