May 19—HEFLIN — More than one million dollars in savings is being gained by the city of Heflin thanks to improvement in its credit rating. The better rating has come about due to the implementation of better financial practices, the City Council was told in a meeting Tuesday night. Heflin Mayor Robby Brown announced that the city's credit rating has rebounded from junk bond status to one notch .
“That causes division and hardship, Starling said. We re trying to bring unity.
During the April 6 work session, Critser stated he worked three jobs and had not received any handouts. Starling alleged this was a way of potentially implying that Black people were not willing to work. Starling further stated this comment was particularly concerning from his viewpoint because Black Americans have always worked, and for most of America’s history that work had been by force due to slavery.
Rinker previously said he felt the apology given by Walsh on Jan. 9 should suffice for the Black community. Starling insisted such a determination being made by a white council member about what should be sufficient for the Black community means very little when Rinker was not affected by the comments.
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After the abysmal jobs report last week, and the obvious connection of federally-subsidized, enhanced unemployment benefits helping to depress the labor market, my colleague Nick Arama wrote:
It means that the government is basically paying you more to stay home than you would get if you were working.
Joe Biden said he didn’t see any problem with that and he didn’t think that that was a factor why people weren’t going back to work. Oh, and he also said it was a major factor. I know, it makes no sense, but that’s Joe Biden.
COVID Restrictions In Larimer County: Local Public Health Order To Expire Sunday
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LARIMER COUNTY, Colo. (CBS4) – The Larimer County Department of Health & Environment announced its local public health order will expire at 11:59 p.m. on Sunday. Starting on Monday, the county will only follow public health orders set by the state.
On Thursday afternoon, Gov. Jared Polis’ office confirmed to CBS4 that the state will lift the face mask requirement for Coloradans who are vaccinated against COVID-19. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said on Thursday that fully vaccinated people do not need to wear a mask, indoors or outdoors, in most settings or stay 6 feet apart.
Lots of people may know Liberty Graphics best for the high-quality T-shirts printed with glow-in-the-dark celestial designs, geometric patterns made up of sea kayaks and canoe paddles, intricately drawn turtles, salamanders, monarch butterflies and much more. The brightly colored T-shirts line the walls of the retail outlet, located in a former general store and gas station in the heart of Liberty village.