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Providence Needs An Effective 'Land Bank' Policy, Chester Smolski Nov 1980

Providence Needs An Effective 'Land Bank' Policy, Chester Smolski

Smolski Texts

"Recent disclosures on the purchase of vacant lots in Providence by certain city officals have raised two serious questions, only one of which has been addressed."


Guarantees Mentally Handicapped Voting Rights, Unless Adjudicated Incompetent To Vote, City Club Of Portland (Portland, Or.) Oct 1980

Guarantees Mentally Handicapped Voting Rights, Unless Adjudicated Incompetent To Vote, City Club Of Portland (Portland, Or.)

City Club of Portland

No abstract provided.


Providence Home Rule, Chester Smolski Oct 1980

Providence Home Rule, Chester Smolski

Smolski Texts

"The opposition bumper stickers have already appeared. In bright fluorescent colors to catch the unsuspecting eye, the message is loud and clear--'Reject Home Rule Charter.' Why should there be this opposition, and who are the people against this progressive move toward better local government?"


Saving The Abandoned House, Chester Smolski Aug 1980

Saving The Abandoned House, Chester Smolski

Smolski Texts

"It had been standing vacant in Olneyville for about three weeks, after the last tenant had moved out. Then one day a half-dozen young people came and ripped, smashed and generally tore it apart--the windows, doors and even the aluminum siding. Although the police were called, the vandals got away, and another house became a victim to city living."


Eliminates Mandatory Fluoridation Of City Water (Municipal Measure 51), City Club Of Portland (Portland, Or.) Apr 1980

Eliminates Mandatory Fluoridation Of City Water (Municipal Measure 51), City Club Of Portland (Portland, Or.)

City Club of Portland

No abstract provided.


Veterans' Home And Farm Loan Eligibility Changes (State Measure No. 4), City Club Of Portland (Portland, Or.) Apr 1980

Veterans' Home And Farm Loan Eligibility Changes (State Measure No. 4), City Club Of Portland (Portland, Or.)

City Club of Portland

No abstract provided.


Bottle Bill Would Stimulate Sense Of Pride In Ri, Chester Smolski Mar 1980

Bottle Bill Would Stimulate Sense Of Pride In Ri, Chester Smolski

Smolski Texts

"Statements being made by Bottle Bill opponents have increasingly become more ludicrous. Most recently the head of the Rhode Island section of the United States Steelworkers of America wrote to members of the General Assembly, in whose hands the fate of the propsed legislation now rests, and offered this reasoning on the bill."