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Thursday, February 1, 2018 by Elizabeth Pagano
Though City Hall was briefly bullish on the idea that the special events ordinance would be in place before the Spring Festival Season, the curse continues. Though outreach has been moving along as requested, and everyone has been hard at work, Mayor Pro Tem Kathie Tovo admitted defeat at Tuesday’s work session, where she told her colleagues that the ordinance still needed a little more work. City Council is expected to postpone the ordinance to a May meeting. The ordinance was approved on first reading in October 2013.
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