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‘Pump the brakes’: Fremont residents ask City Council to pause charter city initiative
Fremont residents packed City Hall on Tuesday for the second and final public hearing to discuss whether the city should remain a general law city beholden to state laws or transition to a charter city with its own local constitution. “At its heart, this initiative is asking one question,” said Mayor Raj Salwan. “Who should […] The post ‘Pump the brakes’: Fremont residents ask City Council to pause charter city initiative appeared first on Local News Matters .
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Fremont residents packed City Hall on Tuesday for the second and final public hearing to discuss whether the city should remain a general law city beholden to state laws or transition to a charter city with its own local constitution. “At its heart, this initiative is asking one question,” said Mayor Raj Salwan. “Who should […] The post ‘Pump the brakes’: Fremont residents ask City Council to pause charter city initiative appeared first on Local News Matters .
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According to Local News Matters’s linked source,‘Pump the brakes’: Fremont residents ask City Council to pause charter city initiative, Fremont residents packed City Hall on Tuesday for the second and final public hearing to discuss whether the city should remain a general law city beholden to state laws or transition to a charter city with its own local constitution. “At its heart, this initiative is asking one question,” said Mayor Raj Salwan. “Who should […] The post ‘Pump the brakes’: Fremont residents ask City Council to pause charter city initiative appeared first on Local News Matters .
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