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Biggs latest to put medipot cart before horse

6 hours ago ago from California Pot News | Cannabis news, opinion and forums for California's largest growth industry

Biggs is the latest Mid-Valley community standing in the way of the sale and cultivation of medical marijuana, according to this Appeal-Democrat article . A new ordinance next month will bar marijuana sales and distribution from all residential, commercial and industrial parcels in the Butte County town. City Council members made a second vote Monday to add the restrictions, clearing the way for them to take effect Jan. 20. Also ...

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Council Report: Development Audit, a Loan Denied and More

7 hours ago ago from The Jersey City Independent

Photos: Steve Gold The last City Council meeting of the decade packed a lot of action into just over three hours. There were four first-read ordinances, five second-reads and 39 resolutions, but the stars of Wednesday's show were those who addressed the council. At-Large councilwoman Willie Flood was not present. Development Audit Results In the wake of July's corruption arrests, Mayor Healy called for an independent audit of ...

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Workshop on Title 17: Planning and Zoning

21 hours ago ago from City of Jerome, ID

Last night, the Mayor and Council met to discuss the City of Jerome's Planning and Zoning legislation, Title 17. The workshop covered the significant changes to the current Title 17, including deletion and inclusion of zones, inclusion of allowed uses within a district, changes to current setbacks for all zones, changes to the zoning map, and other "housekeeping" items that the new Title 17 will correct in the previous code. When Mayor and ...

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News Release: Phoenix Seeking Input on Downtown Code

17 hours ago ago from Az Media Vision - Mobile Motion Videography

City of Phoenix Public Information Office Media Contact: Sina Matthes 602-534-6648 Dec. 22, 2009 Phoenix Seeking Input on Downtown Code The city of Phoenix Planning Department is seeking input on the city's proposed Downtown Code. The Downtown Code, which is part of the Phoenix Zoning Ordinance, addresses design that impacts the public by establishing standards and ...

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Parker appears on CNN following her historic win as Houston's mayor LGBTQ Nation

2 hours ago ago from LGBTQ Nation – News & Issues relevant to today’s LGBTQ community

From CNN on Sunday, Annise Parker, the mayor-elect of Houston. Speaking on her historic win becoming the Houston's first openly gay mayor, and making Houston the largest U.S. city to ever have an openly gay individual serve as mayor, Parker said: I understand that I'm a role model for my community and I understand that for many people I am a symbol. What I hope that this election signals is something larger than me and the GLBT ...

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D.C.'s City Collegiate Public Charter School plans to close

1 hour, 5 minutes ago ago from Washington Post - U.S.

A four-year-old D.C. charter school plans to close at the end of June because of falling enrollment and financial concerns. Officials with City Collegiate Public Charter School, a middle school in the Dupont Circle neighborhood, told the D.C. Public Charter School Board of the plans Monday evening. There's no right time to close a school, but we've looked at next year, and we believe we would not have the enrollment, the per-pupil funding ...

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Political Memo: For Detroit Council, New Faces May Offer a New Chance

1 day ago ago from The New York Times

DETROIT More than 160 people competed in the Detroit City Council primary election earlier this year an unusually large number that reflects, some political analysts say, the widespread weariness with the Council's antics and dysfunction. Steve Perez/Detroit News James Tate Elizabeth Conley/Detroit News Gary Brown Brandy Baker/Detroit News Saunteel Jenkins Brandy Baker/Detroit News Andr L. ...

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