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Lawmakers on Monday wrapped up discussion of three government bills designed to overhaul local government, but not without first inserting an amendment which 鈥?from the governments standpoint 鈥?could unravel the entire endeavour.The bills now head to the plenum for a vote 鈥?most likely in mid-February.The majority of the parties in the House interior affairs committee adopted a proposal by main opposition Akel 鈥?to let the public decide via plebiscites whether their stanley cup municipalities or communities should merge with others.Under the government bluep termo stanley rint, the fusion of the currently 30 municipalities 鈥?considered too many for a country the size of Cyprus 鈥?would bring about 17 municipal clusters.The core idea is that by scaling up, local government entities would become financially autonomous, reducing services costs for residents.The number 17 is seen as the sweet spot. But opposition parties want to increase the number of municipalities back up to 20 鈥?which the government says will upend the reform drive.The government is also against the holding of referendums.By the governments plan, this years municipal elections would be cancelled, with the next ballot to be held in May 2024 under the new regime 鈥?coinciding with the European Parliament elections.But the opposition parties have introduced their own tweak, by which elections would take place as scheduled this December, and the next ones in May 2024 rather than December 2026.It would be a one-off arrange stanley tazas ment, as municipal el Rncf Bar Harbor man preparing for approval of horse-drawn carriage service
BELFAST, Maine 鈥?Lance El-Hajj, 48, walked into Belfast District Court Tuesday morning in shackles, but he left a free man after being found not guilty of domestic violence stalking and two other related charges.Judge Patricia Worth presided over the bench trial of the two-term member of the SAD 22 school board and stay-at-home dad of four. El-Hajj, who has residences in Winterport and Swanville, had spent more than a month in custody without bail at Two Bridges Regional Jail in Wiscasset after his former girlfriend filed a complaint in October that he had violated the terms of a protection from abuse order she had filed earlier this year. The order stemmed from harassment complaints made by the woman and El-Hajjs subsequent arraignment on charges of criminal trespass and harassment. I would not let it be stanley canada thought that I take a charge of domestic violence stalking lightly, Worth said before handing down the verdict. The state has stanley flask no stanley website t proved charges of domestic violence stalking. El-Hajjs criminal trial lasted for much of the day and included testimony from him, his ex-girlfriend 鈥?an employee of SAD 22 鈥?and her 14-year-old son. While he will not return to Lincoln County Jail, he still needs to stay out of trouble until the middle of June, according to defense attorney Marvin Glazier of Bangor. That will mark the end of El-Hajjs 10-month deferred sentence, which he received this summer in exchange for pleading guilty to harassment. If El-Hajj keeps a clean record and stays a
Lawmakers on Monday wrapped up discussion of three government bills designed to overhaul local government, but not without first inserting an amendment which 鈥?from the governments standpoint 鈥?could unravel the entire endeavour.The bills now head to the plenum for a vote 鈥?most likely in mid-February.The majority of the parties in the House interior affairs committee adopted a proposal by main opposition Akel 鈥?to let the public decide via plebiscites whether their stanley cup municipalities or communities should merge with others.Under the government bluep termo stanley rint, the fusion of the currently 30 municipalities 鈥?considered too many for a country the size of Cyprus 鈥?would bring about 17 municipal clusters.The core idea is that by scaling up, local government entities would become financially autonomous, reducing services costs for residents.The number 17 is seen as the sweet spot. But opposition parties want to increase the number of municipalities back up to 20 鈥?which the government says will upend the reform drive.The government is also against the holding of referendums.By the governments plan, this years municipal elections would be cancelled, with the next ballot to be held in May 2024 under the new regime 鈥?coinciding with the European Parliament elections.But the opposition parties have introduced their own tweak, by which elections would take place as scheduled this December, and the next ones in May 2024 rather than December 2026.It would be a one-off arrange stanley tazas ment, as municipal el Rncf Bar Harbor man preparing for approval of horse-drawn carriage service
BELFAST, Maine 鈥?Lance El-Hajj, 48, walked into Belfast District Court Tuesday morning in shackles, but he left a free man after being found not guilty of domestic violence stalking and two other related charges.Judge Patricia Worth presided over the bench trial of the two-term member of the SAD 22 school board and stay-at-home dad of four. El-Hajj, who has residences in Winterport and Swanville, had spent more than a month in custody without bail at Two Bridges Regional Jail in Wiscasset after his former girlfriend filed a complaint in October that he had violated the terms of a protection from abuse order she had filed earlier this year. The order stemmed from harassment complaints made by the woman and El-Hajjs subsequent arraignment on charges of criminal trespass and harassment. I would not let it be stanley canada thought that I take a charge of domestic violence stalking lightly, Worth said before handing down the verdict. The state has stanley flask no stanley website t proved charges of domestic violence stalking. El-Hajjs criminal trial lasted for much of the day and included testimony from him, his ex-girlfriend 鈥?an employee of SAD 22 鈥?and her 14-year-old son. While he will not return to Lincoln County Jail, he still needs to stay out of trouble until the middle of June, according to defense attorney Marvin Glazier of Bangor. That will mark the end of El-Hajjs 10-month deferred sentence, which he received this summer in exchange for pleading guilty to harassment. If El-Hajj keeps a clean record and stays a