Arkansas Times: Google is holding a secret meeting at First United Methodist on Wednesday to answer questions about its data center. You are not invited.. “The Arkansas Times reached out to both Google and Cooley Public Strategies to ask why some residents were invited and others were not, and to ask how the organizations got resident’s contact information and did not hear back.”

https://rbfirehose.com/2026/06/10/arkansas-times-google-is-holding-a-secret-meeting-at-first-united-methodist-on-wednesday-to-answer-questions-about-its-data-center-you-are-not-invited/
Arkansas Times: Google is holding a secret meeting at First United Methodist on Wednesday to answer questions about its data center. You are not invited.

Arkansas Times: Google is holding a secret meeting at First United Methodist on Wednesday to answer questions about its data center. You are not invited.. “The Arkansas Times reached out to b…

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Police investigate alleged assault involving Townsville mayor
By Chloe Chomicki

Townsville Mayor Nick Dametto was visiting a north Queensland island as part of a pub crawl at the time of the alleged assault.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-06-11/police-investigate-alleged-assault-townsville-mayor-nick-dametto/106783332

#LocalGovernment #StateandTerritoryGovernment #ChloeChomicki

Police investigate alleged assault involving Townsville mayor

Townsville Mayor Nick Dametto was visiting a north Queensland island as part of a pub crawl at the time of the alleged assault. 

Council plan would make whole-home short-stays off limits for 20k homes
By Monty Jacka

A fresh proposal from the Hobart City Council would block about 90 per cent of the city's homes from being wholly converted into short-stay accommodation. The plan is the latest chapter in a long-running push to rein in the number of rentals being lost to platforms such as Airbnb.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-06-11/hobart-city-council-resurrects-short-stay-ban/106780270

#HousingPolicy #LocalGovernment #TravelandTourism #GovernmentPolicy #MontyJacka

Council plan would make whole-home short-stays off limits for 20k homes

A fresh proposal from the Hobart City Council would block about 90 per cent of the city's homes from being wholly converted into short-stay accommodation. The plan is the latest chapter in a long-running push to rein in the number of rentals being lost to platforms such as Airbnb.

Toby Carvery to pay for orchard planting after causing outrage by felling 500-year-old oak

Restaurant chain took chainsaw to ancient oak tree in Enfield without permission

The Guardian
The city that waits for the perfect plan will be waiting while people get hurt on the imperfect street. There is no perfect plan. There is a plan that is good enough to build, that gets people safer today, and that can be improved over time. The city that refuses to act until it has the perfect design is making a choice. And people pay for that choice with their safety. Build something. Fix it. Build it better. #MrBarricade #StreetSafety #QuickBuild #LocalGovernment

Melbourne councils struggling to clean up rising amounts of illegal dumping
By Ethan White

Councils across Melbourne's suburbs are struggling to combat the rise of illegal dumping, despite over $21 million of funding from the Victorian state government.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-06-10/melbourne-councils-struggling-to-clean-up-illegal-waste/106746440

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Melbourne councils struggling to clean up rising amounts of illegal dumping

Councils across Melbourne's suburbs are struggling to combat the rise of illegal dumping, despite over $21 million of funding from the Victorian state government.

New 50 cent airport bus could cost disheartened Townsville business
By Chloe Chomicki and Michael Clarke

An airport shuttle taking passengers through the heart of a regional city will start competing with public transport later this month.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-06-10/public-bus-50-cent-fares-small-business-airport-townsville/106772252

#Transport #TravelandTourism #StateandTerritoryGovernment #LocalGovernment #TourismandLeisureIndustry #SharedTransport #ChloeChomicki #MichaelClarke

New 50 cent airport bus could cost disheartened Townsville business

An airport shuttle taking passengers through the heart of a regional city will start competing with public transport later this month.

The city that serves you best is the one where people show up. Not just at elections. Every month. At commissions. At hearings. At public comments. Elections matter. So does everything that happens between them. The design decisions that never make the news. Show up between elections. That is where the city is actually run. #MrBarricade #LocalGovernment #Democracy #CivicEngagement

Gizmodo: A Farmer Donated Land for a Public Park and the City Sold It to a Data Center Developer for $10 Million. “When news of the sale broke, locals were initially concerned for the usual reasons one might have when learning that a 135,000-square-foot facility—the sort now known to wreak havoc on small towns—is being built next door without their approval or input. But thanks to the sharp […]

https://rbfirehose.com/2026/06/09/gizmodo-a-farmer-donated-land-for-a-public-park-and-the-city-sold-it-to-a-data-center-developer-for-10-million/
GIzmodo: A Farmer Donated Land for a Public Park and the City Sold It to a Data Center Developer for $10 Million

Gizmodo: A Farmer Donated Land for a Public Park and the City Sold It to a Data Center Developer for $10 Million. “When news of the sale broke, locals were initially concerned for the usual r…

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