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The link below is a page from the GA Secretary of State website titled "2007/2008 Election Events".

you need to ask the city of san Diego but I know other cities in California are trying to help by putting filters on storm sewers to keep the waterways clean. also by making people aware of how they can help to save water or keep the city clean not pollute our environment.Plus other ways.

How should I go about this? Start a petition and then go to city hall?

I have no doubt I would be able to get enough people to sign a petition. But I’m not sure if petitions would do any good. I’ve never tried to get my local government to change any of their laws. Any ideas?

You can start by calling your reps and any government official you can get a hold of, Explain to them why you think the law is wrong and how and why it affects you. That usual dosnt do much, start a site where you gather like minded people and march, speak, and have signed petitions from your group. The more you bug them the more they have to listen. And the more people you get behind you, they will notice. Now whether that notice is good or bacd, the issue is out there. Be fair and stick to facts!! Good luck, by the way u got my vote lol

The well’s running dry… I’m revising a book, and I already have a city hall in another setting, and the current version has only a city skyline, which doesn’t do it for me.

This image would begin a chapter on how local government works, so it should actually illustrate local government.

I’ve been struggling to find an image of a city council meeting I could buy or use for free.
Funny, I checked out the Farmington Hills photo earlier today. It’s hard to get contact info for the photographer on short notice.

Ancient as Rome an equally applicable to Earth circa 2007 and a bit of a history lesson for you – - – -
You have seen a Horseshoe – - – a U, e well that in itself is an ancient symbol for Government – - – - when discussing issues members of local councils by habit, this actually goes back to aborignies squatting in the dust, people tend to sit in a U with the top space open for the speaker and/or leader… How does this translate into image? U shaped table, do not need faces just suggestion of people sitting staring at speaker standing in the open space of the U ……

There are a few historical precedents for this image my favorite though is to float the U with right lower and left a bit higher with speaker standing to viewers’ right, this allows a profile of several sitting at table, the number of which depends on what you wish to fo; anicent number combos of sitters to speaker are 4 plus 1, 6 plus 1, etc but anything beyond 8 plus 1 tends to get crowded….

Peace……………

PS I swear I did not look at other answers before answering but yes the picture sited is evidence that this encient practice is still practiced….
One from Norse mythology shows the warriors kneeling on their shields before their leader…..

Detroit, Baltimore all these crappy inner-city areas, why don’t the state or federal governments take these areas over?

It’s clear the local governments are too inept and corrupt to run them. Why not put them out and have the federal or state governments run them?

You know what I mean. Why are liberals too cowardly to take these places over and prevent the generations of kids there from falling into oblivion?

It’s been the GOP, starting with Reagans "rural renewal" project, that has been the destruction of inner cities around the country. With the desruction of our manufacturing base, there’s not much left to hold a lot of these cities together.

Even financial centers are feeling the brunt of Republican cultivation of offshoring jobs. New York and Chicago are also being hollowed out like giant gourds – soon to collapse in on themselves as the GOP policies encouraged jobs heading overseas.

You look at the trade deficit under Bush – he not only accellerated it, but he brought it to alarmingly new levels – Tens of billions of dollars leaving the country EVERY MONTH for the ENTIRE 8 YEARS.

Obviously, an economy can handle only so much bleeding before the leeches kill it.

I’d like my town to build a wind farm. However, I know how local governments can be when it comes to paying for new projects. Will the federal government help defray some of the costs, if the city decides to build it?

Why not privatize the project? Get a private investor.

Does the city government have the right to close down local churches so they can use the land for their own hidden agenda?

A city government CAN because of the "conservative" Supreme Court ruling on eminent domain, where property can be seized by city/country/state governments for development or "re-development". No property is exempt. The US Supreme Court stated that eminent domain can apply as long as the seizure does not violate the public use clauses of the state and federal constitutions. The court found that if an economic project creates new jobs, increases tax and other city revenues, and revitalizes a depressed (even if not blighted) urban area, it qualifies as a public use. The court also found that government delegation of eminent domain power to a private entity was also constitutional as long as the private entity served as the legally authorized agent of the government

Local government collects property taxes presumably to provide city services but doesn’t provide those services adequately. In fact, even though population has grown significantly hasn’t added any emergency services to cover the area that has grown. Isn’t there a fiduciary responsibility or what is it?
I’d like an informed answer, not an opinion.

Yes, you can sue any government entity in the United States. Sometimes you need their consent to allow the case to go forward if it is against a state government or the federal government, ultimately that will be decided by a court. However, local governments derive all their powers from the state they are in so the exact rules will vary by state as well as local jurisdiction. Any issue you are suing over that involves federal law and federal constitutional issues may reach federal courts even if the case starts in a state court. If the case involves state issues and no federal issues federal courts tend to stay out of it.

Your concern sounds like a political issue and should probably be resolved through the electoral and legislative process. You should either run for office or campaign and vote for those who agree with you on this issue. You can also do all sorts of things to put pressure on your current elected officials to address your concerns. All that being said, depending on where you live there might be state and local laws mandating certain levels of service that you could sue under in order to force those laws to be followed, to find out for sure you need to consult a lawyer in your area.

Currently the mayor for Jersey City, NJ is The Honorable Jerramiah Healy. In 2004, during a special election, Mayor Healy gave up his successful law practice, and has worked full-time since then as mayor of Jersey City.

Our business is in a small town that has a Ford Plant so there is a lot of money in the local government that has very little to do.
Our local building inspector and fire marshal have something against our company. They keep coming around with a new gripe and we have has several people in our industrial park, especially the managers, say they can’t believe how much these two departments are picking on us. Where do we go to report abuse? What can be done to make sure there is no backlash?

Check with your State Attorney General’s office.
They probably have it listed on their website, but I believe if you can get 10 or more people to sign a petition stating the complaint, they’ll start an investigation. May differ by state?

Michael
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