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As the elegant gray-haired woman sets down a bouquet of flowers in Managua's Central Municipal Cemetery, a man dressed in rags approaches to wash the gravestone she has come to visit. Breath foul, hands filthy, he bends to kiss her fingertips and rasps, "Dona Violeta, you're looking...
There has not been a municipal audit since 1985, but estimates of current debt run as high as $40 million. The city's mercurial third-term mayor, Carl Officer, 37, has gone so far as to propose selling city hall and six fire stations to raise cash, assuming anybody would...
If passed, the ABC Bill will allot $2.5 billion to improving the quality of child care, while making it more affordable to parents, Kildee says. The bill was written by a group of 100 organizations, with the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME) at its helm.
Harvard, the mayor explains, often gets a free ride from the city. Most of the University's vast land holdings in Cambridge are exempt from municipal taxes. Even with its large voluntary payment in lieu of taxes, Harvard pays the city less than a private landowner would.
The council unanimously passed the proposal, which requested that the state legislature incorporate the University as a separate city, responsible for municipal services like fire and police that were provided by Cambridge.