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Paris votes to ban electric scooters

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From " Parisians vote to ban rental e-scooters from French capital by huge margin ," Guardian: Parisians have voted to rid the streets of the French capital of rental electric scooters, with an overwhelming 90% of votes cast supporting a ban, official results show. Reckless driving. And the number of slots is minimal.

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Wizards and Capitals teams staying in DC after all and the failure of the mansion tax referendum in Chicago have one thing in common: failure to take the time to build consensus

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Georgia introduced a new way to create transportation districts, then expected people to vote up or down in less than a year (" Failure of the transit-roads sales tax measure in Metro Atlanta ," 2012). Let alone vote on it. An article about the aftermath in the Post , " Va. Sports Arena in Alexandria. That's 6 months!

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BTMFBA: maintaining arts spaces in the face of rising real estate values | Seattle, New York City

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The Times article is more photo essay, but like the Equinox Studios article, has some kernels of wisdom on how properties have been able to remain comparatively low rent. Artists can and will work anywhere and, like their work itself, they’re limited only by the extent of their imaginations — and their finances. Mycella Collective.

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COVID-19 and the Underlying Political Impact on the Public Education System

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Article by Kara Hagler. This article seeks to understand whether and to what extent the mode of instruction influenced this observed decline in public school enrollment and also considers politics’ role in this decline. . COVID-19 and the Underlying Political Impact on the Public Education System.

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Income Inequality and Democratic Backsliding

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Article by Meghna Pamula. Democracy is made up of factors such as voting rights, freedom of the governed, and minority rights. Drawing on these data in the period between 2013 and 2018, it appears that there is not a strong correlation between income inequality and democratic backsliding.

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Montgomery County Maryland Planning Board resigns

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The council, which appoints the board, voted unanimously in a closed session Tuesday to ask the entire board to resign, according to two people familiar with the vote. Casey Anderson, chair of the Montgomery County Planning Board, in Forest Grove Park in Silver Spring in 2018.

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Thanks Obama! (for saving my life)

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A recent Reuters article, " Why Congress is becoming less productive ," about how Congress is accomplishing less and less. Utah joined the program in 2019, not because the state government did the right thing, but because voters approved joining the program in a referendum vote in 2018 (" What is the Status of Medicaid Expansion in Utah?

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