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NOTICE OF HEARING The District School Board of Lafayette County will hold a Public Hearing on Tuesday, May 18, 2021 at 6:30 p.m. in the School Board Administration Building, 363 NE Crawford Street, Mayo, Florida 32066 for the purpose of amending School Board Policies. (The School Board approved for advertisement of a Public Hearing at their regular meeting on April 20, 2021). Authority for amending and adopting policies and forms is found in Article IX, Section 4(b), Constitution of the State o...

5:30 p.m., Order # 3  Authorizing Temporary Street Closure – Oak Street Flanagan Community Center Workshop 7 p.m., Executive Session pursuant to 1 M.R.S. §405(6)(E) for discussion of pending litigation.  The PB discovered they were defendants and would be found in contempt of court if they did not approve the cell tower application. What was highlighted at the PB meeting by Chair Laustsen and members was a list of what they perceived are inaccuracies in the written settlement agreement. ...

Thursday, January 14, 2021 With the Senate set to flip to Democratic control in the 117th Congress, albeit by a razor thin margin, the policy priorities for the upper chamber are likely to significantly change.  In so doing, the various Senate committees will have new chairs, and their agendas will likely vary at least in part on the partisan make-up of the committees. The Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation has a long tradition of bipartisan cooperation.  Execu...

Admitting its failure to comply with the state’s Opening Meetings Law, the Pitkin County government settled a lawsuit where its commissioners were accused of doing public business in private. The agreement was reached in December. It came after Pagosa Springs attorney Matt Roane filed a court complaint in late October saying the county failed to broadcast the Board of County Commissioners adopting a motion Oct. 20. That day, commissioners held a public work session that started at 1 p.m. and ...

Other American philanthropy is the envy of the world. Since colonial times, when Benjamin Franklin’s Junto Society, a proto–think tank of public-minded Philadelphia citizens, developed volunteer fire departments and a lending library, Americans have evolved a unique civic culture of giving and entrepreneurial problem solving. From 1995 to 2002, charitable donations as a percentage of GDP were nearly six times higher in the United States than in France and 14 times higher than in Germany. In...

Outside consultants blast West Linn’s cursory review of Michael Fesser’s wrongful arrest claims Updated Jan 10, 2021; Posted Dec 16, 2020 Fired West Linn Police Chief Terry Kruger claimed he had recused himself from the departments internal inquiry into Michael Fessers allegations because of a personal relationship he had with Fessers former boss. But Kruger repeatedly defended West Linn police actions and the arrest to the City Council and to the interim city manager. Mark Graves/Staff ...

Come out of the executive sessions, generally, where this is going. what struck me today in listening to these two witnesses is they already have more than they had against richard nixon to impeach him. just on all accounts. >> why do you say that -- >> because the evidence is there. it was my testimony, a few people that were lower in the pecking order than me, and it happened before the tapes. >> and -- >> the tapes didnt come -- he was already impeached and the -- >> with all due respect -- w...

Intelligence committee and it will give them a report. and then knadler kicks in again. to conduct proceedings relating to impeachment inquiry reference in first section of this resolution, pursuant to procedure submitted for precincting in congressional record, by the p chair of the committee on rules. including such procedures as to allow for participation of the president in his counsel. thats all it says that president and counsel. and i keep hearing democrats on tv say it is the as clinton ...

Computer system, which it should not have been. its a whole other problem. and i think there are some witnesses coming forward this week who will speak to it. but they again, like other people after vindmans testimony today, especially sondland, are separately in the soup. >> john, we now have the text from thursdays impeachment resolution that lays out how the inquiry will play out. for one thing well start to have open hearings. and you know firsthand the power that that can have. what will th...

Resolution. what it does is sets up the rules for the next step of the impeachment. the intelligence committee will have a report theyll send over. what it does is gives republicans an opportunity to request testimony and documents from individuals. of course, they have to do that with consultation from the democratic chairman, and if theres a disagreement, there will be a full committee vote. of course, republicans are arguing that gives democrats more of an advantage because they is the majori...