Richland Hills Residents Tell City Council to Side With Them
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By Conor Reilly, The News & Advance, Lynchburg, Va.  Sep. 6--The dividing line is clear for residents of the Richland Hills  neighborhood.   City Council can either vote for the citizens of Lynchburg next Tuesday,  or against them.
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By Joan Kent, La Crosse Tribune, Wis.  Sep. 12--Lest residents come down too hard on the city regarding the train whistles, this is what I understand happened, in a nutshell.
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Residents will get a chance to tell the city council what they think about an ordinance that would halt the conversion of single-family houses into rental units for at least six months.
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By Lucia Walinchus, The Post and Courier, Charleston, S.C.  Sep. 8--AWENDAW -- More than 100 people packed the unairconditioned Town  Hall on Thursday night, many attempting to put a stop to the area's first big  housing development. It didn't work, as council rezoned the rural tract.
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By TOM GALLAGHER  For the record, I will insist that formal discussions about allegations made against me by Mayor Lionel Rivera occur in public and be open to public participation. The issues bear on matters of ethics and values of your elected officials; the people have a right to know.
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By Andrew Villegas, Greeley Tribune, Colo.  Jun. 8--A resident group examining the feasibility of a regional transportation authority called Thursday for the Fort Collins City Council to reconsider its stance on the proposal.
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Leaders from a town dubbed Britain's &quot;yob capital&quot; rounded on critics, insisting the label was a misrepresentation of what they say is an attractive rural hideaway.
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Citizens' groups, residents and some Washington, D.C., councilmen on Tuesday protested Mayor Anthony Williams' proposed &#36;440 million baseball stadium plan, calling it a "giveaway" to Major League Baseball.
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By Tania Valdemoro, The Miami Herald  Feb. 4--Who should represent the Upper Eastside?   The politically thorny question came up Monday night at the end of a contentious three-hour meeting of the Upper Eastside Miami Council.
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The plan to finance a new stadium for the relocated Montreal Expos has exposed a schism within the District of Columbia's City Council and among its citizens.
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By Stephanie Horvath, South Florida Sun-Sentinel  Dec. 12--The Wellington Village Council has a full plate tonight, loaded with controversial issues ranging from rental homes to golf courses to horse country.
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By Michael Lafleur, The Sun, Lowell, Mass.  Sep. 17--LOWELL -- What began as an attempt to tighten local zoning rules on so-called in-law apartments and help a Belvidere man appease his neighbors, grew into a measure that has drawn the wrath of Pawtucketville neighborhood activists.
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By Stephanie Sandoval, The Dallas Morning News  Dec. 12--A group of residents hoping to force a public vote on a Farmers Branch ordinance banning apartment owners from renting to illegal immigrants didn't turn in their petition Monday as they had hoped.
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The veto was praised by business leaders but condemned by labor groups and the cityÂs aldermen who had pressed for the ordinance.
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TO THE EDITOR:           Thank you for your coverage of the residents' discontent over the development of a 159-home community on the Hawk Valley Golf Course property owned by Jim Fricke.           Of particular concern to us is the future adequacy of the water supply.
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Residents in government-funded housing in Bristol are up in arms over a decision by their local city council to ban doormats because they pose a &quot;tripping hazard&quot; for anyone escaping a fire.
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KIRKWOOD, Mo., Feb. 8 -- A gunman carrying a grudge against City Hall left a suicide note on his bed warning that "the truth will come out in the end" before he went on a deadly shooting spree at a council meeting, his brother said Friday.