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Detroit Police Restructuring Necessary to Curb Crime

Gary A. Brown | Posted 05.22.2012

Read More: Government, Detroit Financial Crisis, Municipality, Police, Crime, Detroit Fiscal Crisis, Gary Brown, Detroit, City Council, Fiscal Crisis, Detroit City Council, Public Safety, Detroit News
Gary A. Brown

Detroit continues to face a fiscal crisis. However, the issue to address crime in the neighborhoods is not about resources; it's about managing the resources. The crime affecting our neighborhoods is fixable.

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Coin Toss Decides City Council Election

AP | BETSY BLANEY | Posted 05.18.2012

Read More: Texas, Video, Wolfforth Texas, Coin Toss, City Council Coin Toss, Bryan Studer, City Council, Bruce MacNair, Texas City Council Coin Toss, Wolfforth City Council, Politics News

WOLFFORTH, Texas — City Council candidate Bruce MacNair watched the coin rise into the air Friday. His opponent, Bryan Studer, kept his gaze on ...

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Saki Knafo

The After-School Crisis: What Mayor Bloomberg's Massive Cuts Could Mean For One Of The Most Highly Regarded After-School Programs In The Country

HuffingtonPost.com | Saki Knafo | Posted 05.21.2012

Read More: Bloomberg Budget Cuts, Ost, Manhattan Schools, Bloomberg Budget Proposal, After-School, New York Education, New York City, New York Afterschool, Bloomberg, Out-of-School Time, Campaign for Children, After-School Programs, Childcare, City Council, New York Schools, University Settlement, Childcare Cuts, Michael Zissner, Education News

Some of the poems were about love and some were about clouds, but what really mattered about the P.S. 63 poetry reading on Wednesday night was the tim...

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Veterans May Learn About Benefits Available to Them This Saturday at John D. Dingell VA Medical Center

Gary A. Brown | Posted 05.03.2012

Read More: Afghanistan Veterans, Iraq Veterans, Gary Brown, City Council, Michigan-Veterans-Affairs, Veteran Benefits, Detroit Veterans, Veterans Detroit, Veteran Benefits Seminar, Detroit Impact, Michigan Veterans, Military Veterans, Veteran Benefits Detroit, Detroit News
Gary A. Brown

Detroit has one of the largest veteran populations in the nation. With a new group of veterans returning from the end of the Iraq deployment, we need to connect veterans and their families to the available benefits.

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City May Soon Charge Fee To Sit In Park

The Huffington Post | Harry Bradford | Posted 04.05.2012

Read More: Jacksonville, State Budgets, Video, State Jounral-Register, Fiscal Year, North Las Vegas, Budget Gaps, Picnic, City Council, Wallet, Legislation, National Parks, Central Falls, City Park, City Budget, Business News

Imagine having to pay to sit on the grass. That could be happening soon in North Las Vegas, where the city council is considering charging residen...

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Leadership and Implementation Will Repair Detroit Finances

Gary A. Brown | Posted 04.05.2012

Read More: Government, Michigan, Gary Brown, City Council, Financial Crisis, Mayor Dave Bing, Detroit City Council, Detroit Consent Agreement, Detroit, Detroit Politics, Detroit News
Gary A. Brown

Now that City Council approved the consent agreement, the real work begins. We must put meat on the bones to create a restructuring plan.

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Bloomberg: No Food Donations For The Homeless

Posted 03.20.2012

Read More: City Council, New York Homeless, Homeless Shelters, Bloomberg, New York Homeless Policy, Bloomberg-Salt, Ny News, New York News

In a move that combines the mayor's affinity for overbearing health regulations with his controversial stance on homeless shelters already under fire ...

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Mr. Mayor, Use City Council to Repair Detroit's Finances and Restructure City Government

Gary A. Brown | Posted 05.09.2012

Read More: Finances, Detroit Fiscal Crisis, City Council, Fiscal Crisis, Mayor Dave Bing, Michigan, Government, Detroit, Detroit City Council, Detroit News
Gary A. Brown

During the past 26 months, Detroit City Council has been more fiscally conservative than the Bing administration, when it comes to managing the City of Detroit's finances. We are reformers who have restored order and unity.

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Detroit Citizens Key to Defining the Council Districts

Gary A. Brown | Posted 04.08.2012

Read More: Government, Redistricting, Districts, City Council, Town Halls, Detroit City Council, Detroit City Council Districts, Detroit, Detroit Redistricting, Detroit News
Gary A. Brown

Typically, when re-drawing boundaries, legislators -- local, state and federal -- create districts and then present them to the public as a final product. My colleagues and I desired a more open process.

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Ban on Bull -- Really

Malcolm Kushner | Posted 03.31.2012

Read More: Bull, Santa Cruz, Humor, Dumb, Laws, City Council, Weird, Political, Frogs, California, Weird News News
Malcolm Kushner

You'd think that in a town as politically correct as Santa Cruz, the city council would have removed a lot of other bulls before bullfrogs. How about bullets? Or bullfighting? Or bullying? So why did it choose to ban bullfrogs?

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NYC May Offer Residents Furniture If They Take In The Homeless

Posted 01.20.2012

Read More: Christine Quinn, Department of Homeless Services, Homelessness, Shelter Overcrowding, Mayor Bloomberg, Ny News, City Council, New York News

In order to relieve overcrowding in homeless shelters, the city's Department of Homeless Services may employ a plan that requires single adults curren...

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As Our Patriots Have Come Home, Detroit Will Lift Them Up

Gary A. Brown | Posted 03.18.2012

Read More: Marines, Military, Armed Forces, Detroit, City Council, Detroit City Council, Michigan, Veterans, Detroit News
Gary A. Brown

As a former Marine, I am well aware of the plight, roadblocks and lack of information plaguing our veterans. Michigan lags far behind other states in accessing veterans' benefits.

