Clashing opinions at city council meeting
The North Platte Telegraph Mayor Marc Kaschke’s effort to change the time of the regular city council meeting from 7:30 to 6:30 p.m. was derailed on Tuesday night, part of a long and rather contentious evening for the council.
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City PA avoids jail over £10,000 company fraud
A PA who stole thousands of pounds from her London employers to pay for a friend’s breast enhancement operation has been spared jail. Emily McMillan used corporate credit cards belonging to senior executives at global financial firm JP Morgan to fund the £3,500 procedure.
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City declines to sell surplus land
A resolution to dispose of surplus city land was tabled by city commissioners at their Tuesday meeting. City staff earlier this year had developed a list of about a dozen properties suitable for sale to bring in extra revenue and property taxes.
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Hotel Workers Want City Help
Kyo-ya redevelopment in Waikiki would reduce hotel rooms and replace many with individually-owned units.
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Phil Brown is not ruling out Hull City return
Phil Brown has refused to quash speculation he could resume his role as Hull manager at the end of the season.
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Harrisburg City Council approves resolution putting tight limits on any sale or lease of city assets
View full size Sean Simmers, The Patriot-News, 2010 Harrisburg City Councilwoman Susan Brown-Wilson. Harrisburg City Council elbowed its way into bargaining over how to solve the city’s $288 million debt crisis Tuesday, approving a resolution that tightly limits any sale [...]
City concerned with changes to project
DEARBORN — City officials say they’re willing to negotiate on two — and only two — of the 17 changes to a preferred developer agreement proposed earlier this month by Hakim Fakhoury.
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Not all proposed city furloughs would help fill the budget gap
Nearly 200 of Grand Island’s 500 city employees are being asked to take a furlough that will provide no savings on the city’s $2 million revenue shortfall.
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S.F. mayor bans city travel to Arizona in protest of immigration law
San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom Tuesday imposed a moratorium on city employee travel to the state of Arizona for official business and announced the creation of a task force to determine how best to extricate the city from its Arizona-related contracts.
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City loan may lift Ingalls pavilion
The city of Decatur could jump-start construction of a 25,000-square-foot pavilion at Ingalls Harbor by fronting up to $2.8 million to cover the project’s cost.
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