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× INCIDENTS of ‘mindless vandalism’ to bus shelters leading to costly repairs have more than doubled since lockdown, the Chronicle can reveal. Figures obtained through a Freedom of Information request to South Yorkshire Passenger Transport Executive (SYPTE) show that since 2019 there have been 417 reports of vandalism to bus shelters on Barnsley’s road network. In 2018-19, contractors called out to repair any of SYPTE’s 591 shelters logged 74 occasions where the cause of the damage was thought to be vandalism. The following year, that figure ballooned to 215 incidents amid a general increase in call-outs to repair shelter glazing, from 92 to 414. These range from weather damage - the borough was hit by severe flooding in November 2019 and the following January - road traffic collisions, and general wear and tear, as well as improvement works to existing furniture. ....
Natrona County could hold special election in November to vote on sixth-cent tax By Greg Hirst on May 7, 2021 A voter casts his ballot during early voting at the Natrona County Courthouse on Monday, Nov. 2, 2020. Lines of voters stretched through two floors of the building and, earlier in the day, outside to the parking lot. (Dan Cepeda, Oil City) CASPER, Wyo A temporary sixth-cent special purpose sales and use tax could be on the ballot in a special election in Natrona County this November. The Natrona County Commission (BOCC) discussed the issue at their work session last Tuesday, May 4. The tax would specifically fun two projects. One is the renovation of Midwest Avenue downtown to Poplar Street anticipating traffic to the new state building on Collins, said BOCC Chairman Paul Bertoglio. ....
WSWS interviews Jorge O’Leary, leader of 1983–86 Phelps Dodge miners strike At midnight on June 30, 1983, nearly 3,000 Arizona copper miners employed by the Phelps Dodge Corporation went on strike in the desert camp towns of Ajo, Morenci, Douglas and Clifton. For three long years, strikers from 13 local unions fought a ruthless company and its thugs, police, the National Guard, the Reagan administration, the state’s Democratic governor, the National Labor Relations Board, federal court injunctions, and the AFL-CIO, which isolated the strike in order to ensure its defeat. In 1986, the strike was lost, and strikebreaking replacement workers voted to decertify the unions. ....
× A COUPLE have been hit with a hefty fine for dumping rubbish - after waste recovered by council officers contained their names and address. Numerous bags of rubbish and household items were left abandoned at Sandy Bridge Lane, Shafton. However, enforcement officers - who sifted through the waste on the hunt for evidence - found letters which led them to the unnamed pair. This led to to a £400 fine and a fresh warning from the council that fly-tipping will not be tolerated after last year saw a rise of more than 1,000 incidents - to 5,254 - from the previous year’s figure of just over 4,000. ....
IOWA CITY, Iowa An owner of a large pork production company that disproportionately benefited from an Iowa coronavirus aid program recently donated $25,000 to Gov. Kim Reynolds’ campaign, a new disclosure report shows. Mary Ann Christensen, board member of Christensen Farms and part of the family that owns the company, made the donation Dec. 29, according to the filing made public Tuesday. It was among the largest campaign donations that Reynolds received in 2020 and far more than the $1,000 that Christensen gave the governor in 2017. Christensen Farms received $1.86 million through the Iowa Disposal Assistance Program, 72% of the pandemic aid awarded in its first rounds, an Associated Press review found. The program, announced by Reynolds last spring, reimbursed farmers for costs related to hogs they euthanized after COVID-19 disrupted their supply chain. ....