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Appeals court judges heard oral argument Tuesday in North Ports attempt to reverse a circuit court order that the commission revisit de-annexation.

The John Meisel Lecture Series in Contemporary Political Controversies Inaugural Lecture Controversies in the Making: Trump, Race, and Time Debra Thompson Associate Professor of Political Science, University of Oregon Thursday, November 23, 2017

In 1877, John Watson, a Queen's philosophy professor, gave a series of courses in "political economy". These courses proved popular enough that in 1889, Adam Shortt, another professor of philosophy, convinced the university to create a Department of Political and Economic Science and to appoint him as the first full-time professor of politics and economics. He held the Sir John A. Macdonald Chair of Political and Economic Science from 1899 until 1908, when he was appointed the ...

A change to state annexation laws that some residents feared would derail their effort to contract North Port city limits was shelved indefinitely on March 11.

The CBC's plans to launch a second national TV channel were scuttled by the CRTC back in 1981.

NORTH PORT – Representatives for the West Villagers for Responsible Government filed a lawsuit in circuit court Friday that would allow voters who live west of the Myakka River to decide if they want to separate from the city.  The litigation seeks a court order that would force the city to accept a petition to hold a referendum on the issue. Residents are seeking the contraction, in part, because they do not feel they receive adequate services from the city for their taxes.  Residents a...

Wellen Park spokeswoman Jennifer Hamilton said via email that dismissal made sense after the city’s decision.  “Given the City of North Port Commissioners’ level-headed and unanimous decision in denying the petition to de-annex or contract from the city, we have decided to drop the lawsuit against the City of North Port,” Hamilton wrote. “The lawsuit is no longer appropriate, as the City Commissioners have acted in the best interests of all residents within the City of North Port an...

The decision hinged on five criteria.  In a motion by City Commissioner Debbie McDowell and seconded and later amended by Vice Mayor Pete Emrich, the board rejected the citizens petition based on the grounds that the land met the criteria for annexation under state statue 171.043. That law defines the character of an area suitable for contraction. The board also said the commission had to consider the public health and safety for all residents, that it was not feasible to contract the ...

NORTH PORT – North Port city commissioners will consider acting on a citizens’ petition to contract the city boundaries and remove more than 15,900 acres of prime development west of the Myakka River, as proposed last year by residents who live in Wellen Park.  The commission will review a citizens petition filed in October 2020, as well as a feasibility study of the idea by Fort Lauderdale-based Munilytics, at a special meeting starting at 9 a.m. Thursday at North Port City Hal...

NORTH PORT — Meet John Meisel, president of the West Villagers for Responsible Government. But first the backstory on a contentious North Port “divorce.” The estranged couple are the West Villagers group and homebuilders at Wellen Park, or what had been West Villages at conception in 2002. A political committee, West Villagers for Responsible Government, was started by disgruntled homeowners. The West Villages Improvement District governs Wellen Park. Its board is represented by ...