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Charlotte Observer: Breaking News (Free subscription) | yesterday
(By Jim Morrill, jmorrill@charlotteobserver.com) Could Charlotte host the next Democratic National Convention? A former national party chairman met with city leaders Tuesday to explore the possibility.
The Rancho Cordova Post (Free subscription) | 4 hours ago
City leaders held an official ground breaking ceremony today for the planned extension of International Drive to Sunrise Boulevard. The project is expected to be completed in 2011 and will include a bridge over the Folsom South Canal. Public Works Director Cyrus Abhar said the project has been a decade in the making. The project was put on [...]
Hindu (Free subscription) | 27/11/2009
Leaders of ruling Congress and opposition parties trade charges
Dayton Daily News (Free subscription) | 28/11/2009
> > Tax-subsidized recreational facilities drain on city fundsHot TopicsBill ReinkeThe Beavercreek Golf Club typically earns enough money to cover operating expenses, but not enough to cover capital and debt costs. In 2008 Nearly $1 million of the city's general fund went toward repaying the $9.5 million construction debt from 1997. File photo Ty Greenlees/Ty GreenleesSplash Moraine water...
LAist (Free subscription) | 27/11/2009
Photo by katherine_hitt via Flickr This week, Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa commented that he believes the City Council should work to create parameters that would "limit the number of medical marijuana dispensaries in the city," according to CBS2 . He believes the current count of 8-900 is too high, and talk among the Council is to aim to cap "dispensaries at between 70...
Dayton Daily News (Free subscription) | 25/11/2009
DAYTON - When Dayton city leaders hired former Assistant City Manager Jane Howington in 2007, the city took on the liability of 519 credit hours of her unused sick leave valued at $28,736, as required by Ohio law.
Docuticker (Free subscription) | 26/11/2009
Fiscal Challenges Facing Cities: Implications for Recovery Source: Brookings Institution America’s current economic crisis is not only a national crisis. It is also a metropolitan crisis, and it will soon become a local government fiscal crisis. Coping with the worst economic downturn in 50 years, U.S. cities face sizable budget shortfalls for 2009 that are expected to [...]
northern lights pr | 25/11/2009
The City of London’s banking leaders are not serious about protecting the UK against another financial crash. <?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /> Professor Roszaini Haniffa, an expert in corporate governance and banking, believes the recommendations of the Walker Review are unlikely to address the fundamental issues, when
The Waco Tribune-Herald - News (Free subscription) | 25/11/2009
The Waco Skate Park on Jefferson Avenue is about to take a flying leap forward as part of a $2.2 million redevelopment of the old Charlie McCleary Tennis Center.City leaders are planning to rip out the crumbling asphalt courts and create a family-friendly park with restrooms, green space, walking trails, basketball and tennis courts, and an improved skate course.The city...
Mobilizing the Region (Free subscription) | yesterday
Commuter, intercity, and tour buses all benefit the city but can create problems for pedestrians and residents. New York City leaders are pondering ways to address the challenge of encouraging private bus ridership into Manhattan while managing limited street space and growing community concerns. This issue, which was the focus of a recent town hall [...]
Miami Herald (Free subscription) | yesterday
A week before they were scheduled to sell the bonds on Wall Street, Miami city leaders are postponing a planned bond sale designed to finance a new Florida Marlins stadium parking garage -- though City Manager Pete Hernandez says the city could have gone forward now.
News Scotsman (Free subscription) | yesterday
CITY leader Jenny Dawe has rejected calls for a report looking at what initiatives the city council supports to further equality for women.
Edinburgh Evening News (Free subscription) | yesterday
CITY leader Jenny Dawe has rejected calls for a report looking at what initiatives the city council supports to further equality for women.
Streetsblog San Francisco (Free subscription) | 01/12/2009
Among the many users of San Francisco's streets, pedicabs occupy a space somewhere between a bicycle and a motorized taxi cab, though their movements are restricted far beyond other modes, in part because pedicab owners don't have the budget to lobby city leaders and don't have an obvious constituency to advocate on their behalf. This [...]
Arts Admin (Free subscription) | yesterday
... Bloomington Area Arts Council, and keep the John Waldron Arts Center going. ... Kruzan and other city leaders realized certain issues between the arts community and the BAAC had “reached some sort of critical mass,” and it was time to step in, the mayor said. “I want there to be a (relatively) dispassionate analysis of the BAAC’s fiscal status and its fee structure,”...
