Article: Comfort in numbers; Recount affirms Lukes' mayoral victory.(NEWS)

Article: Gardner City Council OKs raises; Mayor's pay will reach $71,500 in January.(LOCAL NEWS)
Telegram & Gazette (Worcester, MA);  February 21, 2007 ;     395 words ......and tweaking, the City Council last night approved raises for the mayor, councilors and...s true for the mayor's and city council president's salaries...proven true for the mayor's race: Unlike...necessary to attract city council candidates. I still...another ...

Article: $100M in housing funds stuck in power play. (squabble between Mayor's Office and NY City Council)
Real Estate Weekly;  January 22, 1992 ;     700+ words ......squabble between the Mayor's Office and the City Council. The three-year...City Hall insiders, City Council Majority Leader...challenge to the mayor's disbursement power...spokesperson for the City Council, called the mayor's version of the...

Article: Local business leaders back strong-mayor proposal; if City Council, voters approve, it would go into effect in 2006.(Politics)
San Diego Business Journal;  April 5, 2004 ;     646 words ......to a vote, the City Council must approve it...Dec. 1, 2006, the mayor said. Because the...council action. The mayor would appoint a...To Congress The City Council would act like...and override the mayor's veto with a two-thir...the city now. The mayor and City ...

Article: Sanders takes office.(San Diego City Council)(Brief Article)
San Diego Business Journal;  December 12, 2005 ;     254 words ......was sworn in as San Diego mayor during a meeting of the San Diego City Council. My goal will be to re...been serving as deputy mayor in the interim. Sanders...Councilwoman Donna Frye for mayor in the Nov. 8 election. Sanders becomes mayor at a pivotal time in San...five-year test of ...

Article: In Springfield, running's a shoo-in.(City/Region)(Candidates for City Council, as well as the mayor, find themselves with no opposition)
The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR);  April 29, 2008 ;     700+ words ......Welcome to the City Council, Terri Leezer. And welcome back, Mayor Sid Leiken, and...me outside a City Council meeting about...enjoy serving as mayor. Leiken beat...appointed to City Council in 1998; elected mayor in 2000, re-elected...

Article: Houston mayor helps city council jump through loophole. (Bob Lanier) (Inside Politics)
Campaigns & Elections;  December 1, 1993 ;     534 words ......limits for their city council. They also narrowly...year, Democratic Mayor Bob Lanier courted...lashed out at the mayor and the city council. The mayor has made a convenient...signed up to run for mayor, city council and controller...

Article: Referendum request goes to city council.
Morley Observer & Advertiser (Leeds, England);  July 2, 2008 ;     613 words ......have a directly-elected mayor. The request will be put to Leeds City Council following Monday night...for one. However the Mayor of Morley, Coun Terry...clerk to contact Leeds City Council about this but the message...said: I spoke to Leeds City Council's elections ...

Article: The lowdown on tax rates; City Council incumbents, candidates weigh in.(LOCAL NEWS)
Telegram & Gazette (Worcester, MA);  July 23, 2007 ;     700+ words ......candidates running for City Council have responded...P. Palmieri and Mayor Konstantina B...favored having the City Council set the tax rates...when possible. Mayor Konstantina B...mayor's office. As mayor I will be proactive...aggressive schedule of mayor's walks ...

Article: 'We can't tax our way ot of $ crisis.' (New York City Council Speaker Peter Vallone)
Real Estate Weekly;  June 26, 1991 ;     662 words ......proposed city budget, New York City Council Speaker Peter Vallone told...City Chamber of Commerce. The mayor wants to raise $5 billion in...expensive and too inefficient. The City Council has proposed a sound, four...impossible to provide services. The mayor is also ...

Article: Detroit City Council votes to begin effort to oust mayor over text-messaging scandal
AP Worldstream;  May 13, 2008 ;     457 words ...Detroit's City Council narrowly approved taking the first...toward removing the Midwestern city's mayor, who is charged with perjury over...nonbinding measure to censure the mayor _ passed 7-2. Deputy Mayor Anthony Adams called the forfeiture...

Article: Detroit City Council has 2 tough options for ousting mayor
AP Online;  May 7, 2008 ;     532 words ......pobj:NY115-0515070636 --> The City Council discussed its three options for dealing with scandal-plagued Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick in closed...it or publicly censuring the mayor. The latter two options are...have pleaded not guilty. The mayor has refused to leave office...

Article: Oakland fills city council seats.(Elections)(Several races are too close to call in area coastal communities)
The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR);  November 8, 2006 ;     700+ words ......a year without a mayor and full city council, Oakland voters...She was appointed mayor from her city council post after Hampton...Florence, former Mayor Alan Burns had garnered...open seats on the City Council at presstime, with...

Article: Budget, with 77 layoffs to come, gets city council's blessing.(LOCAL NEWS)
Telegram & Gazette (Worcester, MA);  June 28, 2007 ;     455 words ......After weeks of acrimonious hearings and negotiations, the City Council last night approved the mayor's $96.5 million fiscal 2008 amended budget. Councilors Jesus...Mr. Mylott said no service was cut entirely. NAME: FITCHBURG CITY COUNCIL

Article: Detroit City Council moves toward ousting mayor
AP Online;  May 13, 2008 ;     575 words ...The City Council narrowly approved taking the first step Tuesday toward removing Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick, who is charged...nonbinding measure to censure the mayor _ passed 7-2. Deputy Mayor Anthony Adams called the forfeiture...