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Councilman Parker Agelasto’s move from the district he was elected to represent elicited calls for his resignation from some of his constituents last year. Now, one is taking him to court over it. Former Richmond City Councilman Henry “Chuck” Richardson is asking a Richmond Circuit Court judge to settle a question the general registrar and city attorney have not: whether Agelasto can finish out his four-year term. The lawsuit, filed Thursday, states that Agelasto’s move out of the 5th District and to the 1st has harmed the 5th District’s residents and generated “havoc and uncertainty” over the legitimacy of his council votes.
Richmond Times-Dispatch
It’s one of those arcane votes that has to be taken by the Arlington County Board at its annual organizational meeting. And, as has been the case for, well, perhaps forever, board members have voted not to appoint a “tie-breaker” from the ranks of the public. Under state law, local elected bodies have the power to designate a member of the public to break ties. Arlington, and one presumes most if not all other jurisdictions in the commonwealth, have seldom if ever used it, but officials still have to formally reject the option at the start of each new year.
InsideNoVa
Starting with the first Bristol Tennessee City Council meeting of the year on Tuesday, city residents can livestream council meetings from the comfort of their homes. The first livestream of the 7 p.m. meeting can be viewed on computers, smartphones, tablets or other internet-connected devices, according to a news release from the city. Council began filming its general business meetings as early as December 2011, and made audio recordings since long before that, but this will be the first time the city has experimented with livestreaming.
Bristol Herald Courier
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