Local Government

ESCONDIDO: City may exempt some families from parking ordinance

nctimes.com     yesterday          

City Council will discuss first draft on Wednesday By DAVID GARRICK - Staff Writer | Saturday, September 6, 2008 8:13 PM PDT Brenda Show and her daughter Emily Rose Warfield, 12, wonder where they will park their cars...                    

For now, water grants for cities are gone

macon.com     yesterday          

In a year when Georgia has been weathering a historic drought and state legislators touted their new emphasis on water planning, a new program to expand local water supplies has evaporated in the state budget crunch. The...                    

Lacey boy had a great day

theolympian.com     yesterday          

Four-year-old Issac Davey of Lacey got the royal treatment when he was made honorary police chief for the day recently. Lacey joined other Puget Sound law enforcement agencies to grant the wish of youngsters facing major...                    

Give the MSM some help. Scandalous things about Sarah Palin.

freerepublic.com     yesterday   2 related          

So far we've heard bogus rumors that Sarah Palin had an affair, covered up her daughter's pregnancy by claiming her baby as her own, is a bad mother for running for VP with a baby and daughter who is pregnant, etc. Let's...                    

Suffolk and Norfolk battle over Lowestoft

telegraph.co.uk     yesterday          

They are two of England's most historic counties and have been rivals for 1,500 years. Under the proposal, the coastal town of Lowestoft -- the UK's most easterly point -- would leave its traditional county of Suffolk and...                    

Peter Dreier: GOP Mocks Public Service

huffingtonpost.com     yesterday   43 related          

For the first time in American history, a major political party devoted a substantial portion of its national convention to attacking grassroots organizing. Those attacks reflected a longstanding tradition in American...                    

Nigeria: Beechcraft Plane Crash - Weather Disrupts Search for Black Boxes

allafrica.com     yesterday   2 related          

Posted to the web 6 September 2008 Kenneth Ehigiator Cross River Logistic problems yesterday disrupted the continued search for the black boxes of the missing Beechcraft 1900D plane which crashed at Busi village, Obanliku...                    

Zuma vs Zuma in KZN

mg.co.za     yesterday          

The map will replace this text. The battle for ascendancy within ANC president Jacob Zuma's camp in KwaZulu-Natal opened up fault-lines at a recent regional elective conference -- with allegations that taxpayers' money was...                    

Galt to seek greener housing

sacbee.com     yesterday          

By Loretta Kalb - lkalb@sacbee.com Published 12:00 am PDT Saturday, September 6, 2008 Story appeared in OUR REGION section, Page B4 The mayor of Galt says the Berkeley City Council doesn't know squat about the role of...                    

Toledo City Council urged to undo aides' pay raises: Mayor ?disappointed' by increases in midst...

tmcnet.com     yesterday   1 related          

KRT) Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) Sep. 6--Toledo Mayor Carty Finkbeiner yesterday urged City Council to reconsider the pay raises it recently handed out to six council aides, and one councilman pressed his colleagues to...