City Spotlight: St. Louis Park's "green" wireless Internet mess The City of St. Louis Park's experiment with a city-owned solar-powered wireless Internet network has come to an ignominious end. After spending almost two years and hundreds of thousands of taxpayer dollars; after installing eight miles of fiber-optic cable and 490 16-foot-tall poles on which unsightly solar panels and wireless …
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FFM Bulletin 8/27/08
FOR SALE: City of Duluth Facing a $6.5 million budget deficit, the City of Duluth has found a novel way to raise revenue: a fire sale. If all goes as planned, the city will soon be selling a Tiffany stained glass window, a historic lighthouse, some land near Park Point Recreation Area, and just about anything else of value, all to the highest bidder. The city council voted early Tuesday morning …
FFM Bulletin 8/8/08
CITY SPOTLIGHT: City of St. Francis cuts workweek, expands everything else Municipal employees in the City of St. Francis will be moving next month to a four-day workweek as part of a 6-month pilot project. The city - located in northern Anoka County - made the decision ostensibly to improve customer service and save the city money on utilities. City officials have not provided an estimate of …