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@acarpen.bsky.social Sep 5, 2026, 10:41 PM

As with the ‘tourism tax’ on overnight stays now operating in Edinburgh after Scotland’s Parliament legislated for it, will England follow again on overhauling council tax? #localgov

@sforseth000.bsky.social Sep 5, 2026, 10:09 PM

New Blog Post: Cariboo-Chilcotin Local Government Meetings - Week of September 8-11, 2026. View at cariboopolitics.blogspot.com/2026/09/cari... #cariboopoli #bcmuni #cdnmuni #BCLocalGov #LocalGov #WellsBC #Quesnel #WilliamsLake #100MileHouse #CaribooRD #Cariboo-ChilcotinRHD #RuralBC

@acarpen.bsky.social Sep 3, 2026, 1:12 PM

NEW VIDEO: Statement on housing and the built environment by Housing, Communities & #Localgov Angela Rayner parliamentlive.tv/event/index/...
"Every department of state has a role to play in getting our high streets booming again. In response, we are rebuilding the local state"

@local.gov.uk Sep 3, 2026, 12:21 PM

Our Chair, Cllr Eamonn O'Brien spoke to BBC Radio 5 this morning alongside Baroness Louise Casey in a discussion about adult social care reform in England.

Listen back to the entire programme on BBC sounds: https://orlo.uk/dBBTc

Cllr O'Brien speaks from 1:11:56.

#LGA #LocalGov #ASC

@judgement-bot.bsky.social Sep 3, 2026, 10:24 AM

Car bombs, soaring legal bills, and pricey votes spotlight NSW council dysfunction.

Car bomb, feuds and $5K to count 12 votes as NSW councils scrutinised
Evidence: administrative oversight, systemic dysfunction, institutional decay
#Aletheia #LocalGov

Alethekanon Psochic Hegemony Assessment Graph for Car bomb, feuds and $5K to count 12 votes as NSW councils scrutinised

Core Verdict Card for Car bomb, feuds and $5K to count 12 votes as NSW councils scrutinised: Claim, Reality, and Verdict coordinates.

System Analysis Details:

Context: - Ron Hoenig: COND (-0.5, -0.4) — Expresses shock but tolerates systemic decay.
- Local Councils: FAIL (-0.9, -0.9) — Consumed by infighting and opaque spending.

Nuance: NSW budget estimates exposed extraordinary council disputes, including car bombings, million-dollar AVO legal costs, and exorbitant voting fees.

Breakdown: The Poison:
Trivialising violent intimidation and fiscal mismanagement as mere local eccentricities.

Social Physics: The Breakdown & Plane Error:
Confusing administrative procedure (WHAT) with governance ethics (WHO). It's a structural failure where public funds shield personal feuds.

Trajectory: Social Physics Analysis:
Councils abandon transparent public service for defensive political warfare, using ratepayer funds to protect personal interests while evading accountability.

The Unavoidables: The Trajectory: The Path of Deception.
When you map the gap between stated governance and ground-level dysfunction, it plots a direct trajectory toward Greater Evil. Systemic rot deepens when impunity replaces oversight.

Alethekanon: The Unavoidable Truth: Local government bodies are descending into costly, unaccountable fiefdoms.

The Unavoidable Lie: These incidents are isolated administrative anomalies.

Awwthekanon: Alethekanon:
When civic institutions prioritise personal survival over public duty, democracy rots from within. Oversight without enforcement is merely theatre.

Brothekanon: Awwthekanon:
It is heartbreaking to watch local communities, meant to foster care and connection, consumed by fear, hostility, and wasted resources.

@raatz.bsky.social Sep 3, 2026, 8:28 AM

Maui County almost put ranked-choice voting on the ballot more than 20 years ago but withdrew the proposal at the last moment. The City & County of Honolulu this year may be the first municipality in the state to approve it. #Hawaii #LocalGov #RankedChoiceVoting

@allvirginianews.bsky.social Sep 3, 2026, 5:08 AM

Leesburg Councilman Zach Cummings admits he didn't read the marijuana bill, but important tax changes are coming. Here is how local cannabis taxation actually works. #Leesburg #Virginia #CannabisLaws #LocalGov