Monday, February 09, 2015

The Albany County Commission voted this week to nullify city ordinances affecting county residents living within a half-mile radius of the city of Laramie.

The move, commissioners and advocates explained, guarantees constituents have a say in their government. County residents cant vote for city councilors, so why should they be bound by ordinances in which they have no electoral say?

County Commissioner Heber Richardson, who introduced the nullification motion, wrote in a letter to the editor the measure will help give county commissioners and their constituents outside Laramie equal footing with city residents.

None of us on this board live in the half-mile zone affected by nullification, but we can understand the frustration those within the half-mile radius feel at being affected by decisions made by the city decision they did not have a vote in.

We also understand the citys point of view. Specifically, allowing the use of fireworks on private property within the half-mile zone which nullification does increases the odds of a fire starting in the county, then spreading to property within the city.

While both sides have valid concerns, we think things should have never gotten to this point. The apparent frustration between county residents, their elected officials and city government shows trust has bottomed out among these groups.

County residents are clearly skeptical of the city; this isnt exactly surprising. From our observations, talk of nullification and limiting the citys influence outside of city limits began in earnest years ago after at least one councilor talked about extending the citys sphere of influence five-10 miles outside city limits.

Its important to keep in mind that, by our accounts, this talk was never publicly supported by a majority of city councilors. Add to that the fact this discussion occurred about two election cycles back and was promptly ended by the State Legislatures passage of House Bill 85 in 2013 and it gets more difficult to think of city government as ever having a snowballs chance of successfully dictating what folks in the county can and cannot do.

Given the groundswell of support nullification received, however, we are clearly in the minority on this. So, the city needs to build trust with those outside the city.

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INDIANAPOLIS - Through the barbed wired fences at the prison in Pendleton, incarcerated criminals have a message for the young men caught up in a life of crime in Indianapolis.

They're getting that message out through a letter and book called "Prison is for Real," which they recently sent to the Ten Point Coalition, a group that works in Indianapolis neighborhoods with a mission to stop violent crime.

According to Ten Point's leader, Rev. Charles Harrison, the 20 page booklet is real talk about what prison is like and how the men got there.

"These are individuals with long prison terms," explains Harrison, thumbing through the pages.

One of the authors is 18 years old and serving a sentence of life without parole. He writes in the book, "As a teen, I never thought I'd die in prison, but that's my reality now."

"Never getting out. I think that's a message. It's a good message," says another Ten Point member, Darryl Jones.

It's a message the booklet's authors hope the Ten Point Coalition will bring to the young men they're meeting on their patrols in some of the city's most crime ridden areas.

"If just one reads it and one gets something out of it, you save one," said Jones.

Jones doesn't have to read the book to know what prison's like. He's already been there eight times since he was 23.

"Prison is a whole new world. Prison is another life for you," he explains. "I don't want to see these kids go through that."

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WINNIPEG Mayor Brian Bowman is saddened to hear how Jets owner Mark Chipman feels about the citys handling of a downtown property, but hes not going to back down, he said as he stepped off a plane Friday.

We obviously have some fences to mend, Bowman said at the Winnipeg airport as he returned from the big city mayors conference in Toronto. Im obviously saddened to hear how he feels about the situation.

Chipman on Wednesday held a news conference where he said he felt his True North Sports and Entertainment has been tarnished by discussions around proposals for city-agency-owned land at 220 Carlton St. Chipman said a lack of trust prompted him to step back from a plan for a $400-million development on that land and another parcel across the street at 225 Carlton.

READ MORE:Whats next for Mark Chipmans paused downtown development

Bowman said hes reached out to Chipman and hopes to sit down with him in the coming days. However, the mayor said hes not willing to back down on his stand that the land at 220 Carlton St. should be subject to a public request for proposals.

Bowman admitted he doesnt have the power to quash a development deal between True North and city development agency CentreVenture. However, he threatened to withhold $3.75 million that had been part of the 220 Carlton development plan if a request for proposals isnt made.

This deal can proceed. City council doesnt have the ability to stop CentreVenture from completing this deal, Bowman said. All were saying is if $3.75-million of taxpayers money, your money, is to flow to CentreVenture, then wed like to see public expressions of interest so that its a level playing field.

They can decide if they want to take the money or not.

READ MORE:Timeline: Conditional offer with TNSE for 220 Carlton

While CentreVenture board chair Curt Vossen said they have no plan to back out of the deal with True North, they cant move ahead without the $3.75 million.

