Commission Opposes Cost to the County in Annex Bill
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By Paola Iuspa-Abbott, South Florida Sun-Sentinel  Feb. 7--Palm Beach County Commissioners Tuesday supported an effort by Broward County's Parkland to annex nearly 2,000 acres west of Boca Raton.
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Governor Mitt Romney's push to sell the state-owned John B. Hynes Veterans Memorial Convention Center in the Back Bay will be rejected today by a special state commission that includes Romney appointees, panel members said.
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By Paul Hammel, Omaha World-Herald, Neb.  Feb. 7--CORDOVA, Neb. -- This tiny village's proposal to secede from Seward County in protest over a long-unpaved road hit a crushing legal roadblock Tuesday night.
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Montgomery County's plans to make Canadian prescription drugs available to employees has hit a snag after an analysis by the school system concluded that the practice won't save as much money as hoped and could be more expensive than domestic sources for drugs.
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By Anne Danahy, The Centre Daily Times, State College, Pa.  Feb. 9--BELLEFONTE -- Centre County commissioners restated their opposition Thursday to a landfill company using local and state roads to access the proposed landfill in Rush Township.
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By Andrea Kelly, The Arizona Daily Star, Tucson  Sep. 16--The committee that backed the voter-approved Regional Transportation Plan violated election law by not revealing they paid for many of the statements of support in the sample ballot, the Yuma County Attorney's Office found.
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By Justin Faulconer, The News & Advance, Lynchburg, Va.  Mar. 7--BEDFORD -- A request to waive a section of the Bedford County Zoning Ordinance regarding streets barely skidded by the Bedford County Planning Commission with a 4-3 vote late Monday.
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By C. Eugene Emery Jr.; Journal Staff Writer  Selectmen oppose a state proposal that would let Verizon compete with Comcast without first negotiating with the town.
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By Jeffrey S. Hampton, The Virginian-Pilot, Norfolk, Va.  Sep. 9--Camden County could get revenue from a 490-acre landfill even while opponents try to keep it from getting built.
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By Marty Roney, Montgomery Advertiser, Ala.  Sep. 2--HAYNEVILLE -- The group supporting a controversial landfill  recently voted down by the Lowndes County Commission is asking the  commissioners to reconsider their vote.
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By Andrew Edwards, San Bernardino County Sun, Calif.  Sep. 12--HIGHLAND -- The debate that City Council members are expected to  hear tonight won't be a matter of church versus state.
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By The Herald, Rock Hill, S.C.  May 30--A bill introduced in the S.C. House designed specifically to short circuit actions by the York County Council would set a bad precedent if approved.   The bill recently was introduced by state Rep.
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By HAYNES  Did Rep. Pedro Coln (D-Milwaukee) misplay his hand at the expense of Milwaukee taxpayers?  That's what some critics argue after the Joint Finance Committee recently turned aside an attempt to close a loophole in the funding plan for the city's voucher schools.
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By Paul Muschick, The Morning Call, Allentown, Pa.  Feb. 12--Northampton County Council will be asked to approve four open space preservation projects totaling about 380 acres at a cost of about $792,000.
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By Patrick Donohue, Destin Log, Fla.  Dec. 16--An extra cent on the bed tax would be the most practical way to give extra county funding to the Destin Beach Safety Patrol, Okaloosa County Commissioner James Campbell says.
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County health officials warn of grave consequences if Santa Clara County follows through with a proposal to deny trauma medical services to patients outside its county line.
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By Northwest Florida Daily News, Fort Walton Beach  Sep. 12--At last Thursday's public hearing on the Okaloosa County budget, as one citizen after another urged county commissioners to watch their spending and reduce property taxes, Commissioner Bill Roberts offered a terse reply.