Detailed proposals for directly elected mayors released by Government irishexaminer.com/breakin…
Limerick votes for directly elected mayor for the city while Cork and Waterford reject same plans thejournal.ie/breaking-pl…
If the Caribbean were a metropolitan area with a subway network...that was proposed to expand to adjoining metro areas...
96 year old Charlotte native wasn’t allowed to vote until he was 44 years old when the Voting Rights Act passed. This year, he voted for his daughter Vi Lyles, who became the first black woman elected to the office of mayor of Charlotte
[MLS Buzz] Less than encouraging news from @Tennessean on Nashville SC's proposed stadium. Mayor Cooper says that infrastructure costs are going way above where they were supposed to be, thus stalling the the building of the stadium. No timetable set for when it will get back on track. twitter.com/MLS_Buzz/stat…
Green Party leader Eamon Ryan has been elected for Dublin Bay South
Kudos to ABC for finally forcing Mayor Pete to finally address the system racism he directly oversaw in his police department and its disparate treatment of black South Bend residents: twitter.com/JordanUhl/sta…
Noel Rock asked for less alcoholic beer to be sent to the Mansion House just as his Fianna Fáil rival was elected Lord Mayor joe.ie/politics/noel-rock…
Mayor Perkins endorses Bloomberg for U.S. President, and is named as a national co-chair of young elected officials for the campaign to advise on strategy. ksla.com/2020/02/07/mayor…
"Labour's best local election results since the early 1970s..." - I've seen this on Twitter a bit. It misses the fairly large caveat ***IN LONDON*** It's hard to directly compare local election years because different areas are up for grabs, but 1995 was definitely better: twitter.com/josephmdurso/…
Senators weren't directly elected until the 17th amendment passed in 1913. Did Senators run campaigns for (re)election to persuade the state legislators to give them their job (again) prior to the 17th amendment?
I rescanned today and got 168 channels with a Mohu Arc. I am 23 miles away from the towers in the Los Angeles region. Sorry for the stealth brag, but I am wondering how many channels other metropolitan areas can get.
Proposed subway system for Metropolitan Atlanta, 1962 [1750x1750]
TIL that in 2004, one-third of the adult male population of the Pitcarin Islands (total population 55) were tried for various sex crimes against children. In 2013, one of the six (out of 7) who were convicted was elected Mayor of the country. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pit…
Coronavirus: Former Dublin lord mayor calls for St Patrick's Day parade to be cancelled thejournal.ie/st-patricks…
ACLU of Oregon: “We share the concerns of many Oregonians that Portland is becoming a regular gathering place for white nationalists, but the mayor’s proposed protest ordinance is deeply flawed" aclu-or.org/en/press-rele…
FFAF Great News for Transformationalists Everywhere: Tim Keller has been elected as the mayor of Albuquerque. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tim…
Thousands of protesters flooded the streets of Madrid on Saturday to oppose the newly elected conservative mayor's decision to reverse car pollution restrictions. bbc.com/news/world-europe…
Controversial facial recognition system will be operational in London within the month, software developed by Japan's NEC will scan crowds for faces and cross-reference them with 'watchlist', Metropolitan Police cagey about exact area of deployment apnews.com/9156fb1226356a…
[WP] You always though your towns tradition of electing an animal for mayor was cute, until the dog they elected started making laws.
Bloomberg Wants to Get in Your Genes - [“This week, the mayor proposed that everyone arrested for any crime in New York City—before the case has been judged—should be required to provide a sample of DNA.”] villagevoice.com/2008/01/…
Havana's "StreetNet" (SNET) is a metropolitan-area-network collaboratively built by citizens by stringing wires from house to house. The network is not connected to the broader internet. It hosts custom versions of apps, especially for gaming. The network requires continuous maintenance and care. michaelannedye.files.word…
For the towns where animals are "elected" mayor or some other government position, what actually happens?
"The Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas metropolitan area is pictured along with such landmarks as DFW International Airport and Dallas Love Field Airport from an altitude of 258 miles [415.211 kilometers]." This photo was taken on 6 December 2019 from the International Space Station while orbiting Earth.
Cannabis One Holdings Inc. (formerly Metropolitan Energy Corp.) Announces Receipt of Conditional Approval for Listing on CSE and Provides Update on Proposed RTO newswire.ca/news-releases…
Chicago just elected a black, openly LGBT woman as mayor. It became the largest US city ever to do so. vox.com/policy-and-politi…
[October 13th, 1419] England: Richard Whittington is elected Lord Mayor of London for the last time. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ric…
@NBCNews: RT @NBCPolitics: BREAKING: Montgomery, Alabama, has elected an African American mayor for the first time in 200-year history, @wsfa12news reports. https://t.co/vnHbFFOCp2 mobile.twitter.com/NBCNew…
New poster design for my metropolitan area- thoughts?
Wonder if Pete will hold big pharma accountable? ✅ He sued opioid manufacturers + distributors as Mayor ✅ He's proposed fining companies that price gouge + taking away patents from worst offenders ✅ He'll cap out-of-pocket monthly prescription drug costs/cut costs for seniors twitter.com/ssavett/statu…
Day 2: Still no cases in the NYC metropolitan area. LMFAO.
The American governments at every level are completely incompetent at this point. They have for a month shrugged their shoulders. We might as well all just get this thing like chicken pox parties decades ago and let the chips fall where they fall.
