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In 2018, GoLocal spent the better part of six weeks investigating the scheme being run by a New York convicted child molester and murderer and Bienvenido “Alex” Peralta Martinez, a Central Falls resident.
The investigation revealed Peralta Martinez s involvement in a locally registered non-profit in Rhode Island with Carlos Davila, the convicted child molester and murderer who was barred from representing immigrants in 2017 and fined $1.3 million.
Davila and Peralta Martinez at the time were listed by the State of Rhode Island as being the President and Vice-President of A New Beginning for Immigrants Rights, which a Venezuelan national told GoLocal he paid over $1,000 to help obtain a work permit, only to receive what he said was fraudulent paperwork.GET THE LATEST BREAKING NEWS HERE SIGN UP FOR GOLOCAL FREE DAILY EBLAST
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Seventh Circuit affirms dismissal of Act 10 lawsuit By: Associated Press December 18, 2020
1:51 pm
The Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals this week affirmed the dismissal of a First Amendment lawsuit challenging Wisconsin’s Act 10.
The court released its decision on Thursday, making this the third challenge to Act 10 to be rejected by the Seventh Circuit.
State lawmakers passed Act 10 in 2011 to limit the collective-bargaining power of state employees who weren’t working in public safety or transit. Among other things, Act 10 made it harder for general-employee unions to retain certification as exclusive bargaining agents, prohibited public-sector employees from collectively bargaining with their general employees over anything except base wages and prohibited public employers from deducting union dues from general employees’ paychecks.
May 7, 1928 â Dec. 14, 2020
Philo J. Brooks, who served 14 terms in the Niagara County Board of Supervisors and its successor, the County Legislature, was a quiet political legend. When Philo Brooks spoke on the floor of the Legislature, everybody listened to him, because they had great respect for him, William L. Ross, a longtime Legislature colleague, said Tuesday.
Mr. Brooks, of Porter, died Monday in Our Lady of Peace Nursing Home, Lewiston, where he had been a resident for about a year. He was 92. He was a true gentleman, smart as a whip, recalled Dennis F. Virtuoso, the only current legislator who served with Mr. Brooks. He knew the county inside out. He was an eloquent speaker, too.
Council approves 2021 tax levy in busy meeting
Establishment of a new advisory committee, bid awards for various projects, discussion of the interim ordinance that prohibits non-profit land uses in commercial zones are among several agenda items 7:00 am, Dec. 16, 2020 ×
Worthington City Hall. (Brian Korthals/Daily Globe)
WORTHINGTON A 2021 property tax levy of $5,052,541 a 4% increase over 2020 was approved by the Worthington City Council in the midst of a flurry of agenda items Monday night.
The levy includes a general purpose tax levy of $3,929,921 and special tax levies of $1,122,620, Worthington City Administrator Steve Robinson noted during his presentation of the city’s Truth in Taxation hearing. Among the special tax levies are Economic Development Tax abatements of $25,000.