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Proposed D.C. Law Could Make College Applications Mandatory

Youth Radio -- Youth Media International | Posted 03.12.2012

Read More: Testing, Kwame Brown, College, Washington D.C., City Council, School System, College Applications, Transcripts, Education News
Youth Radio -- Youth Media International

By: Sayre Quevedo Kwame Brown, Chairman of Washington DC’s City Council, is the youngest chairman in the history of the city. As a result,...

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Quinn Questions Restaurant Grading System

Posted 01.11.2012

Read More: City Council, Christine Quinn, NY Restaurants, Restaurant-Letter-Grades, New York City Department of Health, New York Restaurants, New York News

Council Speaker and mayoral-hopeful Christine Quinn is concerned about the Department Of Health's letter grading system for restaurants. "If you h...

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Ed Koch Endorses Christine Quinn For Mayor

Posted 12.13.2011

Read More: Christine Quinn, Nyc Mayor 2013, Ed Koch, Mayor Bloomberg, City Council Speaker, New York Politics, Ny News, City Council, New York City Mayor, New York News

On Tuesday, former Mayor Ed Koch announced his endorsement of current City Council speaker Christine Quinn to succeed Bloomberg in New York's next may...

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NYC's Unmarried Homeless People Fear They'll Be Kicked To Streets

AP | By SAMANTHA GROSS | Posted 02.08.2012

Read More: Homeless Nyc, Video, Nyc Homeless, Mayor Mike Bloomberg, Legal Aid Society, Mike Boomberg Homeless, Michael Bloomberg, City Council, Homeless, New York, Impact News

NEW YORK -- The local shelter may not always have enough beds, but the nation's unmarried and childless homeless haven't had to prove that it's their ...

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After Recent Collapses, Ban On Carriage Horses Gains Momentum

Posted 12.08.2011

Read More: Animal Rights Activists, Horse Carriage Ban, Animal Rights, Mayor Bloomberg, New York City Tourism, Ny News, Aspca, City Council, New York Tourism, Horse Carriages, New York News

Animal rights advocates are gaining momentum in the fight against the city's tourism industry as the call for a ban on carriage horses makes headway. ...

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Pennsylvania Capital's Bankruptcy Filing Rejected By Federal Judge

AP | MARC LEVY | Posted 01.23.2012

Read More: City Council, Debt, Video, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Bankruptcy, Constitutional Law, Chapter 9, Budget Gaps, Bond Insurers, Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Corbett, Business News

HARRISBURG, Pa. — A federal bankruptcy judge on Wednesday threw out a petition by the City Council of Pennsylvania's debt-choked capital of Harr...

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Tyler Kingkade

Outrage Over Police Violence At Occupy Protest

HuffingtonPost.com | Tyler Kingkade | Posted 11.14.2011

Read More: Occupy Cal, University of California Berkeley, UC Berkeley, Police Clash, Occupy Movement, Protesters, Video, University of California, Police Violence, Berkeley, Occupy Wall Street, City Council, Chancellor, Robert J. Birgeneau, San Francisco News

In light of campus police violence against protesters, University of California, Berkeley Chancellor Robert J. Birgeneau faces lawsuits, a letter from...

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NYC Delays Homeless Shelter Screening Policy

Posted 01.11.2012

Read More: Bloomberg, New York Homeless, Christine Quinn, Homelessness, Ny News, Ny Impact, City Council, Homeless Shelters, New York City Homeless Shelters, New York News

City officials have decided to postpone the start of a controversial policy that seeks to interview people seeking homeless shelters in order to deter...

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Aldermen Send Letter To Rahm Demanding Meeting With Budget Director

Posted 01.02.2012

Read More: Budget Cuts, Budget Director Alex Holt, Aldermen Demand Budget Meeting, Mayor Emanuel Budget, City Council, Aldermen Sign Letter to Rahm, Budget Meetings, Aldermen Send Letter to Mayor, Tif Funding, Chicago News

Twenty-eight Chicago aldermen signed a letter (embedded below) to Mayor Rahm Emanuel demanding a meeting with Budget Director Alex Holt to reexamine t...

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InterZona Urban Art

Carmen Zella | Posted 12.12.2011

Read More: Public Art, Murals, Urban Art, Street Art, City Council, Dabs and Myla, Graffiti, Boarders, Los Angeles, Mexico, International Relations, Tijuana, San Diego, Fine Art, Arts News
Carmen Zella

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Bloomberg Supports Study That Shows Higher Wages Will Kill Jobs

Posted 12.05.2011

Read More: Bloomberg, High Wages, Annabel Palma, G. Oliver Koppell, Fair Wages for New Yorkers Act, New York Economy, Comptroller-John-Liu, City Council, New York News

Would an increase in wages lead to a stronger economy for New Yorkers? According to a study commissioned by the Economic Development Corporation th...

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Memphis School Year Delayed Indefinitely Over Funding Dispute

AP | Posted 09.19.2011

Read More: Memphis City Schools, Funding Dispute, City Council, Tennessee Schools, Education, Tax Revenue, Memphis, Education News

MEMPHIS, Tenn. -- The school board in Memphis says it will indefinitely delay the start of class because of a dispute over money with the city governm...

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Not Enough Votes To Overturn Police Commission's Decision On Red-Light Cameras

Hollywood, CA Patch | Tiffany Kelly | Email the Author | June 21, 2011 | Posted 08.22.2011

Read More: America Traffic Solutions, City Council, Red-Light Camera, LA News, Tom LaBonge, Police Commission, Los Angeles News

Red-light cameras at 32 Los Angeles intersections remain scheduled to be removed, after the City Council's failure Tuesday to overturn a Police Commis...

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