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    Maycee’ Davis White, Terrence Newspaper Journalism 7 September 2015 The Role of a City Councilman By: Maycee’ Davis Randy Swanson, representing the Fifth Ward, has been on the Town Council for the past eight years. He is currently in his final year of his first full term. In 2008, Swanson was chosen to fill an unexpired term due to a former Council member resigning. “I was appointed to fill the vacancy created when someone left,” says Swanson. In 2012, Swanson ran for reelection for his fourth

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    repairing the sewage is a good thing, which will ease the pain and frustration of the residents of the municipality; it has not been done according to the rules and guidance given to the city workers. . The other grey area is that the trench is only seven feet deep, which is two feet more than the requirement by the council rules. The predicament of the crew is to wait for the trench box for six hours and not finishing the repair on that day or take that acceptable risk of safety that would have the

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    position with the Senator and he gladly accepted it. For two more years he worked with the Senator. He was like a sponge, watching and learning. The Senator had recognized himself in the young Jerimiah and encouraged him to seek a seat on the local city council as a way to get his feet wet. The Senator

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    D.C. City Council approved a candidate for the Washington Metrorail Safety Commission on Tuesday who was found guilty of two allegations of misconduct by the D.C. Office of the Inspector General during his tenure as the director of D.C. Homeland Security and Emergency Management Agency. Christopher Geldart, 48, was investigated from 2015 to 2017 for three allegations of misconduct, two of which were substantiated. The council approved Geldart, but four council members opposed, Charles Allen (D-Ward

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    The Southern Kentucky Outreach Program was established as a 501(c)3 organization in the community of Burkesville, Kentucky in 2000 by local city council leader David Good, one of the most productive city council leaders in southern Kentucky in the last decade. The mission of SKOR is to strengthen the community of Burkesville and surrounding areas of Cumberland County through innovative outreach programs that are centered on art, healthy lifestyles, educational attainment, and economic empowerment

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    Stadiums have evolved from wooden grandstands surrounding the playing field, to cookie cutter stadiums, to the massive luxurious attractions we see today. Stadiums are no longer simply a place where fans come to watch a game, but are “one-stop shops where fans can buy food, alcohol, and souvenirs. Owners want their stadiums to be state-of-the-art with all the amenities and with the most luxury suites as possible” (Johnson). The issue with stadiums in today’s sporting world is not the size or cost

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    that results are more important than rhetoric. I believe the two most important functions of a city councilor are to represent your interests with vision and foresight and to provide top of the line constituent services. I am both committed and qualified to do just that. I take my role and responsibilities as your city councilor very seriously. As the only city councilor with perfect attendance at council meetings and the sole councilor holding walk-in office hours, I have held true to my pledge —

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    mayor. Daley was a very extraordinary man and mayor, without him Chicago probably wouldn’t be the same and neither would politics. This is the definition of mayor: Noun: 1. the chief executive official, usually elected, of a city, village, or town 2. the chief magistrate of a city or borough Family and Friends Richard J. Daley was born on May 15, 1902. He was an only child and his parents were Catholic. Daley’s parents made him become an altar boy which is like a priest’s assistant. Richard J. Daley

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    We need your support. Tonight, the Fortuna City Council will be discussing a tentative agreement and the Memorandum of Understanding between the Fortuna Police Employees’ Association and the City of Fortuna. The FPEA represents the officers, sergeants, dispatchers, and several other non-sworn employees in the Fortuna Police Department. Despite the Cost of Living continuing to increase in Humboldt County, the members of the FPEA have not received a cost of living increase for several years. In fact

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    TO: Council members FROM: Tammy Wilkerson, CAO DATE: April 17, 2016 SUBJECT: Landfill Talking Points This memo serves to outline some key talking points as you move forward in talking with the Landfill opposition group at the upcoming city council meeting. First, let me remind you of the importance of the inert Landfill in Tinytown. For decades, Tinytown has been afforded the opportunity to have an inert landfill in the city that has been a great asset for Tinytown. The inert landfill has helped

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