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		<title>Check here to see if your city of Lansing trash collection date has changed</title>
		<link>http://thelansingblog.com/2010/07/01/check-here-to-see-if-your-city-of-lansing-trash-collection-date-has-changed/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Jul 2010 11:27:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Wes Thorp</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In some areas of the city of Lansing, residents will have a new trash collection day. It&#8217;s part of a reshuffling of city hall services to cope with a dramatically reduced city budget. Click here for map (PDF) to see if your affected and here to read about the changes as described on the city [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Here&#8217;s details about how many workers Lansing City Hall will lose to early retirement</title>
		<link>http://thelansingblog.com/2010/06/17/heres-details-about-how-many-workers-lansing-city-hall-will-lose-to-early-retirement/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Jun 2010 01:50:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Wes Thorp</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Lansing&#8217;s City Hall will lose 69 employees, including 11 police officers to early retirement.  This is one of the moves taken to balance the city&#8217;s budget which has suffered from dramatically declining revenues. Here&#8217;s details from a story by WLNS.com reporter Stephanie Kolp. The story says: Nearly 70 Lansing city workers will retire and the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Some impressions of the most recent budget process for the city of Lansing</title>
		<link>http://thelansingblog.com/2010/05/19/some-impressions-of-the-most-recent-budget-process-for-the-city-of-lansing/</link>
		<comments>http://thelansingblog.com/2010/05/19/some-impressions-of-the-most-recent-budget-process-for-the-city-of-lansing/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 19 May 2010 01:54:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Wes Thorp</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[City Hall]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Mayor Virg Bernero]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The city of Lansing is struggling to provide its citizens with necessary services because of continually declining tax revenues.  At least, that&#8217;s what I think after watching the conclusion last night of the city&#8217;s budget process.  The city council set spending priorities for city services for the next fiscal year which starts July 1. Here [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Did the Lansing City Council last night really put down city employees?</title>
		<link>http://thelansingblog.com/2010/03/09/did-the-lansing-city-council-really-put-down-city-employees/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Mar 2010 18:48:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Wes Thorp</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Lansing City Council]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The Lansing City Council said a big &#8220;No&#8221; last night to a chance to get their pay lowered by the same percentage they are asking from city employees. Check out this Lansing State Journal story about how the city council deadlocked at 4-4 on a resolution by Council-member Brian Jeffries for the council to lead [...]]]></description>
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		<title>City of Lansing property tax bills will go down</title>
		<link>http://thelansingblog.com/2010/01/10/city-of-lansing-property-tax-bills-will-go-down/</link>
		<comments>http://thelansingblog.com/2010/01/10/city-of-lansing-property-tax-bills-will-go-down/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 10 Jan 2010 12:22:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Wes Thorp</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Check out this WILX.com story about the city of Lansing having lower property tax bills because of a quirk in state law.  With lower inflation and a lower cost-of-living comes lower property taxes.  When will we see the reduced bills?  Summer, right?  The lower bills mean as much as $3 million in reduced revenue for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Here&#039;s City of Lansing meeting schedule for week of Jan. 11, 2010</title>
		<link>http://thelansingblog.com/2010/01/09/heres-city-of-lansing-meeting-schedule-for-week-of-jan-11-2010/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 09 Jan 2010 12:16:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Wes Thorp</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is a copy of the official meeting schedule for city of Lansing, the city council and other boards and commissions. Note the board meetings at the bottom of the page in smaller print: City of Lansing (MI) meeting schedule for week of Jan. 11, 2010 &#8211;]]></description>
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		<title>Lansing (MI) City Council agenda for Nov. 23, 09 meeting</title>
		<link>http://thelansingblog.com/2009/11/23/317/</link>
		<comments>http://thelansingblog.com/2009/11/23/317/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Nov 2009 19:42:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Wes Thorp</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here is the agenda for tonight&#8217;s meeting of the Lansing (MI) City Council, including the introduction of a proposed ordinance to bill night clubs where there has been consistent call for police response: Lansing City Council Marked Agenda for Nov. 23, 09 &#8211;]]></description>
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		<title>VIDEO:  Lansing Council-member A&#039;Lynne Robinson talks about her proposals to protect city council</title>
		<link>http://thelansingblog.com/2009/06/18/video-lansing-council-member-alynne-robinson-talks-about-her-proposals-to-protect-city-council/</link>
		<comments>http://thelansingblog.com/2009/06/18/video-lansing-council-member-alynne-robinson-talks-about-her-proposals-to-protect-city-council/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Jun 2009 19:52:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Wes Thorp</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[City Council]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[In this short Flip video, taken at her last &#8220;Second Saturday&#8221; meeting, she describes her proposals for consideration to keep the City Council and audience safe from troublemakers:]]></description>
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		<title>Lansing (MI) City Council-member A&#039;Lynne Robinson makes proposals to control rowdy meetings</title>
		<link>http://thelansingblog.com/2009/06/17/lansing-mi-city-council-member-alynne-robinson-makes-proposals-to-control-rowdy-meetings/</link>
		<comments>http://thelansingblog.com/2009/06/17/lansing-mi-city-council-member-alynne-robinson-makes-proposals-to-control-rowdy-meetings/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Jun 2009 20:34:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Wes Thorp</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[At Lansing City Council meetings, there has been an increasing tension level between &#8220;the regulars&#8221; who make public comments every week and the council. Tempers from the &#8220;regulars&#8221; have flared and many have been removed by police officers from the audience. To deal with the growing rowdiness at the meetings, City Council-member A&#8217;Lynne Robinson has [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How close is Lansing getting to a property tax increase?</title>
		<link>http://thelansingblog.com/2009/06/16/how-close-is-lansing-getting-to-a-property-tax-increase/</link>
		<comments>http://thelansingblog.com/2009/06/16/how-close-is-lansing-getting-to-a-property-tax-increase/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Jun 2009 10:50:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Wes Thorp</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[City Council]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Mayor Virg Bernero]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Lansing City Hall may dip into its reserve fund for almost $1 million to satisfy a possible budget gap when the books close in two weeks. Gerry Ambrose, the city&#8217;s finance director, last night asked for the Lansing City Council&#8217;s authority to make the withdrawal from its $10 million reserve fund because of an unexpected [...]]]></description>
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