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Qatars government is distancing itself publicly from Islamist groups such as the Muslim Brotherhood and Hamas as the tiny Persian Gulf state seeks to mend relations with its Arab neighbors.

We do not support Hamas. We do not support the Muslim Brotherhood. We support the people of Palestine and Egypt, Qatari Foreign Minister Khalid bin Mohammad al-Attiyah told a forum hosted by Atlantic Media this week in Washington.

Qatar has served as a base for the political leadership of Hamas, the militant Palestinian group, since the Arab Spring political uprising engulfed Syria in 2011.Many senior leaders of the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood have also made Doha their base in recent years. In addition, the Taliban has a diplomatic office in the Qatari capital.

Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain and Egypt have publicly fumed that Qatars hosting of these Islamist groups further threatens regional stability and could stir up political opposition inside their own countries. Riyadh, Abu Dhabi, and Manama all pulled their ambassadors from Doha last March in protest.

In recent weeks, however, Qatar and these countries have moved to end their feud, according to senior Arab officials.

In November, the late Saudi King Abdullah held a summit of Persian Gulf monarchs in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, where Doha committed to distancing itself from these groups, according to participants in the talks. In return, the Gulf states envoys have returned to Doha.

Qatari officials have said in private that a number of senior members of the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood have left Doha for Turkey in recent months. They also said that Qatars al Jazeera television network has closed a channel that was solely focused on covering Egyptian politics following the 2013 overthrow of former President Mohammed Morsi, a senior Muslim Brotherhood politician.

The differences between us are over, Mr. Attiyah said about Qatars relationship with its Persian Gulf neighbors. There are no differences.

Qatar continues to be the political headquarters for Hamas and its leader, Khaled Meshaal. Mr. Attiyah said his country views Hamas differently than do the U.S. and Europe, which have designated it a terrorist organization.

They are a movement of liberation, Qatars top diplomat said of Hamas. The Palestinians living in the Gaza Strip are in an open jail, he said.

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Updated: Friday, 06 Feb 2015 18:05 | Comments Valseur Lido has been a facile winner of his first two starts over fences

Valseur Lido aims to cement his reputation as one of the best of his generation in Sunday's Flogas Novice Chase at Leopardstown.

The Willie Mullins-trained six-year-old has not been seen since he was a most impressive winner of the Drinmore Novice Chase in November, beating what looked a strong field without being unduly pressed.

Mullins also saddles Jarry D'Honneur and Adriana Des Mottes in a race that used to be run as the Dr PJ Moriarty Chase and has a rich heritage for finding Cheltenham winners.

"I think Valseur Lido has to run. I was very taken with his run in Fairyhouse and I think the further he goes in trip the better he will be. I'm sure his form will improve when he goes up in trip," said Mullins on At The Races.

"Jarry D'Honneur could be anything, I think he's going to improve hugely from his beginners' chase, he was a bit gross that day.

"I think he'll get better as the spring goes on, but my only worry is that as the spring goes on the ground will get quicker and I think he might prefer it soft."

Bryan Cooper rides Valseur Lido as he is owned by Gigginstown House Stud, and he has also been very impressed.

"He was the most impressive novice this year, if you take out Un De Sceuax, over that trip anyway," he said.

"He annihilated his rivals over that trip in the Drinmore in Fairyhouse and I suppose the fact he hasn't run since then means he has gone under the radar a bit, which is good in one sense as there can be a lot of pressure coming to the races.

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THEY'RE used to keep out dingoes, wild dogs and feral cats. Now scientists say fences could stop cane toads invading large parts of arid Australia.

Toads died en masse after a team of Sydney researchers erected fences around several man-made dams in the Northern Territory, preventing the animals' access to lifesaving water.

The fences also stopped the pests re-establishing their population the following year, making the simple solution the first successful method of controlling cane toads long term.

"There were dead cane toads piled up around the fences," said the study leader, Mike Letnic, from the University of NSW. "We smashed them."

Since their ill-conceived introduction, cane toads have marched across northern Australia, decimating populations of several native species.

Scientists, conservations and governments have tried many ways to thwart the toxic pest; including trapping, biological controls, even using their own toxin against them, with only short-term success.

Dr Letnic said killing cane toads was one goal, but the bigger challenge was developing a control that prevented the next generation of toads re-invading.

He said the three fences they erected around dams were nothing fancy, made out of shade cloth that the toads could neither jump over or burrow under.

"We're not engineers, we built these rickety little fences. Kangaroos broke them, but if they were watertight we could keep cane toads out," he said.

His team has previously placed tracking devices on toads, discovering they couldn't not survive without water for more than three days.

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