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	<title>Councilmanic &#187; How Council Works</title>
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	<description>Demystifying the Crazy World of Municipal Government, One Town at a Time (Starting with the Modest City of Bloomington, Indiana USA)</description>
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		<title>Tempest in a tea-cup: AZ SB1070 and our intent to boycott</title>
		<link>http://volan.org/councilmanic/2010/07/01/tempest-in-a-tea-cup-az-sb1070-and-our-intent-to-boycott/</link>
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		<description><![CDATA[Bloomington elected officials have used their offices to make the statement, but have not committed the City itself to any formal action. The distinction is significant.]]></description>
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		<title>Coughing through Budget Week</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Jul 2008 04:59:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[David R. Grubb is back to visit us.
It&#8217;s an unusual week here at City Council. Normally we meet Wednesday nights at 7:30, but¬†this week we&#8217;ve been hearing the proposal from each city department for the 2009 budget, so we&#8217;re meeting at 6pm each night this week. (Monday&#8217;s meeting, the first of four straight, went a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Two types of Council meetings, and the obscure difference between them</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Mar 2007 03:01:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Bloomington City Council meets weekly, on Wednesday nights at 7:30. While these meetings are always open to the public as a matter of course, how one gets to participate depends on what week of the month it is.
Regular-strength and concentrated
That&#8217;s because there are two kinds of Council meetings. The difference between them is obscure, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Getting your questions asked in a Council meeting</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Jul 2006 23:18:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I chaired the July 27th budget meeting, the last of four over four straight nights. There wasn&#8217;t a single public comment on any section of the budget, which we have been reviewing one department at a time. Virtually no member of the public attended in person.
I&#8217;m surprised. You&#8217;ve heard the advice to the inquisitive to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The very basics of how Bloomington&#8217;s city council works</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2006 11:17:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Bloomington&#8217;s nine councilmembers meet in regular session twice monthly, on the first and third Wednesdays of the month at 7:30 pm.¬†
It may seem like we meet more often than that. That&#8217;s because we do. Let me explain.
Any item we consider &#8212; an ordinance, an appropriation ordinance (not the same thing), a resolution (non-binding) &#8212; must [...]]]></description>
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