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City leaders who engage in juvenile behavior (like name-calling) vote against community interests most often. (via Austin Gonzo)

In May, the city of Shanghai will institute a limit of one dog per household. City leaders say there are now more than 800,000 dogs in Shanghai, and that the pet population is exploding.

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In Fort Wayne, Ind., in the 1930s and 50s, Mayor Harry Baals was very popular. But city leaders won't name a building after him.

The issue is pronunciation. The former mayor pronounced his last name "balls." His descendants have since changed it to "bales."

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Cover-up & Crisis of Leadership. "This is not Austin's finest hour." ...This is about broken promises by our city leaders...

(via KeepAustinSafe)

The subterranean Austin city council runoff for the Place Four seat being vacated by Betty Dunkerly poked its head up this week when Laura Morrison, who led the voting in round one, criticized city leaders for awarding a contract to retool the Green Water Treatment Plant without sufficient public input.

The decision is being rushed through the council, she charged.

Morrison’s opponent, Cid Galindo, immediately accused her of trying to stand in the way of progress and said, “delay is not the way we’re going to get things fixed in this city.”