City Room: City Cuts Employee Parking Privileges
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Mayor Bloomberg announced that the number of city-issued parking placards to city employees will be reduced by at least 20 percent. New steps will be taken to reduce misuse of the permits.
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By KERRY CAVANAUGH\\ Staff Writer  Frustrated that a Sunland-Tujunga developer has skirted building regulations with few penalties, City Councilwoman Wendy Greuel said Monday she wants to give municipal agencies more power to stop and punish rulebreakers.
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By The News & Observer, Raleigh, N.C.  Feb. 6--DURHAM -- The county commissioners scrapped a plan Monday that would have re-designated 224 acres in eastern Durham for industrial use.
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CHICAGO, Sept. 11 -- Mayor Richard M. Daley vetoed an ordinance Monday that would have required mega-retailers to pay their workers higher wages after some of the nation's largest store operators warned that the measure would keep them from operating a business within the city limits.
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About half of the 50 red-light enforcement cameras in the District have been out of service in recent months, giving a pass to drivers and potentially depriving the city of millions of dollars in fines, according to a firm that has taken over the system.
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Mayor Anthony Williams (website - news - bio) says the city has returned to a bad habit of not honoring its commitments. He says he made the agreement with the council and baseball to cut this deal.
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By The Pantagraph, Bloomington, Ill.  Feb. 2--The Bloomington Police Department is beefing up its corps of civilian volunteers who enforce handicapped-parking regulations -- something we advocated on this Opinion page a year ago.
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Mayor Richard Daley vetoed an ordinance Monday that would have required mega-retailers to pay their workers more than other employers after some of the nation's largest stores including Wal-Mart Stores Inc. warned the measure would keep them from opening their doors within the city's limits.
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A Detroit-based health are firm has cut its staff of five storage administrators to one part-time person due to its use of storage management software.
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By Gerry Holt  The boss of a city estate agent has been forced to park her mobile home outside the office - so workers can use it as a toilet.
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A plan is being developed to alleviate the growing pressure from pedestrian and vehicle traffic in Times Square.
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The Blue Bell, Pa.-based company said it will close some of its facilities and reduce its employee head count.
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The Los Angeles City Council on  Wednesday gave final approval to a measure designed to  discourage Wal-Mart Inc. from locating its Supercenters within  city limits.
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SAN FRANCISCO San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom has asked labor leaders and the management of fourteen hotels for a ninety-day cooling-off period in their contract dispute.
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In a reversal, Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg promised to waive all alternate-side-of-the-street parking tickets issued in the past two days.
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The Berkeley City Council is retreating from its proclamation that the Marine Corps are not welcome to run their three-person recruiting office downtown.
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A mayor whose administration is under federal investigation. An alderman who just got hit with a federal bribery charge. Four politicians who served time for corruption and want their old jobs back.