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Commissioners to backtrack on term-limit issue?

It looks as if County Commissioner Amy Lathen is having second thoughts about commissioner term limits. She was part of the 4-1 commission majority to refer to voters on Nov. 2 a controversial measure about extending commissioner term limits from two to three. An e-mail yesterday from the ubiquitous Jeff Crank of Americans for Prosperity [...]

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Leigh gets rolled

In response to pressure from Mayor Lionel Rivera and councilmember Darryl Glenn, real estate broker/announced mayoral candidate Tim Leigh resigned from the Memorial Hospital Commission last Friday. Here’s the text of Leigh’s resignation letter to Council. “Dear Mr. Mayor and council members, I took 2 phone calls on Friday; one from Mayor Rivera and one [...]

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