Greektown Street Is Renamed for Spyropoulos As Troika Tightens
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S o C V ΓΡΑΦΕΙ ΤΗΝ ΙΣΤΟΡΙΑ Bringing the news W ΤΟΥ ΕΛΛΗΝΙΣΜΟΥ to generations of E ΑΠΟ ΤΟ 1915 The National Herald Greek- Americans N c v A weeKly GreeK-AmericAn PublicAtion www.thenationalherald.com VOL. 18, ISSUE 893 November 22-28, 2014 $1.50 As Troika Tightens Vise, Tom Manatos: Capitol Hill’s Political Santa Claus Greek Coalition Gov’t Greek-American Has Most-Coveted List of Continues its Feuding Post-Election Jobs ATHENS – Defying its interna - to Parliament a 2015 budget By Constantinos E. Scaros tional lenders – likely at the cost with a disputed revenue gap of giving up for now an early and without having completed Post-Election Day stories dom - exit from bailout deals – the reforms necessary for loans to inating the news center around Greek government is forwarding keep coming. politics, not people, as questions Finance Minister Gikas like “will the Republicans govern Hardouvelis, who said he had effectively or will there be more been confident a deal would be gridlock?” “what does this mean WiTH THiS iSSue reached with the Troika of the for President Obama’s final two European Union-International years?” and “how will this affect Monetary Fund-European Cen - the presidential race in 2016?” tral Bank before the budget was abound. But few people stop and proposed, sent it to lawmakers think that for losing candidates anyway after no agreement had and their staffs, Election Day also been reached. means: “you’re fired.” The budget will be based on To be sure, those staff mem - an outdated midterm fiscal plan bers who need to pack their bags agreed with the Troika, which are all-too-well aware of it, and had insisted on an updated ver - for many, their first step is to sion after projecting a 3.6 billion reach out, very quickly, to Tom euro budget hole for next year, Manatos. while Athens said it was only Manatos’ emergence in the one billion euros. nation’s capital as the keeper of The 2015 budget has no new arguably the most valuable list austerity measures, which Prime of prospective employers on Minister Antonis Samaras was AP Photo/Petros KArAdjiAs Capitol Hill was important keen to avoid as they have dri - Angry Bondholders in Cyprus Demand Their Money Back enough to merit front-page cov - ven down the popularity of his erage in November 18th’s Wash - ruling New Democracy Conser - A bondholder shouts as riot police stand guard in front of a main door of Cyprus’ largest lender ington Post. vatives and its coalition partner Bank of Cyprus headquarters in the capital Nicosia, Thursday, Nov. 20, 2014. Several dozen bank Born into an influential polit - the PASOK Socialists. bondholders who lost money in Cyprus’ international rescue deal last year staged a protest out - ical family – his father, Andy and Hardouvelis' blueprint pre - side the bank’s headquarters, demanding their money back. Police thwarted some protesters brother Mike are President and dicts a primary surplus of three from trying to storm the building during elections for a new bank board of directors. Senior Vice President of Manatos percent of Gross Domestic Prod - & Manatos, a prestigious DC lob - uct (GDP), which doesn't in - bying firm – Manatos, previously clude interest on its 240 billion House Democrat liaison on be - euro ($306 billion) loans with half of Nancy Pelosi (formerly Sec. Burwell the Troika and debt; the cost of Maliotis: Jewel of Greek-Am. Culture House Speaker and current running cities and towns and House Minority Leader) has par - state enterprises, social security layed his list of prospective em - Vindicates and some military expenditures. By Theodore Kalmoukos versity, who is President of the and prominent industrialist and ployers into a website, tom - The government also said Friends of the Maliotis Cultural philanthropist. His dream was manatosjobs.com, which the Post that the primary surplus this BOSTON, MA – The Greek- Center, in an exclusive interview to start a cultural center for all reports contains a 20,000 person Obamacare year will be 1.8 percent instead American Community of Boston with TNH spoke about the Cen - people of Greek descent. He mailing list: “He’s DC’s Craig and of 1.5 percent, optimistic figures and of all New England has ter’s history, the programs and seized the opportunity and built his Christmas comes in Novem - doubted by many analysts and been enriched culturally by the the contribution to Greek-Amer - his Center on an existing foun - ber.” By Constantinos E. Scaros the Troika as Samaras tries to valuable presence and activities ican Community. dation abandoned by Spyros Sk - As one door – to a Congres - show Greece is recovering from of The Maliotis Cultural Center, TNH: Let's start with the his - ouras on the campus of the sional seat – closes, another In a calm, consistent tone a punishing economic crisis located on the campus of Hel - tory of the Maliotis Cultural HCHC. He donated the