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Wow, it's already just about halfway through June.

It seems like just yesterday that we were talking about the primary results. And, well, we are still talking about the results in a couple of races.

These include the Democratic primary in Senate District 30, where there is an update in the Word from the Maxine Velasquez campaign.

And, of course, there are still those fires that are still raging in southern New Mexico. It would be nice to have those monsoons come through -- without the lightning that, spectacular as it may be, would be very dangerous in these very dry conditions.

On to the Word:

We won on election night, they won tonight, but there is still a long way to go until the recount on June 26th," Velasquez said. "I feel confident well come out on top in the end." Yup, a recount is acomin'.

The board revoked the license for La Mesa Racetrack and Casino in Raton because developers failed to open the casino by May 2010 and didn't show they had adequate financing to complete the racetrack.

In order to cope with the influx of a younger workforce, Jeff Aronoff created D:Hive, a community and business hub in downtown Detroit that serves as a one-stop shop for young people in the city. As executive director, Aronoff assists them with job, housing and quality-of-life resources. Like many of Detroits other economic development initiatives, D:Hive, which formally launched last month, is funded primarily by a grant from a local foundation (in this case, a three-year, $1.2 million grant from the Hudson-Webber Foundation).

Foundations, supported largely by money from the once-booming auto industry, are still a mainstay in southeast Michigan.

Look, we want to end the wars now. We want to bring home our troops from Afghanistan. We want to balance the federal budget now. We need to reform entitlements now. We want to repeal the Patriot Act. We want to bring an end to the drug war. Marriage equality is a good thing," he says according to the press release. "I am socially tolerant and I am fiscally responsible. I am the average American. I want to be represented.

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Morning Word, 06-14-12