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Start the Presses: A modest proposition
Like a great many people, I am profoundly glad that this latest election season has passed. During each cycle, we at the paper try to inform people about issues coming before them and do our best to convince readers of the importance of taking part....Tags: Sacramento, Politics, Referenda, Voting, Finance
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Governor wants to scrap redevelopment agencies
A major source of funds for city services would be diverted to state coffers under a proposal Gov. Jerry Brown unveiled this week as part of his effort to slash a $28-billion state deficit. Brown's budget calls for the Burbank Redevelopment Agency and...Tags: Lotteries, Burbank (Los Angeles, California), Politics, Budgets and Budgeting, Finance
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Burbank as a tourist spot? Hotels may tax customers to say so
The city's major hotels could soon end up playing a greater role in marketing Burbank as a tourist stop under a proposal at City Hall that has industry support.
The creation of a tourism business improvement district, in which the hotels would charge an...Tags: Hotels and Accommodations, Burbank (Los Angeles, California), Hotel and Accommodation Industry, Politics, Tourism and Leisure
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Get to know ballot measures
In a Congressional district where the campaigning has been comparatively non-existent, local voters have probably found themselves lulled into a fog. But before we know it, Nov. 2 will suddenly emerge from the mist, revealing itself to what hopefully won'...Tags: Sacramento, Politics, Referenda, Crimes, Voting
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Disney, Time-Warner pony up against Prop. 24
The Walt Disney Co. and the parent of Warner Bros. have each given more than $1 million toward the effort to defeat an initiative on the Nov. 2 ballot that would restore an estimated $1.3 billion in business taxes to the state rolls, records show....Tags: Burbank (Los Angeles, California), Politics, Entertainment, Referenda, Voting
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Burbank Unified restores school days
Burbank Unified and its main teachers union have agreed to restore three instructional days and one staff development day to the 2010-11 school year, district officials said. The agreement, which was approved on Oct. 21, means that Burbank schools...Tags: Teachers Unions, Burbank (Los Angeles, California), Politics, Layoffs and Downsizing, Unemployment
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Bright news for Bob Hope Airport
Bob Hope Airport cut down expenses and beat revenue expectations in the last fiscal year, according to a report issued Monday that marked a turnaround in what had been a string of bad news. The airport reduced operating costs by cutting $2.6 million...Tags: Politics, Burbank (Los Angeles, California), U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Air Transportation, Budgets and Budgeting
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Sickening display of benefits for the rich
I am sure that I have this straight — the Republicans in Congress held the extension of unemployment benefits hostage until President Obama agreed to a two-year extension of the infamous deficit blossoming Bush tax cuts. In other words, in order...Tags: Politics, Republican Party, Unemployment Benefits, Unemployment, Career and Workplace
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City can take lesson from Glendale
Hooray for you. I for one will stand behind your objection to the city not revealing detailed information on employee bonuses. This money belongs to the citizens of Burbank and the bonuses need to be revealed. This is not the time for anyone to be...Tags: Employees, Burbank (Los Angeles, California), Politics, Retirement, Public Employees
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New year to bring more BUSD budget woes
As Gov.-elect Jerry Brown readies to slash $28 billion in state expenditures, Burbank Unified officials said they are preparing to initiate another difficult round of cost-cutting measures in order to keep the district financially solvent. "We will...Tags: Local Elections, Burbank (Los Angeles, California), Politics, Jerry Brown, Elections
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Schools' financial struggles continue
GLENDALE — Nineteen months since congressional Democrats passed the $787-billion stimulus and recovery bill, local school districts continue to fend off budget cuts and protect employee jobs.
In other words, they're not out of the woods.
In...Tags: Politics, Burbank (Los Angeles, California), Sacramento, Adam Schiff, Budgets and Budgeting
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Tobacco wholesaler faces tax evasion charges
The owner of a Burbank-based tobacco wholesaler has been charged with 37 counts of mail fraud and is accused of owing the state $554,000 in unpaid taxes. The indictment, which the U.S. Attorney's Office unsealed Monday, alleges that between May 2006 and...Tags: Burbank (Los Angeles, California), Politics, Health, Los Angeles, Healthcare Policies
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