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What are the rules at Longview City Council meetings? | #citycouncil

The Longview City Council meetings this year have sparked a lot of discussion over last-minute changes to the agenda. Quality journalism doesn’t happen without your help Most of the recent debate has centered around a last-minute resolution Keith Young unsuccessfully proposed at the end of the Feb. 8 council meeting, which was later revealed through […]

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Our view | Longview City Council must cut sidewalk dining costs | #citycouncil

There are some solutions we find by accident. Penicillin, silly putty, smoke detectors and Coca-Cola were all accidental products of an unrelated project. Sidewalk dining is much the same. During the COVID-19 pandemic, restaurants were trying to figure out how to thread the needle of social distancing in a scenario where masking wasn’t really an […]

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Longview City Council plans workshop to review the municipal court’s track record | #citycouncil

Longview City Councilmember Mike Wallin and City Manager Kurt Sacha discuss the need for a criminal justice and courts workshop during the Dec. 8 council meeting. (KLTV, Contributed) The Longview City Council will be taking a harder look at its relationship with the court system next year. A somewhat pro forma vote at Thursday […]

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