Although a series of San Bernardino County trade missions to the Far East has been tainted by allegations of bribery on at least one overseas trip, county officials believe the trade missions met their goals. Since 2006, the county has sponsored six such trips, costing taxpayers nearly $160,000, to foster international trade and to match county businesses with counterparts across the globe.
A proposal by St. Louis Mayor Francis Slay to strip the Regional Chamber and Growth Association of its economic development services doesn't sit well with development officials in St. Charles County. The mayor reportedly said last week that he wants to meld the economic development arm of the RCGA with the development offices of St. Louis City and St. Louis County to serve the region. The RCGA would then become more of a traditional chamber of commerce.
Current and former San Bernardino County officials are scheduled to testify before a criminal Grand Jury in the next two weeks regarding the county's $102 million settlement with Rancho Cucamonga developer Colonies Partners. Prosecutors allege the settlement, which ended four years of contentious legal battle over flood-control easements at the developer's Upland property adjacent the 210 Freeway, was tainted by bribery and extortion.
DAYTON -- Montgomery County elections officials claim allegations that they failed to provide more than 600 provisional voters a full ballot in the November 2006 election are false. Those same officials are calling for the Ohio secretary of state and the county sheriff's office to investigation the accusation, which came in a two-page letter with supporting documents, signed by Concerned Election Workers of Montgomery County Ohio.
Charleston housing developer Douglas E. Pauley offered to drop a federal discrimination complaint he filed against Mason County commissioners if the commission paid him $30,000, according to a letter sent to county officials by the county's prosecutor. It was, 'You pay us, or we'll be after you,' " said Mason County Commissioner Rick Handley, who also was named personally in the September 2009 complaint.
Three top officials in Shawnee County will receive pay raises next year -- and hopefully every other county employee will, too, county commissioners said Thursday. We do want to provide raises across the board," Commissioner Ted Ensley said during Thursday's regular commission meeting.
Milwaukee County officials are throwing cold water on the Milwaukee School of Engineering's proposal to build a $30 million parking structure and athletic field in the Park East corridor. I have concerns," said County Supervisor Theo Lipscomb, acting chairman of the committee that would have to approve the sale of the land to the school. "A garage and a soccer field is kind of underwhelming for that land.
San Bernardino County officials Wednesday disputed allegations from a union that the county is breaking the law and acting in bad faith in its negotiations over a new labor agreement. In a claim filed Tuesday with the state Public Employment Relations Board, the San Bernardino County Public Attorneys Association accused the county of essentially forcing the union of mostly deputy district attorneys and deputy public defenders to agree to the same concessions reached with the county firefighters union.
A federal judge Thursday imposed a set of 11 new Erie County legislative districts that will let voters elect their county lawmakers this year, completing a chore that had become a political mess in County Hall. S. District Judge William M. Skretny drew boundaries that, in two cases, would force incumbents to run against each other if they want new two-year terms.
YAKIMA, Wash. -- Supervision of more than 770 high-risk offenders living in Yakima County following release from the county jail or state prison system could fall to local officials if the state's revenue picture weakens further. While it's not Gov. Chris Gregoire's preferred choice for meeting the state's $2 billion shortfall, eliminating the state's role in community supervision looms as a possibility with the recession dragging on and still-disappointing state tax revenue. A call for a 10 percent budget cut would trigger an end to state community supervision.
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