building opens, Manatos is quickly becom - and exhibiting a warm, everp - worsened by the big pay cuts, lenic College and Holy Cross Center. When, by whom and for to HCHC with several condi - ing the definitive go-to person resent smile, Secretary of Health tax hikes, slashed pensions, and Greek Orthodox School of The - what purpose was it founded? tions, one being that the Arch - for helping displaced political and Human Services Sylvia worker firings he imposed on ology. Next year, the Center will PS: The Maliotis Cultural diocese contribute $50,000 an - aides find a new job. “Are you… Mathews Burwell – the highest- Troika orders. celebrate its 35th anniversary. Center was founded by Costas nually to support the Center. the…Tom Manatos?” many, ea - level Greek-American member Officials familiar with the Philip Serafim, Sc.D., Professor Maliotis in 1981. The son of a The mission of the Center is ger to obtain his help ask him of President Obama’s Cabinet – of electrical and Computer En - Cretan shepherd, he immigrated told NBC’s Meet the Press host Continued on page 11 gineering at Northeastern Uni - in 1915 and became a wealthy Continued on page 9 Continued on page 9 Chuck Todd in no uncertain terms on November 16 that the Affordable Care Act (ACA) – the president’s signature domestic initiative widely known as “Oba - Greektown Street is Renamed for Spyropoulos Greece Thru macare” – is a success. “We had 100,000 folks sub - mit applications” the day before TNH Staff The Lens of (November 15), which opened Season 2 of Obamacare, Burwell CHICAGO, IL– Halsted Street, beamed confidently, “and in the heart of Chicago’s her - R. McCabe 500,000 people logged on suc - alded Greek community “Greek - cessfully.” town,” has been officially re - Todd, who recently became named Theodore Spyropoulos By Yiannis Sofianou host of Meet the Press – the Street, honoring the recently- TNH Staff Writer longest-running show in televi - deceased benefactor. sion history – and is continuing The Municipal Council made ATHENS – “I came to Greece the Tim Russert heritage of it official on November 14 with for vacation in the summer of avoiding “softball” questions the unveiling of a plaque bear - 1954 and in reality I never left," and asking more probing ones, ing the new name. internationally renowned pho - asked why, despite the suc - Attending the event were tographer Robert McCabe told cesses, the American public’s Spyropoulos’ wife, Erika, and The National Herald on the oc - skepticism about Obamacare daughter Mariyana, Illinois Gov - casion of the publication of his “hasn’t changed one bit?” ernor Pat Quinn, and Secretary new book, "Mycenae 1954 – To Unperturbed and retaining of State Jesse White, Consul Katamersimero” – High Noon. her warm demeanor, Burwell re - General of Greece Ioanna Published by Ekdoseis Pataki, sponded that the Administration Efthimiadou, and numerous the book was produced in col - needs to “translate that success other dignitaries. laboration with Athena Kakouri, because I think when you ask The enthusiastic crowd who wrote the Greek text, and the American people about braved the bigtter cold and Lisa Wace French who con - those things individually, or waited patiently for the unveil - tributed commentary and photo when you ask the American peo - ing. captions. Mariyana Spyropoulos McCabe’s lens, with its power Continued on page 5 thanked the crowd during the to depict the life of the Greek lunch the followed, and spoke countryside and everyday life of of her father’s impassioned ded - the inhabitants of Greece with For subscription: ication to the community. great sensitivity, “accompanies” 718.784.5255 Spyropoulos’ seemingly the devoted archaeologists and [email protected] countless community initiatives people whose efforts during the included:* excavation of ancient Mycenae U.S.A. Regional Coordinator, resurrected some of the names Alternative President of the Theodore Spyropoulos, businessman and philanthropist devoted himself to showing Greek- in Greek history. Americans the way to a better community, promotion of Hellenism in America, and support for Continued on page 6 Greece and Cyprus. Chicago honored him by naming Halstead Street in Greektown after him. Continued on page 8 2 COMMUNITY THe NATiONAL HeRALD, NOVEMBER 22-29, 2014 GREEKS AROUND THE US GOINGS ON... n THRU NOV. 23 coness has announced the full Athens Vice Mayor, in Chicago, explains Crisis ASTORIA – The Theatron The - list of speakers for its first con - ater Company is presenting ference “Women & Diaconal “Trelathike I Gineka Mou – My Ministry in the Orthodox By Anthe Mitrakos day when Greece was imperiled Crazy Wife,” a Manos Pantelides Church: Past, Present & Future” by a number of reasons. Nowa - theatrical adaptation inspired by to be held Saturday, December CHICAGO, IL – The road to days what we have to show is the play “Pink Sins” and di - 6, at Union Theological Semi - Greece’s current crumbling state really second rate, if not third,” rected by Loukas N.