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Patte Atkins-Grad receives certified recall petition
Embattled Commissioner Patte Atkins-Grad was formally served paperwork by the city Wednesday afternoon, which included a certified copy of the petition calling for her recall. She was asked to sign a receipt. Atkins-Grad was found not guilty of eight...
Tags: Politics, Tamarac
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Effort to recall mayor fizzles
The Costa Mesa resident behind an effort to recall Mayor Jim Righeimer said Friday that he will not have enough signatures by the deadline to bring his petition to voters. Chris McEvoy needed 15% of the Costa Mesa electorate — or more than 9,000...Tags: Politics, Elections
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Anti-Delta Thermo petitioners come up 624 signatures short
Valley 610Opponents of a proposed waste to energy plant slated for Allentown have hit a snag with their efforts to restrict emissions from the plant. The group -- led by Rich Fegley, owner of Brew Works -- has been collecting signatures in favor of a ballot... -
Rival marijuana measures thrown into the electoral pot
Dozens of medical marijuana activists rallied outside Los Angeles City Hall last week, declaring war on an enemy. Their target was not the federal government, whose agents raided several local dispensaries in recent days, or neighborhood groups trying...
Tags: Paul Koretz, Politics, Bernard Parks, Crime, Law and Justice, Credit and Debt
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Tamarac Recall Take II files signatures to oust City Commissioner Atkins-Grad
— Recall organizers said they are confident they have enough signatures to oust an embattled city commissioner from office. This is the second go-around for the Patte Atkins-Grad recall committee, which submitted a recall petition to the city clerk...
Tags: Broward County, Public Officials, Politics, Fort Lauderdale, Elections
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Sun Sentinel Recommendations for Davie charter referendum
Voters in the town of Davie are poised to change their town charter, part of an every seven-year review that is performed by a citizens advisory panel. The first 12 ballot initiatives are a culmination of the panel’s recommendations. The 13th...Tags: Politics, Local Elections, Labor Legislation, Elections, Local Government
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Decades long low-income subsidy in peril after Burbank voters reject measure
A decades-long program that subsidizes trash and sewer bills for low-income seniors and disabled people is at risk of being cut after Burbank voters on Tuesday overwhelmingly rejected a special tax to continue its funding source. Roughly 1,900 out of...Tags: Google+, Politics, Elections, Personal Income, Voting
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State lawmakers won't fix Stand Your Ground, so let the voters do it by the ballot initiative
Dear Sen. Chris L. Smith: It was a long shot at best. Your attempt to tweak Florida's infamous Stand Your Ground law had about as much chance in the Florida Legislature as expanding Medicaid, imposing new taxes or paying teachers their true worth....Tags: Quinnipiac University, Interior Policy, Politics, Labor Legislation, Florida Legislature
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Insurers eager to maintain authority over healthcare premiums
While most of us face uncertainty with the rollout of healthcare reform, some insurance companies in California have been feeling their oats lately. Here's how they're responding to Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones' warnings that their latest rate...
Tags: Lobbying, Health Care Reform (2009), Politics, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Health Insurance Cost
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California insurance commissioner chides Blue Shield over rates
This post has been corrected, as indicated below.For the second time in two days, a state regulator criticized Blue Shield of California for an "unreasonable" rate hike affecting tens of thousands of individual policyholders. California Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones said Thursday that the...Tags: Politics, Health Insurance, Elections, CEO Pay, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
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GOP governors take a pragmatic turn
WASHINGTON (AP) — Many Republican governors who worked to thwart much of President Barack Obama's first-term agenda are shifting gears and softening their rhetoric now that his run was extended for four more years and they're facing their own re-...
Tags: Interior Policy, U.S. Congress, Labor Legislation, Rick Scott, Jan Brewer
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Obama's State of the Union address as prepared for delivery [Text]
Mr. Speaker, Mr. Vice President, Members of Congress, fellow citizens: Fifty-one years ago, John F. Kennedy declared to this Chamber that “the Constitution makes us not rivals for power but partners for progress…It is my task,” he...Tags: Religion and Belief, Poverty, Globalization, U.S. Congress, Labor Legislation
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