Mr. Bloomberg and 14 other mayors held a summit at Gracie Mansion on April 25 and signed a six-point statement vowing to pursue gun dealers who knowingly sell guns to criminals through intermediaries and to oppose federal bills that would restrict cities' access to gun-tracing data.
As The Hill reported earlier today, the FCC will hold a vote at its February meeting to see if it should "preempt two state laws restricting cities from building municipally owned high-speed Internet networks".
Republicans want to restrict cities from creating their own labor laws.
HB2 also restricts cities from expanding upon laws regulating workplace discrimination and use of public facilities, delegitimizing rulings previously made in Charlotte, Raleigh, Chapel Hill, and Durham.
The ATF refused that request for data, citing the Tiahrt Amendment, which restricts cities' access to and use of ATF trace data).
The Decatur, Georgia resident told The Huffington Post that his "heart broke" for North Carolina's LGBT community after McCrory signed what has been described as the "most extreme anti-LGBT bill" in the nation, which also restricts cities from passing non-discrimination laws, on Wednesday night. .
They said they were going to have a Proposition 218 hearing, and I said, "I wonder what Proposition 218 is?" Proposition 218 restricts cities' ability to levy a fee; you can't levy a fee unless you incur a proportional cost.
Bruce authored two measures, Issues 200 and 201, which appeared on the November 2006 Colorado Springs election ballot, and would have reduced the city's sales tax rate, eliminated its property tax, and restricted the city's ability to borrow money.
Bundlers, who collect and deliver contributions to candidates, are not restricted under city law.
