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Montreal mayor's musings on bottled water ban has industry's attention

2016-03-21 23:00:43| Beverages - Topix.net

A passing mention by Montreal's mayor that plastic-bottled water is next on the city's environmental to-do list has caught the industry's attention. After moving to ban plastic bags by 2018, Mayor Denis Coderre hasn't announced any firm game plan on the bottle issue.

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Council Overrides Mayors Veto Of Recycling Subsidy

2016-03-18 14:50:00| Waste Age

Honolulu Civil Beat The subsidy is expected to cost taxpayers $600,000 and largely benefit one mainland company. read more

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Mayor's comment about ban on real estate solicitations sparks claim of anti-Semitism

2016-03-17 20:02:00| Real Estate - Topix.net

TOMS RIVER - A spat is brewing between two neighboring mayors in Ocean County where one town leader accused the other of engaging in anti-Semitic conduct to defend an ordinance banning real estate solicitors in certain areas. Lakewood Mayor Menashe Miller on Tuesday demanded the mayor of Toms River apologize for his comments about the need for the ordinance that Miller claims were anti-Semitic against residents of his town, which has a large Orthodox Jewish community.

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