Orlando's homeless laws spark debate
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At Lake Eola park, there is much beauty to behold: robust palms, beds of cheery begonias, a cascading lake fountain, clusters of friendly egrets and swans, an amphitheater named in honor of Walt Disney.
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By The News & Observer, Raleigh, N.C.  Sep. 16--CHAPEL HILL -- Plans for a downtown giving kiosk have hit another snag.   A committee formed to develop plans for the kiosk has suggested spending the money instead on an educational campaign to fight panhandling.
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By The Stamford Advocate, Conn.  Feb. 5--It's human nature to play for time when big issues need to be resolved. But big issues -- like eminent domain reform -- are what state lawmakers were elected to confront.
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By Dave Levinthal, The Dallas Morning News  Feb. 15--Panhandling at night or near parking meters in Dallas' central business district would become illegal under a proposal the city attorney's office is drafting, two sources familiar with the process say.
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A row is brewing over planned new laws which critics claim would allow euthanasia by the back door.
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By The Miami Herald  Feb. 18--Despite challenges facing the Miami-Dade County Housing Agency, a federal takeover, or making the agency an independent entity, would be premature. Takeover talk is coming from Orlando Cabrera, assistant secretary of public housing for the U.S.
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Thousands of tenants put up with poor housing because they fear eviction if they complain, a charity says.
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By MICHAEL ARTZ  Eight formerly homeless families were supposed to move into a newly renovated building on Joshua Street in Battery Park. Instead, all of the families who lived in the blocks around the building are looking for homes themselves.
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By Brian Callaway, The Morning Call, Allentown, Pa.  Sep. 22--The legal battle over changes to open space protections that would have allowed a new YMCA to be built on preserved land in Richland Township may be drawing to a close.
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By Paola Iuspa-Abbott, South Florida Sun-Sentinel  Jun. 21--Planners are voicing opposition to a key part of an agreement to eliminate two proposed roadways west of Boca Raton.
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PHILADELPHIA _ There's no way to tiptoe around the subject of this story. It is gross.  And if you think it's hard to read about, imagine what it's like to live with the problem facing hundreds _ and possibly thousands _ of Philadelphia homeowners such as David Rizzio.
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Los Angeles Times - TALLAHASSEE, Fla. &#8212; In this humid Southern capital, Florida Secretary of State Glenda E. Hood is feeling the political heat. Lawsuits allege she has disenfranchised poor and minority voters. Critics claim that she's creating a partisan atmosphere.
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A town petition making President Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney subject to arrest for crimes against the Constitution has triggered a barrage of criticism from people who say residents are "wackjobs" and "nuts."
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By Angie Welling Deseret Morning News  With more and more mobile home parks falling victim to expensive real-estate development, a freshman lawmaker is looking for ways to help the displaced residents.  Rep.
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MIAMI ÃÂ¢ÃÂÃÂ In choosing a tough stand against illegal immigration yesterday for his first major policy rollout, Fred Thompson seized on a pivotal issue that sets him apart from his major rivals for the Republican presidential nomination.
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Congress is on the verge of approving half a dozen bills that would protect as much as 1 million acres of wilderness areas across the West, but the move has infuriated environmentalists who charge that lawmakers are giving away too much pristine public land to real estate developers and local...
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A proposed law which would help to avoid disputes over repairs to tenements is to be debated at Holyrood.