RB May Charge Property Owners for Landscaping, Lighting
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By Kristin S. Agostoni DAILY BREEZE  In hopes of a filling a budget gap and boosting tree-trimming services, Redondo Beach will poll property owners this fall about paying more for lighting and landscaping costs.
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By Keich Whicker, The Macon Telegraph, Ga.  Sep. 20--Bibb County Tax Commissioner Tommy Tedders said Wednesday that an unknown number of property owners have received incorrect tax bills.
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By Larry Rulison, Times Union, Albany, N.Y.  Dec.
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By Carl Mario Nudi, The Bradenton Herald, Fla.  Dec. 17--PALMETTO -- Property owners will pay double what they pay now for the city to keep their neighborhood from flooding, if the city commission adopts a new fee schedule at a meeting Monday.
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By Tom Shaw, Omaha World-Herald, Neb.  Feb. 17--State lawmakers continue to propose ways of keeping money in the pockets of landowners whose property is in the so-called greenbelt program.   State Sen.
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By Steve Reilly, The Sun, Port Charlotte, Fla.  Feb. 6--PUNTA GORDA -- With the city's goal of encouraging more retail  and other commercial growth downtown, the Community Redevelopment Agency board  will decide Wednesday whether the city's "in-lieu-of-parking" fee is too high.
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PORTLAND, ORE. - US environmentalists who love the trappings of Christmas but cringe at the thought of cutting down a tree now have another option - an Oregon company that rents out living evergreens and then replants them after the holidays.
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By Andy Reid, South Florida Sun-Sentinel  Feb. 14--Developers might get a free pass from affordable-housing rules in the pricey new neighborhoods spreading across Palm Beach County's Agricultural Reserve.
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The homebuilder looks like a good place to park some cash.
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These are suggestions from landscape professionals of software for garden design.
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Patients who want to see a GP in the evening should face a charge, some family doctors say.
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By C.R. Roberts, The News Tribune, Tacoma, Wash.  Dec. 16--There's a tree on the roof of your garage. All that food in the freezer might have to be thrown out. Your phone and cable TV are still out. You might need to hire a contractor to repair storm damage.
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By The News & Observer, Raleigh, N.C.  Feb. 18--Raleigh wants more from Cree   Two months after Raleigh installed energy-efficient light fixtures in a parking deck downtown, officials want to expand the program citywide.
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Star Jones has been sued for more than &#36;7,000 for work a gardener says he did on her Manhattan penthouse terrace to prepare it for an Architectural Digest photo layout.
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By JIM SKEEN\\ Staff Writer  LANCASTER -- Lancaster homeowners could be asked to finance millions of dollars for additional work in a proposed expansion of the sewage treatment plant.
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By Debra R. Gibbs, South Florida Sun-Sentinel  Jun. 11--THE PROBLEM   Marilyn Schrager, of Boca Raton, contacted the South Florida Sun-Sentinel concerned about Australian pine trees growing close to power lines near Spanish River Park.
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Read the fine print. The people who decide how to resolve your disputes with your homebuilder might not be so impartial.