12/05/2008
RECYCLING RISES IN STAFFORD, CITY (The Fredericksburg Free Lance-Star)
Stafford, city leading other localities in recycling efforts
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12/04/2008
Several illegal structures removed (di-ve)
The Malta Environment and Planning Authority on Thursday announced a series of direct actions it carried out in a number of localities in Malta and Gozo.
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12/03/2008
John Tepper Marlin: Should Localities Post Their Budgets? (HuffingtonPost)
This past weekend I was on the East End of Long Island and got into an intense conversation with Charlot Taylor about local budgets. She...
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12/04/2008
Houses pop up like mushrooms (Otago Daily Times)
The popularity of the weekend excursions to seaside resorts on the north line is becoming more and more apparent each year, and localities which two or three years ago had but very few houses to boast of are now adorned by some very fine residences.
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12/03/2008
Localities struggle to keep coffers full (Daily Press)
Tax revenue in the region is expected to come up short for everything from hotel stays to meals to vehicles R etail sales are down. Fewer-than-expected tourists are staying in hotels. Gas-guzzling trucks and vans are depreciating at more than double the usual rate because high fuel prices earlier this year drove down the demand for big vehicles. Property assessments next year will start to ...
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12/04/2008
Is the 5th district recount worth the cost? (WSLS Newschannel 10 Roanoke)
Recently, I have had several people ask me if Virgil Goode was wasting taxpayer money requesting a recount in his tight re-election bid. It’s a good question, since his challenger, Charlottesville attorney Tom Perriello, is leading Goode by less than half a percent. That means the localities in the 5th District will have to pick up the tab for the recount.
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12/05/2008
Headlines from the Arab Press (Middle East Times)
END VIOLENCE IN SCHOOLS -- Jordan's Queen Rania has called for an end to corporal punishment and all forms of violence in schools, The Jordan Times reports.
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12/03/2008
Rental houses getting costlier in Pindi (Gulf Times)
RAWALPINDI: Pakistani federal capital Islamabad has always been known for its expensive rental accommodation but its sister city Rawalpindi, also termed as the ‘alternative Islamabad’, is also catching up as hiring a house even in ordinary localities here has gone beyond the reach of the common man.
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12/03/2008
MMDA report ranks Pasig 3rd in road mishaps (Yehey!)
The Metro Manila Development Authority, in its year-to-September accident report and analysis, said Pasig City ranked third among 17 component localities, notching 14 deaths, 496 non-fatal injuries and 3,365 cases of damage to property.
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12/05/2008
Capital-area city, county budgets look dire; cuts loom (The Sacramento Bee)
After the first of the year, daily life is about to change in Northern California as local governments are forced to deal with the effects of the economic downturn, likely by cutting staff, salaries or services. Sacramento, Placer, El Dorado and Yolo counties already are reeling from revenue shortfalls and nervously watching the state – their largest source of funding – grapple with its own ...
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