Independent congressional candidate Jake Towne kicking off petition drive (The Express-Times) 12 Mar 2010
Unlike the major party candidates who had to file their petitions by Tuesday, Towne, a Lower Nazareth Township resident, couldn’t start gathering petition signatures until Wednesday. He has until August to obtain 3,629 signatures.
Alleged Bali bomb mastermind Hambali files petition for release (Sydney Morning Herald) 12 Mar 2010
WASHINGTON: Hambali, the alleged Bali bomb mastermind who is suspected of links to al-Qaeda, has filed a petition seeking his release from Guantanamo Bay, where he has been held for more than three years.
Video: Namfrel withdraws petition for accreditation (12:18 p.m.) (Sun Star) 11 Mar 2010
MANILA — The National Citizens’ Movement for Free Elections (Namfrel) has decided to withdraw their petition for accreditation as a poll watchdog of the Commission on Elections (Comelec). read more
Ex-commissioner Davis files suit over petition (Knoxville News Sentinel) 11 Mar 2010
Former Knox County Commissioner Elaine Davis has filed a lawsuit against the Knox County Election Commission and Greg Mackay, administrator of elections, over their actions in declining to validate her nominating petition to run as a commission candidate in the 4th District.
Where’s the state backing for our schools? (North Shore Times) 11 Mar 2010
The State Government’s public relations team is in a spin. Unfortunately, they’re getting it horribly wrong.
2010-11 Student Association Candidates (The Lamron) 11 Mar 2010
Interviews complied by Kevin Muller Photos by Ben Jay President Raymond Lord III Class of 2011 Major: Business Administration and Spanish Hometown: Binghamton, N.Y. Current Positions: Middle States Commission Why are you running for president? It started with the election debacle of last year when I was the chair of the Undergraduate Student Association Elections Committee.
KC, STL Leaders Team Up to Fight Petition Drive (KSHB-TV Kansas City) 11 Mar 2010
St. Louis and Kansas City leaders want to defeat a petition drive that could lead to repeal the one percent earnings tax that funds a major part of the budget…
Local Effort to Get Ryan Miller Key to the City (WKBW-TV Buffalo) 11 Mar 2010
Ryan Miller brought home the silver, and became a national star. Now one Western New Yorker wants him to get something else, a key to the city. “Miller has done such a stand up job for Buffalo.
KC, St. Louis team to fight e-tax petition drive (The Kansas City Star) 11 Mar 2010
Nine St. Louis aldermen met today with Kansas City council members to strategize about ways to thwart a petition drive to repeal the earnings tax. It was the first time that insiders could recall seeing the elected leaders from both cities getting together in such numbers to fight a common cause. They met at the Greater Kansas City Chamber of Commerce headquarters.
Wollmann files petition for county commission seat (Madison Daily Leader) 11 Mar 2010
Kelli Wollmann of Madison has filed a petition to run for a spot on the Lake County Commission.
Cable Petition Calls For Decoupling Retrans From Cable, Net Content (MultiChannel News) 11 Mar 2010
Turns out the cable operator petition for rulemaking submitted to the Federal Communications Commission Tuesday evening is asking for three major changes, not two, with the third being the untying of retransmission consent negotiations from other programming services like co-owned cable channels and even Internet content.
Petition signature rules upheld (Omaha World-Herald) 11 Mar 2010
Nebraska lawmakers deep-sixed a proposal Thursday that would have lowered the number of petition signatures to put measures on the ballot.
‘Serious concerns’ about wind farm raised in petition (Arthur Enterprise News) 11 Mar 2010
A petition signed by neighbours and adjacent landowners expressing “serious concerns” about the wind farm being built on Lots 2 and 3, Line 2, Wellington North was presented to council Monday evening.
Sponsored By: (Fernandina Beach News-Leader) 11 Mar 2010
LEGAL NOTICE The St. Johns River Water Management District (District) gives notice of receipt of the following permit application(s): Standard General and Standard ERP Permit Applications Donald R. Gant, 68 Youngs Road, New Vernon, NJ 07976, application #40-089-19722-33.
Viaduct could still be turned into cycleway (The News and Star) 10 Mar 2010
HOPES are rising that the Waverley Viaduct in Carlisle could be reopened as a footpath and cycleway.