Connecticut city council member faces calls to resign after she called pro-Palestinian protester a Hamas terrorist, gave him the finger | #citycouncil
Bridgeport City Council urged City Council member Maria Pereira to resign on Thursday, following the offensive email to city officials ‘A Palestinian young man, possibly a Hamas terrorist, repeatedly yelled out my name and was waving some propaganda poster at me,’ Pereira said Pereira was arrested for third degree assault in November for an incident […]
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Outgoing mayor pro tem pens message detailing expectations, opinion on filling role
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (WBTV) – Following a tense vote for Charlotte’s next mayor pro tem, WBTV obtained a copy of an email from outgoing mayor pro tem Braxton Winston, in which he details the role and his opinion on how the seat should be filled. Winston had been an at-large councilmember for the past six years, […]
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Charlotte City Council elects Anderson mayor pro tem after tense debate | #citycouncil
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (WBTV) – Following a tense vote during Monday night’s Charlotte City Council meeting, District 1 Representative Dante Anderson was elected the city’s new mayor pro tem. Historically, the person with the most votes from the city’s at-large race typically gets the majority vote from council members for the mayor pro tem seat. However, […]
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Pilot error led to Alaska crash killing billionaire Petr Kellner, NTSB says | #alaska | #politics
An undated handout picture shows Czech billionaire Petr Kellner, who was killed in a helicopter crash in Alaska, posing for a photograph. PPF Group/Handout via REUTERS/File Photo Acquire Licensing Rights WASHINGTON, Sept 27 (Reuters) – The March 2021 helicopter crash in Alaska that killed billionaire Petr Kellner and four others was likely caused by pilot […]
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Los Angeles City Council acts to spare Marilyn Monroe house from demolition | #citycouncil
[1/5]The new US postage stamp commerating actress Marilyn Monroe, was unveiled in New York January 5, 1995. REUTERS/Mike Segar Acquire Licensing Rights LOS ANGELES, Sept 8 (Reuters) – The Los Angeles City Council voted on Friday to launch a process to designate actress Marilyn Monroe’s former home, where she died of a drug overdose in […]
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Brazil’s Lula names former Sao Paulo Mayor Haddad as finance minister
BRASILIA, Dec 9 (Reuters) – Brazil’s leftist President-elect Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva on Friday picked former Sao Paulo Mayor Fernando Haddad as his finance minister, ending days of speculation about one of his key ministerial appointments. Lula is set to take office on Jan. 1 after defeating incumbent far-right leader Jair Bolsonaro in October. […]
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Peru conservative Opus Dei businessman elected mayor of Lima
LIMA, Oct 3 (Reuters) – Conservative businessman Rafael Lopez Aliaga won a closely contested election to become mayor of Peru’s capital Lima on Monday after his rival, retired military officer Daniel Urresti, accepted his defeat. In his first public statements since Sunday’s election, Lopez Aliaga said he would wait for the final official results before […]
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