Echo Press (Alexandria, Minnesota): The complex process of changing Alexandria’s charter — the 57-year-old document that serves as the city’s constitution — hit a rocky patch Monday night. Out of 14 amendments the city council considered, only four...
Deadline Hollywood: The International Brotherhood of Teamsters has ordered its locals all across the country to modernize their bylaws. The changes, which were adopted at the IBT’s convention went into effect January 1. The locals were ordered to tell their members...
Silver City Daily Press . . .Robert’s Rules of Order is a guide to conducting meetings through which decisions should best be made as a group. It has set the standard by which meetings, especially in lower levels of government, have been conducted in the United States...
Independent Voter Project: American democracy today is working more poorly than it has in generations. . . . . .Ranked choice voting (sometimes called “instant runoff voting” and “preferential voting”) is a proven voting method designed to accommodate having more than...
Times Colonist: Our strata experienced several parties over the holidays that were unbearable for the residents. One owner rented their unit out on a short-term basis and the renters hosted several open-house-type parties that resulted in security problems, damage to...