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By TOM WIEDMANN
May 27, 2021 at 10:13 AM
Newark Mayor Ras Baraka was joined by former president Barack Obama and community leaders across the nation in a conversation aimed to share best practices to “continue to center racial equity.”
Newark Mayor Ras Baraka was joined by former president Barack Obama and community leaders across .
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May 27, 2021 at 10:13 AM
NEWARK, NJ A key toward achieving racial equality in communities could come through means of reform in policing and public safety, Newark Mayor Ras Baraka highlighted during a panel discussion with former President Barack Obama.
Baraka was joined on Wednesday by the former U.S. president and community leaders across the nation to participate in a conversation hosted by My Brother s Keeper Alliance, aimed to share ideas and best practices to “continue to center racial equity, the activism the country has seen since George Floyd was killed, and the need to revamp public safety.
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The Burlington, Vermont Board of Finance, composed of the mayor and city councilors, heard Monday from the acting police chief on the department’s 2022 budget proposal and plans for response in the wake of a shrinking budget. City councilors also got an update from the public school superintendent on plans to find a site for a new high school building.
The Burlington Police Department’s fiscal year 2022 $16.1 million proposed budget presentation to the Board of Finance shows a reduction from past years. Acting Chief Jon Murad said it shows how the department is dealing with a 2020 city council requirement that the department reduce staffing.
For the first time in two months, the
Community Advisory Committee for West Seattle’s only city-sanctioned tiny-house encampment got an update on its operations.
Last month’s meeting had no one in attendance from camp operator
LIHI or the city
Human Services Department. This time, both were in attendance as the CAC met online on Sunday afternoon. The camp has been on the city-owned
Myers Way Parcels on the southeast edge of West Seattle for almost five years.
CAMP OPERATOR REPORT: At March’s meeting (WSB coverage here), the need for a new site coordinator and case manager (both of whom work for LIHI in positions funded by the city contract) was discussed. Sunday,