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Posts published in March 2011

Garland Favorito of VoterGa: Legislative Update

By RedPhillips on March 6, 2011 9:07 PM

VoterGa focuses on ballot access and ballot security issues:

VoterGa Supporters,

For the last two months I have been working with some legislators who are friendly to our cause so that we can get our good legislation from last year re-introduced.…

Update from Richmond, CA: Green mayor helps uphold ban on chain restaurants, encourages constitutional amendment, and more

By Ross Levin on March 6, 2011 5:56 PM

Richmond, CA is the largest city in the United States with a Green mayor.  Her name is Gayle McLaughlin, she was reelected recently, and Richmond Confidential has an update on a few recent votes that she was involved in (read the full story here):

After voting last month to approve a moratorium on chain restaurants in Point Richmond, city council members voted 5-0 last night to deny a permit to open a Subway restaurant in Point Richmond, saying that it was not compatible with the quaint and historic nature of the neighborhood, which is protected in the city’s General Plan…

Later in the evening, the council turned its focus from the issues facing one neighborhood to the national stage, and adopted a resolution “to free democracy from corporate control.”

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