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City Council

City council’s approval of NAH proposal deemed ‘short-sighted’ | #citycouncil

It is difficult to understand how our members of city council could approve the NAH proposal. This seems short-sighted and narrow-minded. This billion dollar project does not come even close to meeting the city’s plan for carbon neutrality by 2030. Token mentions of some solar panels, a few charging stations for EVs and no LEED […]

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City council called on to put funds toward bike safety | #citycouncil

Gift this article Share this article paywall-free. An open letter to the mayor, vice mayor and Council: Thank you for your unanimous direction to city staff to prioritize funding for a few basic bike projects, namely: the (complete) construction of the Butler Pilot elevation, and the construction of two (dangerous) protected intersections — (Butler/Beaver and […]

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Mayor

Copenhagen’s Mayor Blasted U.S. Counterpart Over Anti-LGBTQ+ Moves

To the Danish, something is rotten in the United States. More specifically, the Danes are unhappy with the anti-LGBTQ+ sentiment put forth by the city council of California’s “Danish capital,” Solvang. One would be forgiven if one mistook a photo from Solvang as a postcard from Copenhagen. The town has all the similarities to the […]

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Voters elected Philadelphia’s first openly gay candidate to win a city council nomination | #citycouncil

PHILADELPHIA (CBS) — Our historic city of Philadelphia is about to make history once again. In Tuesday’s primary, voters elected the first openly gay candidate to win a nomination for city council. Rue Landau is used to being first. In 2014, she and her wife Kerry were the first same-sex couple in Pennsylvania to get a […]

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Lafayette City Council proclaims June Pride Month as LGBTQ residents fight for library presence | News | #citycouncil

Pride Month continues to be a fight for the LGBTQ+ population in Lafayette Parish despite making headway in recent years. The annual June celebration, which locally has been gaining momentum and growing in size, added a parade this year along with other activities where the LGBTQ+ community and their friends, family and supporters could congregate […]

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