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Threatened councils say no to Sydney mergers
Sydney :: Australia | about 8 hours ago
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Sydney Business Chamber to slash the number of Sydney councils from 42 to under a dozen and sees a glimmer of hope for a relaxation of rate-pegging in a report due to be handed to the State Government this week. The chief executive of the chamber, Patricia...
Tags: Sydney Business Chamber, Local Government Association, rate pegged, Australia, Sydney, Business Finance, Local government in England, Local government
Contractors suspected of bribing local authority officials
Rishon Le Zion :: Israel | about 9 hours ago
Credibility Local Government Economic Services of the Local Authority Ltd. . The five men will be brought before the Rishon LeZion Magistrates Court for remand. The arrests came after an undercover investigation that lasted more than a year. Senior Mashcal officials,...
Tags: local government, Israel, Rishon Le Zion, Lahav 433, Bribery, Law enforcement in Israel, Rishon LeZion, Municipal services
Size of boards worries leaders
Waitakere :: New Zealand | 1 day ago
Credibility A proposal for large local boards in the Super City is causing anxiety among Auckland mayors and community leaders...On Friday, the Local Government Commission proposed 12 wards on the Auckland Council and 19 local boards...Auckland mayors are generally...
Tags: local boards, Auckland City, communities boards, Avondale, Auckland Council, New Lynn, boards member, New Zealand, Waitakere, Bob Harvey, Local government, Territorial authorities of New Zealand, Royal Commission on Auckland Governance, Auckland, Waitakere City, New Lynn New Zealand
NFC still in the melting pot!
Lahore :: Pakistan | 1 day ago
Credibility Balochistan has asked the Centre to grant 75 per cent weightage to criteria of population, 10 per cent to Inverse Population Density (IPD), 10 per cent to Human Development Index (HDI)/backwardness and 5 per cent to revenue generation to ensure horizontal...
Tags: Pakistan, Lahore, Economy of Pakistan, NFC award, Business Finance, Local governance, Local government, Politics
Environment groups oppose "chop-chop" of Hundred Islands
Manila :: Philippines | 2 days ago
Credibility Authored by Pangasinan 1st District Rep. Arthur Celeste, House Bill No. A&D) land and allow it to be used for residential, commercial and industrial purposes. Once approved, the bill will effectively supersede the 69 year-old Presidential Proclamation...
Tags: Jonathan Ronquillo, protected area, local government, group oppose, Alaminos City, Philippines, Manila, Ilocos Region, Lingayen Gulf, Hundred Islands National Park, Pangasinan, Environment
Gains from streamlined business registration in LGUs noted
Manila :: Philippines | 2 days ago
Credibility These development agencies have decided to pool their efforts through the Philippine Development Forum (PDF) where they are members of the working groups in growth and investment climate (GIC) and decentralization. Bacolod and Ormoc cities back in 2005....
Tags: BPLS, DTI, local government, businesses registrations, GTZ, streamlined businesses, Philippines, Manila
Real Estate Weekly: Counseling helps people avoid foreclosure: study
New York :: NY :: USA | 2 days ago
Credibility The report by NeighborWorks America, which runs the National Foreclosure Mitigation Counseling Program, found that clients were more likely to get a modification than those who didn't get counseling. Also, clients lowered their monthly payments by $454...
Tags: foreclosures counseling, tax credit, counseling program, New York, Community development, Local government, NeighborWorks America, Foreclosure, Homeowner Crisis Resource Center, Real property law, Mortgage, Personal finance, Business Finance
State and local government deficits will be major drags on recovery
Seattle :: WA :: USA | 3 days ago
Credibility Veteran financial journalist Jon Talton blogs daily on the most important economic news, trends and issues involving Seattle and the Northwest...State and local government cuts don't just take away many needed government services, they also throw potentially...
Tags: local government, Seattle Times, Seattle, Business Finance, King County Washington
Super city boundaries a difficult task done well
Auckland :: New Zealand | 3 days ago
Credibility We are pleased to see the Local Government Commission did not set ward boundaries that bisected or otherwise divided Local Board boundaries. "This will be a big help in making representation arrangements easier to understand. "Where slight anomalies in...
Tags: Local Government Commission, New Zealand, Auckland, Local governance, Local government
One third of council executives quit early
Amsterdam :: Netherlands | 5 days ago
Credibility A political conflict was behind 60% of the 490 resignations, the magazine said...Dutch local councils are run by directly elected councillors and an executive board, made up of appointees by the ruling parties. The board takes decisions which have to...
Tags: council executive, Netherlands, Amsterdam, Local government, Local election, Titles, Local government in the United Kingdom, Councillor
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