Forget London Mayor Khan’s Ulez Row and Get On Your Bikes, Says Brompton Boss
Will Butler-Adams doesn’t have much patience for cars, or public transport for that matter. Especially on a warm day. “What on earth are you doing?” he says. “Scuttling under the ground, getting shoved into a metal tube, being belched on. Get on a bike and whiz across town and discover your city.” Unsurprisingly, the Brompton […]
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Ecuador Election Latest: Mayor Says Gunmen Tried to Kill Him
An Ecuador mayor said he was the victim of an attempted assassination as political violence continued ahead of Sunday’s vote. Francisco Tamariz, mayor of the coastal city of La Libertad, said gunmen — some dressed as policemen — fired 30 shots at his vehicle on Friday evening. Tamariz, his wife and two other people with […]
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Republicans Continue to Push Unpopular Abortion Agenda | #republicans | #Alabama | #GOP
Political analysts haven’t had a difficult time interpreting the string of high-profile defeats that Republicans have experienced on abortion since the Supreme Court jettisoned Roe v Wade last year. As journalist Ronald Brownstein notes, the Ohio GOP’s attempt this month to short-circuit the statewide referendum process – a political bank shot intended to undermine an […]
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Miami’s ‘Bitcoin’ Mayor Suarez Doubles Wealth, Buys Boat as Side Jobs Multiply
Miami Mayor Francis Suarez makes $126,000 working for the city, converting it into crypto. Despite last year’s market rout, the 45-year-old Republican’s net worth more than doubled to $3.5 million. Suarez was able to pay off almost $1.7 million in debt from the end of 2021, according to regulatory filings. He also acquired new real […]
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Toronto Mayor: Olivia Chow Becomes First Person of Color Elected to Top Job
Former federal politician Olivia Chow will be Toronto’s next mayor after earning a narrow victory in Monday’s municipal election. Chow was leading with about 37% of the vote shortly before 9 p.m. Toronto time, according to Canadian Broadcasting Corp., holding off a late surge from former deputy mayor Ana Bailao. A prominent voice in progressive […]
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Toronto Mayor’s Race: Why There Are 102 Candidates
When Toronto voters enter the polling booth to elect a new mayor on Monday, they will have to scan a roster of 102 candidates on a ballot three columns wide and 34 rows deep. The list includes a handful of frontrunners, but also a host of nontraditional candidates, including an up-and-coming comedian, a teenager, and one well-known climate activist […]
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Paris needs to learn to live with rats, mayor concedes – POLITICO
Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo has a message for the rats overrunning the City of Light: Why can’t we be friends? After years spent battling vermin, this week Hidalgo’s administration announced it intends to take a different approach and attempt to achieve a more peaceful state of coexistence with the rodents. “With guidance from the mayor, […]
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Follow Goldman Sachs Beyond London, Tory Mayor Andy Street Tells City Giants
Shortly after we arrive at Andy Street’s office, he insists on bundling into a taxi. Darkening rain clouds aren’t going to stop the mayor of the West Midlands from showing off his proudest new achievement: luring Goldman Sachs to Birmingham. Minutes later, Street marches across the city’s new financial district and plants himself in front […]
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Kyiv Mayor Klitschko urges Berlin to do more to help wounded Ukrainians – POLITICO
BERLIN — Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko is seeking assurances from his counterpart in Berlin that Ukraine will be able to send seriously injured soldiers to Germany’s capital safe in the knowledge that their medical costs will be met. In a letter to new Berlin Mayor Kai Wegner seen by POLITICO, Klitschko noted that some 250-500 […]
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Who’s running for Seattle City Council in 2023 | #citycouncil
Illustration: Brendan Lynch/Axios The November election will bring big changes to the Seattle City Council, with at least four of the council’s nine members having already announced they won’t seek re-election. Why it matters: The exodus of incumbents means most of the seven council positions on the ballot will be open seats, upping the potential […]
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