Wilsonville reviews $135 million proposed budget for 2012-13 - Wilsonville City Manager Bryan Cosgrove labeled the city’s $135 million proposed budget for the upcoming fiscal year “status quo,” providing the same level of services to residents and businesses.

Jefferson County Readies for Austerity With No State Help - Officials in bankrupt Jefferson County are considering closing courts one day a week, stopping meal delivery for the elderly poor and eliminating building inspections in anticipation of the Alabama Legislature ending its 2012 session without letting it raise taxes.

Novick Unchained - The City Council candidate is riding such a groundswell of support, he feels he can voice any idea. He has a lot of them.

Slowing Down Cars Saves Lives. So Why Is Toronto’s Mayor So Opposed?Toronto mayor Rob Ford thinks the idea of reducing speed limits in the city to save lives is “nuts, nuts, nuts.”

See the Multco budget recommendations made by expert citizen boards | Multnomah County - After receiving extensive information about the programs of county departments and much thoughtful consideration, the county’s Citizen Budget Advisory Committees (CBACs) have released their recommendations for the County’s 2012-13 budget.

Temporary Cities: The newest Urban Planning trend? | Sustainable Cities Collective - Urban planning has traditionally operated on a very long time line. There is something to be said for this approach, which enabled grand visions to be enacted over the generations.

TriMet submits final contract offer to arbitrator; calls union health-care concessions ‘token gesture’ - The proposal, the agency said, would make significant changes to “the design” of the standard health-care package, saving about $13.8 million over the life of the three-year contract.

Commissioners back city budget, but not without a fight - The Corvallis Budget Commission voted unanimously Tuesday night to endorse City Manager Jim Patterson’s spending proposal for the next fiscal year, but only after a bruising debate over more than a dozen proposed amendments.

Pitting Employees Against Each Other … for Health - Businesses are borrowing techniques from digital games in an effort to encourage regular exercise and foster healthy eating…

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