Local Government

City still evaluating budget

leadercall.com     19 hrs ago   1 related          

City Council’s Budget Committee will meet again Friday morning By Eloria Newell James, community@leadercall.com Members of the Laurel City Council Wednesday expressed their concerns about the city’s proposed Fiscal Year...                    

Pomona, CA: Tempers flare at meeting on checkpoints

alipac.us     23 hrs ago          

POMONA - Hours after off-duty police officers engaged in a shouting match with participants at a community meeting, members of the Pomona Habla/Pomona Speaks coalition began taking steps Friday to file formal complaints...                    

Councils 'could buy unsold homes'

bbc.co.uk     17 hrs ago   12 related          

Councils could get more powers to buy repossessed and unsold homes to let to tenants, ministers are expected to say. The government has been working on a package of measures to help people struggling with housing costs...                    

Householders face £70 fines for putting wrong waste in green bins

telegraph.co.uk     20 hrs ago   1 related          

People who put the wrong rubbish in their green recycling bins are to face fines of £70. Anyone putting inappropriate waste into a green bin will be sent a fixed-penalty notice to compensate the council for cleaning it...                    

Current skills regime too complex says report

egovmonitor.com     18 hrs ago          

A new report today (Fri) calls for local authorities to be given greater control over adult skills provision. The New Local Government Network proposes a new, simplified and more streamlined skills model, in which the...                    

Possible Council U-Turn on Post Office Charge Could be too Little, too Late for Threatened...

libdems.org.uk     19 hrs ago   7 related          

The abolition of the charge that Bedford Borough Council has forced upon residents paying their council tax bills at the post office since 2006 has moved a step closer after the Mayor bowed to pressure and declared his...                    

Council rapped over online data

bbc.co.uk     17 hrs ago          

A Hampshire council's policy of placing personal information online in relation to planning applications has been criticised as a gift to fraudsters. That is despite a recommendation from the Information Commissioner in...                    

Trying to stop removal hearing, Detroit mayor sues

iht.com     yesterday   152 related          

Lawyers for Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick filed a lawsuit Thursday aimed at scuttling a hearing that could lead to his ouster, saying the proceedings would be unfair and presided over by a governor who is biased against him....                    

City Room: Council Voices on Term Limits

nytimes.com     yesterday   4 related          

As Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg considers challenging New York City’s term-limit laws, all eyes are turning to the City Council. It is the 51-member Council -– not the mayor — which has the authority to revise the city’s...                    

Media Advisory - Governor Joins CSAC and County Supervisors: Borrowing Not the Answer (Business...

yahoo.com     yesterday   1 related          

SAN DIEGO----Governor Schwarzenegger will join San Diego County Supervisors Greg Cox and Bill Horn, along with Imperial County Supervisor Gary Wyatt, for a press conference Friday, August 29 at 10:15 a.m. on protecting...