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Strong-mayor foes say they will sue to block proposal
Savé :: Benin | about 8 hours ago
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Opponents of Sacramento Mayor Kevin Johnson's proposal to give his seat increased authority are filing a lawsuit to challenge the initiative, saying such full-scale changes to the city's charter can only be proposed by a governing body such as the City...
Tags: City Council, Sacramento Superior Court, Kevin Johnson, Benin, Savé, Initiative, Sacramento California, Veto, Sacramento metropolitan area
Fourth attempt to override Stroger's sales tax rollback veto succeeds
Chicago :: IL :: USA | about 16 hours ago
Credibility Armed with a new, lowered three-fifths requirement to override passed by the General Assembly and signed by Gov. Quinn, the board voted 12-5 to cut in half the penny-on-the-dollar increase in the sales tax imposed last year...Stroger threatened the tax...
Tags: Todd Stroger, sales tax, Cook County Board, county commissioners, override stroger, president todd, Chicago, Cook County Illinois, Year of birth missing, Cook County Board of Commissioners, Business Finance, Tax, John Stroger, Elizabeth Ann Doody Gorman, Labor, Jerry Roper, Veto, Larry Suffredin, John H. Stroger Jr. Hospital of Cook County
Groups contend Arizona bills cross legal lines
Phoenix :: AZ :: USA | 4 days ago
Credibility The Arizona Supreme Court is being asked to overturn the Legislature's use of budget laws to set state policy on topics ranging from teachers' seniority rights and immigration enforcement to mortgage lawsuits and municipal building codes. A teachers union...
Tags: The Arizona Supreme Court, Legislature, supreme courts, seniority rights, Arizona State University, item vetoes, groups contend, League of Arizona, Arizona Bankers Association, Arizona Education Association, Phoenix, Supreme Court of the United States, Veto, Politics, Arizona, Line-item veto, Law Crime, United States Constitution
RP contractors vying to partake $ 15-B US military build-up in Guam
Tamuning :: Guam | 6 days ago
Credibility Filipino contractors are now vying to partake in the $ 15-billion U.S. military build-up in Guam. On Wednesday’s business forum on “Opportunities in Guam for the Philippine Construction Industry” organized by the Philippine Constructors Association Inc....
Tags: Guam, financial disclosure, Tamuning, Politics, Veto, Felix Perez Camacho, Government of Guam, Business Finance, Guam Organic Act, Governor of Kentucky, Micronesia, GUAM Organization for Democracy and Economic Development, Notary public
Veronica Wadley's credentials for arts council job can't be enhanced by Boris Johnson's stubborness
London :: United Kingdom | 7 days ago
Credibility The above suggests to me that Ben Bradshaw was within his rights to veto Wadley on any grounds he chose ("does not agree"), Nolan principles or otherwise. It also indicates that Boris's first responsibility was to offer the post to the candidate he thought...
Tags: Veronica Wadley, Boris Johnson, United Kingdom, London, Evening Standard, Veto
Stroger again vetoes sales tax rollback
Chicago :: IL :: USA | 8 days ago
Credibility Sun-Times Media Cook County Board President Todd Stroger on Monday wielded his veto stamp a fourth time to try to prevent the board from rolling back some of an unpopular sales tax increase passed last year. The board was unable to override Stroger's...
Tags: Todd Stroger, sales tax, roll backed, Cook County Board, Chicago, Cook County Board of Commissioners, Cook County Illinois, Robert Steele, Oak Forest Hospital of Cook County, Earlean Collins, Year of birth missing, John H. Stroger Jr. Hospital of Cook County, Veto, John Stroger
Pierce County executive's veto disputed
Seattle :: WA :: USA | 8 days ago
Credibility Wash. — The Pierce County Council and Executive Pat McCarthy remain at odds over the council's decision to eliminate a superior court judge position...McCarthy says her signature wasn't needed last week when she sent the ordinance back to the council.
Tags: AM Pierce County, Seattle, Veto, Pierce, Pierce County Washington, Seattle metropolitan area, Tacoma Washington
Polish PM says president should lose veto power
Warsaw :: Poland | 9 days ago
Credibility Kaczynski and his twin brother Jaroslaw, who heads the main opposition, eurosceptic Law and Justice party (PiS), have also hampered Tusk's efforts to introduce the euro in Poland. "The president should not have veto power. People make their decision in...
Tags: Lech Kaczyński, Donald Tusk, vetoed powers, Poland, Warsaw, Law and Justice, Lech Kaczyￅﾄski, Veto, Treaty of Lisbon, Members of Polish Sejm 2001-2005, Prime Ministers of Poland, Identical twins, Politics
Rudd undecided on gay unions veto
Sydney :: Australia | 9 days ago
Credibility The ACT allows same-sex couples to recognise their relationship with a legally binding ceremony. But it is similar to a bill the Government blocked last year because it was too similar to marriage. Mr Rudd says the Government is still deciding what to...
Tags: Mr Rudd, legally advice, Kevin Rudd, Australia, Sydney, Same-sex marriage, Veto, Recognition of same-sex unions in the Australian Capital Territory, Rudd Government, Bob Brown, Civil union, Politics, Law Crime
Governor is cities' ace in hole
Columbus :: OH :: USA | 9 days ago
Credibility Gov. Ted Strickland said he's "troubled" that the amendment forces a casino on Columbus, even though area voters opposed it. Gov. Ted Strickland vows to veto any bill spelling out how casinos will be built and operated in Ohio if it "inappropriately...
Tags: Ted Strickland, Columbus City Attorney, casinos developers, Cincinnati, Ohio, Cleveland Cavaliers, Columbus, Penn National Gaming, Veto, Bruce Johnson, Hospitality Recreation, Shawnee State University
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