More County Tax Dollars for Public Art?: Commission Wants to Add 2% to Cost of Buildings
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By Josh Hafenbrack, South Florida Sun-Sentinel  Feb. 14--A day after hundreds of residents demanded local politicians get a grip on their spending to keep property taxes down, Palm Beach County commissioners moved forward with a potentially costly new public art program.
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By Thomas J. Prohaska  The Common Council voted Wednesday to spend $105,900 to prove to a state agency that it doesn't need to spend millions on a makeover of parts of the city sewer system.  Assistant City Engineer Norman D.
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By Will Jones and Olympia Meola, Richmond Times-Dispatch, Va.  Jun. 18--Henrico County officials are considering paying millions of dollars above appraised value for land in Short Pump.   If they stroke the check, it won't be the first time.
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By Michael Andersen, The Columbian, Vancouver, Wash.  Feb. 1--The more builders and developers benefit from wider streets, the more they'd have to pay.
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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 Mark Ginocchio And Doug Dalena, The Stamford Advocate, Conn.  Dec. 14--Millions of dollars worth of transportation, environmental and public safety projects in lower Fairfield County could lose federal funding if a congressional Democratic budget proposal is approved.
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By Tatiana Prophet, Daily Press, Victorville, Calif.  Feb. 14--Fo r 1 1 c i t i e s i n S a n Bernardino County, the prospect of paying a surcharge for a chemical that did not originate in their areas just doesn't seem right.
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The proposed sale of Greater Southeast Community Hospital could cost the District government up to $87 million in public money, roughly $60 million more than initially thought, according to an initial review by aides to Mayor Adrian M. Fenty (D).
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By Mark Havnes, The Salt Lake Tribune  Feb. 1--KANAB -- The Kane County Commission has joined a growing chorus  of local-government opposition to Divine Strake.
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By Paola Iuspa-Abbott, South Florida Sun-Sentinel  Feb. 4--The planned annexation of nearly 2,000 acres west of Boca Raton by Broward County's Parkland could cost Palm Beach County thousands of dollars.
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By Doug Smeath Deseret Morning News  When Salt Lake City Mayor Rocky Anderson asked for $400,000 in city money in May to fund a second stage of Pioneer Park renovations, a number of City Council members said that was too much. Now he's asking for $900,000.
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By J. Scott Trubey  The Columbia County Planning Commission on Thursday tabled a large rezoning request near a proposed high school, but approved a second large development near a new middle school.
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By The Idaho Statesman, Boise  Feb. 25--Legislators have never trusted mayors or county commissioners to raise a local sales tax for transit.   But, apparently, they'll trust these local officials to OK or veto a nuclear power plant -- unilaterally.
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An unexpected $10 million congressional earmark might seem like money from heaven for a fast-growing county needing billions for transportation improvements. Not when it comes to Coconut Road.
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In his "My View" (Aug. 25), Washington County commissioner, Alan Gardner, made some excellent points about the incorrect notion that the federal government can better control public lands than can the local counties. Also, a Sept. 7 article, "N.Y.
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By The Roanoke Times, Va.  Sep. 14--One consultant plus two master plans equals the potential for a municipal masterpiece.   Residents and officials of Roanoke city and county should compose their parks and recreation master plans with broad, bold strokes.
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The Poetry Foundation plans a series of projects to make use of an enormous donation it received two years ago.