• A billion a year spent on anti car schemes

    Updated: 2011-07-26 07:07:18

  • Councils own £250 billion worth of property

    Updated: 2011-07-25 07:09:01

  • Eric's Annual Report

    Updated: 2011-07-24 06:46:24

  • Localising Business Rates will boost economic growth

    Updated: 2011-07-24 06:19:55

  • Lib Dem councillors attack Government plans for elected police commissioners

    Updated: 2011-07-22 23:22:24

  • County Commissioners’ Control Over Local Board of Elections’ Employees

    Updated: 2011-07-21 21:25:12
    A county’s board of commissioners (BOC) has the power and responsibility to “develop() and direct() the fiscal policy of the county government.” G.S. 153A-101. The board adopts the annual county budget ordinance, as well as capital project ordinances, and has much discretion in allocating funds among the various county government activities. There are some limits [...]

  • Property Tax Implications of the New Annexation Law

    Updated: 2011-07-14 23:35:38
    Municipal annexations have been the subject of much debate recently.  My colleague Frayda Bluestein expertly analyzes S.L.  2011-396 (H.B.  845) the one bill that became law among dozens on the topic introduced during the current legislative session here.  My post today focuses on the two major property tax implications of this new law. First, the law eliminates a major source of tax confusion by requiring that involuntary annexations take [...]

  • Candidates and Conflicts of Interest – What Happens If You Win?

    Updated: 2011-07-14 01:11:32
    You want to run for city council, but you or your company has a contract with the city (or maybe you want to run to be a county commissioner and the contract is with the county).  Can you be a candidate for election?  What happens if you win?  Sure, you can run.  The conflict of [...]

  • Rezoning Conditions Done Right

    Updated: 2011-07-13 15:38:52
    A developer proposes rezoning a parcel from a low density residential zone to a commercial zoning district. The neighbors would be satisfied with some of the uses allowed in the more intensive district, but are wary about others. The staff has several concerns about traffic flow and setbacks that are not addressed in the development [...]

  • New Municipal Broadband Limitations

    Updated: 2011-07-08 04:07:36
    One of the more controversial “local government” issues addressed by the North Carolina General Assembly this year is the proper role of municipal governments in providing cable and Internet services. This issue is not new. Several bills relating to municipal broadband service have been introduced in the General Assembly over the past few years. Furthermore, [...]

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