County commissioners posts
Fox News Miami-Dade County commissioners voted 9-3 in favor of upholding Mayor Carlos Gimenez's order to drop the county's status as a sanctuary city.
Miami-Dade Dropping Sanctuary Status
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Miami-Dade is the only U.S. county where more than half the population is foreign-born.
109 months ago
Farmers Alliance for Integrated Resources Will they make the right decision on Wednesday? Commissioners in Boulder County claim to care about the environment, but are poised to ban GMOs on county farmland -- despite the clear sustainability benefits of the technology. Why are they leading wi Read more ... th dogma instead of science, and why won’t they agree to doing local research first? #BoCoFarmers
https://www.facebook.com/ColoradoFair/posts/612343425619279
Farmers Alliance for Integrated Resources
Commissioners Deb Gardner and Elise Jones, Boulder County Commissioner say that they don't want to "kick the can down the road." It seems they'd prefer to kick the farmers to the curb.
Setting a GMO transition deadline before local research demonstr Read more ... ates which alternative crops are viable would be the height of irresponsible leadership. If the Commissioners don't want to leave a legacy of weed infestation and failed farmers, they will agree to research first -- before the clock starts ticking on a transition plan. #BoCoFarmers
112 months ago
HuffPost Politics The five-member Gwinnett County Board of Commissioners, which is all white, divides minority voters so they aren’t a majority in any district, the plaintiffs claim.
This Georgia County Keeps Electing White People Because It Discriminates Against Minorities: Lawsuit
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“There’s a disconnect between the leadership in Gwinnett County and the reality of the diversity."
115 months ago
Los Angeles Times Commissioners decided not to vote on the issue after a county attorney warned them that removing or restricting access to the books would "likely constitute unlawful censorship."
Attempt to ban LGBT children's books fails in Texas
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An attempt to ban two LGBT-themed children's books from a Granbury, Texas, public library has failed, with Hood County commissioners declining to vote on the issue.
128 months ago
Michelle Hayes Uhlfelder HELP! I live in Walton County, FL and they still have a confederate flag on the Courthouse lawn. Looking for signatures to remove it. Visit CourthouseFlag.com (or Change.org and search Walton County Flag). We are appealing to the County Commissioners Read more ... on July 14th and need signatures to take this flag down once and for all (NAACP has tried twice already- we are doing a third time now). Here is one petition comment from a local woman: "I don't have to tell you what this flag represents but I feel like it's a slap in the face to someone like me who is a black female Deputy who protects and serves the citizens of this county. This flag should've been taken down years ago. Shame on Walton County." PLEASE help us do this by signing and sharing this petition! We are desperate. #keeptheflagdown
129 months ago
Michelle Hayes Uhlfelder HELP! I live in Walton County, FL and they still have a confederate flag on the Courthouse lawn. Looking for signatures to remove it. Visit CourthouseFlag.com (or Change.org and search Walton County Flag). We are appealing to the County Commissioners Read more ... on July 14th and need signatures to take this flag down once and for all (NAACP has tried twice already- we are doing a third time now). Here is one petition comment from a local woman: "I don't have to tell you what this flag represents but I feel like it's a slap in the face to someone like me who is a black female Deputy who protects and serves the citizens of this county. This flag should've been taken down years ago. Shame on Walton County." PLEASE help us do this by signing and sharing this petition! We are desperate. #courthouseflag
129 months ago
Michelle Hayes Uhlfelder The county I live STILL flies the confederate flag on the Courthouse lawn. Looking for support to sign the petition to remove it. Visit Change.org and search Walton County Flag. We are appealing to the County Commissioners on July 14th and need signa Read more ... tures to take this flag down once and for all.
129 months ago
HuffPost Live Corporations are people, FEC Commissioners are not.
If Corporations Are Treated Like People, Why Aren't FEC Commissioners?
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Federal Election Commissioner Ellen Weintraub, appearing on HuffPost Live Monday, expressed frustration that the FEC considers corporations people, but doesn't consider FEC commissioners people.
We
129 months ago
Aj Perkins Thinking like this has to stop. http://youtu.be/tt252c-BdaY
Bexar County Commissioners Court makes racist comments and downtalks a Pro-gun bill
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Bexar County Commissioners Court makes racist comments and downtalks a Pro-gun bill right after they say they are making a stand for the Constitution. The bi...
131 months ago
Rico Rivera Clackamas County commissioners passed a resolution supporting Second-Amendment gun rights Thursday night, Feb. 19, joining several other Oregon counties that had already taken similar action.
http://www.oregonlive.com/clackamascounty/index.ssf/2015/ Read more ... 02/draft_2nd_amendment_clackamas.html#incart_river
Clackamas County Commissioners pass resolution supporting Second-Amendment rights
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Clackamas County Commissioners passed a resolution supporting Second-Amendment gun rights Thursday night.
133 months ago