Former Alaska governor Sarah Palin has a new neighbour, and it turns out to be none other than no-holds-barred author Joe McGinniss, who is writing an exposé about her.
Ms Palin, 46, made the discovery on May 24 after she asked her husband, Todd, to “introduce himself to the stranger who was peering in” from her neighbour’s deck in Wasilla, Alaska. “He’s rented the place for the next five months or so,” the New York Daily News quoted Ms Palin as writing on Facebook on May 25. “He moved up all the way from Massachusetts to live right next to us, while he writes a book about me.
“Wonder what kind of material he’ll gather while overlooking Piper’s bedroom, my little garden and the family’s swimming hole?” she stated. Piper Palin is the former GOP vice-presidential nominee’s 9-year-old daughter. Mr McGinniss, 67, refused to comment, but his publisher, Broadway Books, said the author “will be highly resp-ectful of his subject’s privacy as he investigates her public activities”.
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Rome mayor targets pubs & bars
Rome : Rome’s conservative mayor Gianni Alemanno has unveiled tough measures to crack down on pub crawls, night-time revelry and pavement-hogging bars and restaurants, as the tourist season reaches its height.
Individuals and commercial enterprises making “bothersome or unnecessary” noise will be fined 50 to 500 euros, under a new bylaw which will remain in force throughout the capital until 31 December, Mr Alemanno announced on Tuesday.
Littering public areas will be punishable with a 500 euro fine under the ordinance. A second bylaw bans the organisation via Internet of pub crawls, which have become increasingly popular with young people, both Italians and foreign students and tourists.
Bars and pubs which allow their premises to be used for such pub crawls will be closed for a period of three to 60 days under the ordinance. A third bylaw targets cafes, bars and restaurants whose tables spill beyond the authorised pavement space with 200-500 euro fines and closure for up to 15 days.
By arrangement with AKI