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And while the issues aren’t related, there are parallels because both touch on race and diversity. ADVERTISEMENT This week in Charleston, the top Democrats from the state House and Senate held an in-person meeting with the chair of the state party over whether she is actively pursuing a mandate from the Democratic National Committee pertaining to race and representation. Tensions have run so high that leaders and activists have privately discussed plans to call on West Virginia Democratic Party Chair Belinda Biafore to resign, three sources with knowledge of the situation told The Hill. State House Minority Leader Doug Skaff (D) confirmed a meeting took place on Monday evening with Biafore and state Senate Minority Leader Stephen Baldwin (D). He said the conversation was to lay out a range of concerns over how to “do better as a party” to expand diversity among the top ranks. The leaders stopped short of calling for her to step down. ....
HANNIBAL, Mo. â A proposal that would raise the city of Hannibalâs sales tax rate by one half cent will appear on the August 2021 ballot. If approved, revenue generated by the tax increase would be used solely for infrastructure improvements. The ballot measure was brought before the Hannibal City Council during its Tuesday night meeting at city hall by Fourth Ward Councilman Alan Bowen. âThe city has a long list of necessary infrastructure improvements that without adequate funding continues to deteriorate and grow,â he said. Consideration was given to raising the cityâs property tax. âThe cityâs property tax has not been increased since the 1970s. However, increasing this may hurt fixed-income citizens if the city chose to raise property taxes,â Bowen said. âIn my opinion, a low property tax gives incentive to build here as witnessed by many new subdivisions being built within the city.â ....
HANNIBAL â Twain on Main, one of Hannibalâs major downtown events, will be making a comeback this year after falling victim to the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020. During Tuesday nightâs meeting of the Hannibal City Council approval was given to a handful of requests from the Historic Hannibal Marketing Council, some of which are necessary in order for the festival to take place. The OK was given to close certain downtown streets, to use city-owned property, to sell alcohol on city-owned property and to discharge firearms loaded with blanks. The family-friendly street festival, which celebrates Mark Twainâs books, will again take place over the Memorial Day weekend, which will occur this year on May 28 through May 30. ....
Integrity measures ranking from accurate voter rolls to election observation and voter identification. true the vote stands ready to work with anyone of any party to empower any citizen willing to make a difference. i m sorry. i can t read it without absolute i m going to make a prediction right now. of november 6th, we are never going to hear from true the vote again. i think they are going to be bit players. i think the obama campaign has approached this wisely. they are not spending their time whining about what s happening. they are getting their volunteers out there and educating people about what kind of documents they need and getting people those documents. there is an aggressive affirmative action committee. no one wants voter fraud. we just don t want eligible americans not voting. babies are born with social security numbers. ....