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Tuesday, July 27, 2021
By David Jenkins/Standard Democrat
SIKESTON The Sikeston City Council heard plans of a new proposed subdivision, but one Sikeston resident is concerned about the entrance road.
During Mondays Sikeston City Council meeting, council members heard the first reading of a bill to rezone a tract of land consisting of approximately 10.12 acres of property that lies along the east side of US Highway 61 (N. Main) and to the east of 1506 N. Main, from agricultural to single-family residential. Council also heard the first reading of a bill to approve a subdivision at the same location.
John Grimm, attorney for Sikeston resident Don Bedell, spoke and said his client lives in the house closest to the area being developed.
updated: Jul 18 2021, 08:17 ist
The first attempt by a Rajapaksa to return to power in Sri Lanka was brief.
In 2018, former President Mahinda Rajapaksa was sworn in as prime minister, even though the man he was supposedly replacing said he still held the job. Rajapaksa eventually backed down, though not before chairs were smashed and chilli powder and fists were thrown in Parliament.
But a year later, his brother Gotabaya Rajapaksa was elected president. Since then, the Rajapaksas have stamped their name so thoroughly on Sri Lanka’s government that it feels like a family enterprise albeit a struggling one, with the economy in tatters and discontent rising.
Mujib Mashal, The New York Times
Published: 11 Jul 2021 11:00 AM BdST
Updated: 11 Jul 2021 11:00 AM BdST FILE PHOTO: Sri Lanka s Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa and his brother, and Sri Lanka s President, Gotabaya Rajapaksa are seen during his during the swearing in ceremony as the new Prime Minister, at Kelaniya Buddhist temple in Colombo, Sri Lanka, August 9, 2020. REUTERS/Dinuka Liyanawatte/File Photo
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In 2018, former President Mahinda Rajapaksa was sworn in as prime minister, even though the man he was supposedly replacing said he still held the job. Rajapaksa eventually backed down, though not before chairs were smashed and chili powder and fists were thrown in Parliament.
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