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• Boris Johnson held back information over Veronica Wadley appointment

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 988
  Leaked emails challenge mayor of Londons insistence that he had delivered very full disclosure in Arts Council row Boris Johnson held back information that showed his staff discussed a strategy to put the culture secretary "under more pressure to let our appointment stand" after the mayor of London recommended ...
  6 hours ago

• Dear Santa letters in Southern California will be answered, postal official says

  
  L.A. NOW — Authority: 817
  Yes, Los Angeles. There is a Santa Claus. Richard Maher, a spokesman for the U.S. Postal Service, assured the Los Angeles City Council on that letters in Southern California addressed to Santa Claus would be answered despite new restrictions designed to protect children. Concern had been raised after a registered ...
  7 hours ago

• Latest on Mid Argyll Swimming Pool

  
  For Argyll — Authority: 488
  This update supplies new information and insights and covers a note on Argyll’s MSP, Jim Mather’s meetings with Mid Argyll Board members and with members of Argyll and Bute Council; a reply to by Jamie McGrigor MSP from the Council’s CEO, Sally Loudon; the results of our own information gathering from the ...
  10 hours ago

• With Labour on the estate

  
  Liberal Conspiracy — Authority: 686
  This is the second in a series of interviews ( first one’s here ) with people in West Lancashire who rely on public services. The people in this article live on the rundown New Church Farm estate in Skelmersdale, just outside of Liverpool. Two – Neil Furey and Barry Nolan – are also local Labour councillors. ...
  15 hours ago

• Here’s The Scoop … 12/1/09 LBTS Commission Meeting … Hypo-CRISSIE …

  
  Barbara Cole By The Sea — Authority: 137
  GOT THAT SINKING FEELING …. Dear Readers … The Dec 1, 2009 Commission meeting started off on a high note with Rabbi David Mark, from Temple Shalom in Pompano Beach. He thanked the Mayor, the Commission and the residents for honor of being asked to deliver the invocation. He was there at the invitation of our ...
  16 hours ago

• Assemblyman changes mind, asks governor to stop O.C. fairgrounds sale

  
  L.A. NOW — Authority: 817
  An Orange County assemblyman has joined other local politicians who have changed their minds about selling the Orange County fairgrounds to help balance the state budget. In a letter to Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger today, Jose Solorio (D-Santa Ana) said that while he had voted for the July bill that authorized the ...
  19 hours ago

• Heather Carter: a lesson in participatory government

  
  My Bossier — Authority: 127
  There are times when one person standing up can focus hundreds, even thousands of others to do the same. Heather Burney Carter is the wife of a Bossier City police officer who was due to be laid off under the budget proposed by the mayor. Instead of sitting back, Heather took the initiative and proved that local ...
  20 hours ago

• Nearly 4,000 adult social services criticised over level of care provided

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 988
  Care Quality Commission report names and shames local councils over care of vulnerable and elderly As many as 80,000 people are living in care homes or receiving services rated as only "poor" or "adequate", according to a government inspectorate. Eight local councils have also been named and shamed for their ...
  21 hours ago

• Listen In on Thursday Morning

  
  Show-Me Daily — Authority: 475
  I’ll be a guest on Charlie Brennan’s morning show on KMOX tomorrow from around 9:30–10:00 a.m. What will I be discussing? I’m glad you asked. … Although we haven’t yet discussed it on the blog, I hope that all of our readers are aware that the St. Louis Police arrested Gustavo Rendon, husband of the ...
  21 hours ago

• 10-year-old girl "tased" in rural Arkansas

  
  Legal Ruralism — Authority: 134
  Law enforcement’s use of improper tasering is a concern that occasionally gains media-wide attention. For example, when a police officer tasered a 72-year-old great-grandmother during a traffic stop in May of this year both CNN and Fox News covered the story. Recently, in rural Arkansas, a police ...
  21 hours ago

• Local Government Issues

  
  Learning in Maine — Authority: 126
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• Ethics Allegations Often Bring Out the Worst in Elected Officials

  
  CityEthics.org — Authority: 129
  According to anarticle in Town Talk , an allegation against the mayor of Alexandria(LA) of ignoring a conflict of interest has led to some all too typicaldenial, squabbling, and inappropriate city attorney activity. read more
  23 hours ago

• Dubais UK port needs council funding

  
  Daily Telegraph | Telegraph.co.uk — Authority: 969
  A British council has asked the Government to extend its borrowing powers to allow it to back a £1.5bn project near London being planned by the Dubai-based DP World.
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• It’s clear: “Super” city will mean super-sized spending

  
  Not PC — Authority: 610
  Bridge or tunnel? Tunnel or bridge?  The debate over which, and how many, reveals just how Auckland city’s politicians think about the “super” council they’d all like to lead. North Shore Mayor Andrew Williams was the most effusive. offers the very worst reason: he favours a tunnel over a bridge even with ...
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• Water main break in Echo Park creates sinkhole

  
  L.A. NOW — Authority: 817
  A water main break in the Echo Park neighborhood created a 20-feet-wide hole in the street and left at least 30 homes without water this morning. The eight-inch cast iron pipe broke at 12:48 a.m. near Council and North Park View streets, said Maychelle Yee, a spokeswoman for the Department of Water and Power. The ...
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• Here’s The Scoop … LBTS 12/1/09 Commision Meeting … #1 … Cruisin’ On … To 2010 …

  
  Barbara Cole By The Sea — Authority: 137
  THE SUN SETS …AT SEA AND AT HOME …RIP 33′ Ft. Heights… Dear Readers … For the first time in a very long time Vice Mayor McIntee did something good for this town… He took an excused absence and cruised away from from the first readings of the March 9, 2010 Referendum ballot questions… and while he and ...
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• The Traditional Shinto Wedding Of Japan

  
  Totally Weddings — Authority: 155
  Japanese  wedding customs is considered as one of the oldest forms of wedding traditions around the world, much like the traditional Chinese wedding . But because of the influence of Western culture, the traditional Japanese  wedding , or Shinto wedding , have now been widely replaced by modern ...
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• A Toothless Ethics Commission Seeks Information About the Effects of Its Recommendations

  
  CityEthics.org — Authority: 129
  Ethics reform is difficult without a scandal. If your local governmentdoesnt have an ethics commission, its hard to form one. If theres anethics commission without teeth, its hard to even get dentures. And inDenver, according to an article in theDenver Post , its hard to even get information about what happensafter ...
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• New plans will compel councils to respond to petitions

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 988
  New proposals unveiled by John Denham will impose on councils a duty to respond to residents petitions and take appropriate steps to deal with the concerns raised by them Councils will be banned from ignoring petitions signed by residents under plans designed to make local authorities more responsive to the views of ...
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• Sign up for Safety Bulletins - email, SMS or newsfeeds

  
  What's new at HSE — Authority: 145
  Alerts about failures in equipment, process, procedures and substances that affect your workplace. Sign up for Safety Bulletins 
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