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Laid-Off California Worker Leaps to Death Off City Hall

By Tori RichardsMar 18th 2011 – 5:03PM
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AP

COSTA MESA, Calif. -- A municipal employee leaped to his death off City Hall here after getting laid off from his job along with hundreds of colleagues in a cost-cutting move. Horrified co-workers held vigil at the site where 29-year-old maintenance worker Huy Pham died Thursday. "Only one City Council member stayed out...

Cross-Border Gunshots Hit El Paso City Hall, Prompt Letter to President Obama

By David KnowlesJun 30th 2010 – 6:46PM

After seven bullets believed to have been fired from the Mexican town of Juarez hit El Paso's City Hall on Tuesday, Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott wrote a letter to President Barack Obama demanding "action." No one in El Paso was hurt in the shootings, which Abbott blamed on Mexico's warring drug cartels. His letter...

Got a Complaint for City Hall? There's an App for That

By Scott MartelleJun 21st 2010 – 5:31PM
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Freedom Speaks, Inc.

LOS ANGELES (June 21) -- You might not be able to fight city hall, but now you can at least complain a little more efficiently. A new app for iPhones, Droids and other new-generation mobile devices allows residents to send real-time complaints to city officials about problems they encounter in their neighborhoods....

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Marcia G. Yerman: Rally Held at City Hall to "Dump the Dump"

By Marcia G. Yerman May 18th 2012 - 03:27PM

On May 15 at 12 noon, residents of Manhattan's Yorkville and East Harlem neighborhoods demonstrated on the steps of City Hall with the chant, "Dump the Dump." There were a reported 300 people in attendance, despite the rain.

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Is City Hall Stealing Los Angeles?

By Kevin James Apr 09th 2012 - 05:56PM

Last week the Los Angeles City Controller released an audit finding that "millions of gallons of taxpayer-funded city fuel was pumped in recent years with no record of where it went."

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  • 06/02/12 Malden elects voice of City Hall Source: Wicked Local Malden - Malden MA In conjunction with the upgrading of City Hall's telephone system, Mayor Gary Christenson's office recently invited residents to participate in a "Voice of City Hall" contest to record of the City Hall primary voicemail message, as well as default messages for individual department voicemails.
  • 06/02/12 There's a museum in Niles City Hall's future Source: South Bend Tribune - South Bend IN Niles City Hall has served as City Hall for so long that many in Niles may not know it once was known as the Chapin Mansion.
  • 06/02/12 Before and After: City Hall and the Rec Center Source: Iowa City Press-Citizen - Iowa City IA The Iowa City Civic Center has undergone some changes over the years.
  • 06/02/12 Metro New Orleans area community meetings for... Source: NOLA.com - New Orleans LA These government and community meetings are open to the public.
  • 06/02/12 Maul at City Hall as Mike rips critics Source: New York Post - New York NY Mayor Bloomberg launched a nasty spat with two of the candidates trying to replace him at City Hall yesterday, blasting their moves to undermine his administration as "stupid" or as "intellectual dishonesty."

Background on city hall

In local government, a city hall, town hall or (more rarely) a municipal building or civic centre, is the chief administrative building of a city

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