Cambridge City Councilors voiced their frustration over a months-long delay in addressing two amendments to campaign finance regulations at an Ordinance Committee meeting Monday.
The first proposed amendment originated as a policy order in October 2020 and sought to restrict campaign donations by people “seeking to enter into a contract, seeking approval for a special permit or up-zoning, seeking to acquire real estate from the city, or seeking financial assistance from the city.”
This ordinance amendment was based off of Somerville’s campaign contribution ordinance “Pay to Play” and also includes language from similar ordinances passed in New Jersey.
The second proposed amendment would restrict annual donations to any individual candidate to $200 per person and was referred to the Ordinance Committee in November.
Brookhaven Town Councilman Michael Loguercio at 1465 Montauk Highway in North Bellport for the demolition of two abandoned and boarded up buildings. Photo: Brookhaven Town. Zombie buildings are a dangerous nuisance on Long Island. Properties essentially abandoned by their owners become eyesores in their communities after years of neglect - racking up building code violations and sometimes attracting vagrants who set up camp sometimes with damaging results. On Tuesday, February 9, the Town of Brookhaven demolished two abandoned and boarded up buildings that were in violation of numerous Brookhaven Town building codes and the source of resident complaints. The properties were located on Montauk Highway in North Bellport.
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Demonstrators protest against police brutality on May 30, 2020, in Detroit. (Matthew Hatcher/Getty Images)
DETROIT The city of Detroit is dismissing dozens of citations issued to anti-police brutality protesters who were ticketed for violating temporary city curfews months ago, but has approved a large allotment of money to defend itself in lawsuits filed by protesters and protest organizers.
The Detroit Law Department announced Tuesday it was dismissing the majority of citations issued between May 31 and June 2 to demonstrators who protested police brutality in the city, violating citywide curfews issued during that time, according to Detroit Corporation Counsel Lawrence Garcia. In the many months since those tickets were issued, the City Law Department and Police Department have worked to study videotape and other evidence from the events in question, Garcia said in a statement. The departments have also considered the discretion that was exercised during that week
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The public body voted 5-4 to approve a $200,000 contract for the city’s federal litigation against the Detroit Will Breathe movement.
Detroit City Council approved a $200,000 expenditure that will fund a counter-lawsuit against the city’s Black Lives Matter protesters in a 5-4 vote. City attorneys are suing demonstrators associated with the Detroit Will Breathe movement, claiming they engaged in a civil conspiracy during last summer’s marches. But the protestors sued the city first. Their federal complaint alleges the Detroit Police Department used excessive force to stop demonstrators from exercising their First Amendment rights. A federal judge issued a restraining order against DPD’s use of rubber bullets, chokehold and tear gas against peaceful protesters following the protester lawsuit.