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The organizers of a Foghat concert planned for Festus, Missouri, are in disarray after the city mayor issued a cease-and-desist order due to concerns over crowd safety, insurance, and property damage. The event was initially slated to take place at the Festus Memorial Airport, which is owned by the city,
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Mayor Allan W. Fung's budget proposal, which included over 40 layoffs and a 5.46 percent increase in property tax levy, was rejected by the City Council's Finance Committee. The committee instead recommended no layoffs and a 4.75 percent tax levy increase, citing concerns about
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The Memphis City Council is pressing Mayor Willie Herenton's administration to make a $50 million cut in the proposed operating budget, citing a lack of school funding. The council's operating budget committee has been debating over the mayor's proposed budget, which does not include
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Memphis Mayor Willie Herenton has presented a $617.4 million balanced budget to the City Council, relying on eliminating vacant positions, using more federal grants to fund police operations, and reducing and reorganizing some city services and funding agreements. The budget fully funds fire, police, and anti-blight initiatives and gives
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The Taxation, Revenue and Utilization of Expenditures Commission in Jacksonville unanimously voted to recommend that the City Council reject the mayor's proposed contract extension worth an estimated $750 million over 35 years for the Trail Ridge landfill. The commission advised the council to focus on resolving the city&
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Scots council chiefs have faced criticism from veterans after it was revealed that they are failing to mark the 65th anniversary of D-Day while using taxpayers' cash to fund a series of events celebrating gay rights. The Glasgow City Council is at the centre of a row over an
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The murder of Moira Jones in Glasgow's Queen's Park has sparked a debate about the safety of Scotland's public parks, particularly at night. Justice spokesman Bill Aitken has questioned the decision of Glasgow City Council to keep the park open late, and has pledged
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Toledoans are worried that crime will increase if police are laid off, but Mayor Carty Finkbeiner says the city needs to cut $27.7 million from its budget. The city is struggling to balance its finances, with decreasing income tax receipts and a projected deficit of $20 million more than
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Incumbent mayors in two Dane County cities, Middleton and Sun Prairie, won re-election, while voters in Fitchburg elected a current City Council member as the city's new mayor. The election results reflect voter confidence in the current leaders' work and their ability to address key issues. The
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A Muntinlupa court has granted the city government's motion to postpone the hearing on a lawsuit filed by a private contractor over the construction of a P280-million elevated walkway at the Alabang viaduct. The lawsuit, filed by N.C. Tavu & Associates Corp., accuses Muntinlupa Mayor Aldrin San
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Duluth Mayor Don Ness is set to present a major new street improvement strategy that will fundamentally change how street repairs are financed and increase the number of miles of road improved each year. However, the good news will be tempered by the announcement that the 2009 budget deficit has
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Muntinlupa-based private construction firm N.C. Tavu & Associates Corp. is seeking the suspension of Mayor Aldrin San Pedro and members of the city council for allegedly violating the Build-Operate-Transfer (BOT) contract approved in 2006 by the city government. The company's legal counsel, Corp. Doroteo Aguila, stated that
