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Union, LV come to terms
Las Vegas :: NM :: USA | 3 days ago
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Mayor Oscar Goodman said, "They are evil," and accused them of trying to extort labor concessions by pretending to oppose downtown development projects. Now, the two sides appear to have reached an agreement to play nice. And the union, which represents...
Tags: Las Vegas, Labor, Redevelopment, Downtown, Elections, Initiative, Urban decay, Las Vegas Redevelopment Agency, Symphony Park, Urban studies and planning, Ballot, Clark County Nevada, Direct democracy, Oscar Goodman, Las Vegas Nevada
Manilans seek SC help in battle vs Pandacan oil depot
Manila :: Philippines | 4 days ago
Credibility Philippines�A group of Manila residents asked the Supreme Court on Tuesday to order the Commission on Elections to pave the way for a people�s initiative to repeal an ordinance allowing the Pandacan oil depot to keep on operating. Members of Ma�ileno...
Tags: oil depot, MKA, Comelec, Pandacan, pandacan oil, local government, government code, Philippines, Manila, Initiative, Elections in the Philippines, Pandacan Manila, Commission on Elections
UNIFIL pushes new Arabic website
Beirut :: Lebanon | 4 days ago
Credibility The United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) moved to consolidate ties with Lebanon’s citizens by promoting its Arabic-language website, launched in August, in a press briefing held in the southern coastal city of Tyre. UNIFIL was the first UN...
Tags: Lebanon Bookmark, Nabih Berri, political sectarianism, speaker nabih, UNIFIL, Adnan Sayyed Hussein, Michel Sleiman, eliminate political, abolish political, Lebanon, Beirut, Taif Agreement, Politics, Israel-Lebanon conflict, Sectarianism, Attacks on United Nations personnel during the 2006 Lebanon War, Marjayoun convoy incident, United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon, Maronite Church, Initiative, Ghajar, Hezbollah, Golan Heights, War Conflict, Levant, Fouad Siniora, Michel Suleiman, Lebanese presidential election, Islamic terrorism, Religion Belief, Peacekeeping
Utah GOP opposes ethics initiative
Salt Lake City :: UT :: USA | 5 days ago
Credibility This past weekend, the GOP Central Committee heard a presentation on the initiative from Attorney David Irvine of Utahns for Ethical Government (UEG), countered by opposing remarks from Sen. Lyle Hillyard, R-Logan, now the longest-sitting member in the...
Tags: Dave Hansen, Salt Lake City, Olene S. Walker, Initiative, Politics
Ignorance of Direct Democracy implicit in criticis
Auckland :: New Zealand | 5 days ago
Credibility The evidence of this fact (via a number of failed Citizens Initiated Referendum) is only trumped by the attempted “dumbing down” of voters by those with a vested interest in the status quo of Representative Democracy – some balance is thus needed in this...
Tags: Ignorance of Direct Democracy, New Zealanders, statute law, Switzerland, petition process, New Zealand, Auckland, Democracy, Anarchist theory, Varieties of democracy, Initiative, E-democracy, Elections, Direct democracy, Referendums, Politics
John Roughan: Decisions better from elected heads
Brussels :: Belgium | 8 days ago
Credibility It belongs to an Auckland property manager, Colin Craig, who advocates a certain kind of democracy which I witnessed some years ago in Switzerland. It was just weeks before a general election but you would never have noticed. There were no hoardings,...
Tags: John Roughan, Switzerland, Belgium, Brussels, Initiative, Varieties of democracy, Direct democracy, Elections, Referendum, Politics
For the Rakyat, by the Rakyat
Kuala Lumpur :: Malaysia | 9 days ago
Credibility MyConstitution's campaign launch drew an engaged crowd as Malaysian politicians and lawyers rolled out the initiative to promote awareness of the law of the land. (Ma Shuxian/The Epoch Times) MyConstitution's campaign launch drew an engaged crowd as...
Tags: Shuxian/The Epoch Times, Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur, Constitution, Initiative, Direct democracy, Malaysian Bar, Constitutional law
Legislators, not citizens, put pricey measures on the ballot
Los Angeles :: CA :: USA | 9 days ago
Credibility But a preliminary analysis from the nonpartisan Center for Governmental Studies shows that the legislators — not the public — put on the ballot most of the measures requiring additional funding. "Most of the ballot-box budgeting has come from you," Bob...
Tags: California, ballot measures, Sen. Mark DeSaulnier, required additional, measures required, ballot initiatives, sponsored ballot, Bob Stern, additional money, Los Angeles, Initiative, Tim Eyman, Initiatives and referenda in the United States, Elections, Mark DeSaulnier, California Proposition 13
Initiative papers filed for secret union ballots
Las Vegas :: NM :: USA | 10 days ago
Credibility Tibi Ellis, a Republican candidate for Assembly and state leader for the initiative, said the language of the Nevada version is similar to language promoted by a group pushing the issue in other states. The group, called Save Our Secret Ballot, posted...
Tags: secret ballots, Las Vegas, 111th United States Congress, Employee Free Choice Act, Initiative, Card check, Colorado Amendment 54, Politics, National Labor Relations Board, Elections, 110th United States Congress, Labor
Residents show the way to keep city clean, green and free of drug abuse
AMRITSAR, AUGUST 29 While this would not be uncommon in many countries in the West, this certainly does make news in India where not many like to take the initiative to keep their surroundings...
Tags: NGO, clean and green, initiative, drug abuse, unemployment
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