BEIJING — Eleven people came here to the capital on Monday, bent on protesting property losses.
BEIJING — A woman and her two sisters, who came to Beijing from southern China during the Paralympics in September to protest property seizures but were arrested, have been sentenced to one year of detention for vandalism, the woman said in a telephone interview on Thursday.
A chorus of protests from property owners is part of a national rite during tax season.
Forest Service officials have recommended approval of a settlement that would allow Elko County to rebuild a road in northern Nevada that was the focal point of protests by property rights advocates.
Carmenet General Manager Paula Kornell, a wine country native, protests, "The property is zoned for agricultural use, and that's what making wine is".
The venue was changed twice after protests from property owners, but the threat of a violent confrontation between the Anti-Nazi League and BNP supporters forced the president of the Cambridge Forum, Chris Paley, to cancel the event.
Disregarding the protests of property owners and members of a Mormon church, the Los Angeles City Council on Friday relaxed restrictions on an Encino Armenian school that had been operating with nearly twice the number of students allowed by its zoning permits.
The Acta protest came days after co-ordinated opposition to US bills the Stop Online Piracy Act (Sopa) and Protest Intellectual Property Act (Pipa).
Unfortunately, those unconcerned with rising maintenance costs and potential assessments don't feel the urgency to pursue such sensible cost-saving measures, nor are they likely to protest soaring property taxes.
The shooting may have been the catalyst for the protest and property damage, but as any native black Milwaukeean can tell you, what's happened here is bigger than any one incident.
