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County Commissioner John Tobia failed in his effort to get fellow commissioners to approve two resolutions he says were designed to prevent property tax increases in the 2019-20 county budget. Also during Thursday's county budget workshop, County Commission Chair Kristine Isnardi accused Tobia of playing political games with his actions. More: Tobia to push proposal to block property tax increase in next year's budget More: County Commission rejects John Tobia's proposal to nix funding for Port Canaveral aquarium Some commissioners implied that they felt Tobia was trying to get them on record — for political purposes — as voting against a resolution opposing a tax increase. One of the goals of the workshop was for county commissioners to give County Manager Frank Abbate direction in how they want him to prepare a proposed county budget for the fiscal year that begins Oct. 1, working in conjunction with Budget Director Jill Hayes and other county department heads. The first of Tobia's two resolutions would have declared the County Commission as opposed to adopting a 2019-20 budget that would require a tax increase, as defined by Florida Statute. Under a provision of the county charter that voters approved in a 2008 referendum, the County Commission cannot raise the property tax rate to a level that would cause budgeted revenue to increase by the lesser of 3 percent or increase in the Consumer Price Index, unless such a critical or emergency need is declared. Isnardi said she felt a regular commission meeting was a more appropriate venue for the vote, rather than a budget workshop, especially because she felt that Tobia did not provide adequate time for the public or the commission to react, as he released his proposal just two days before the workshop. Smith asked, when the County Commission could always vote against a budget proposal from Abbate that commissioners don't agree with. Isnardi said three other commissioners indicated during the workshop that they would support her proposal for increase funding for the bus service. Sure enough, the vote was 4-1, with Tobia opposed.

27-year-old journalist Abeer Kapoor has been covering elections, all over India, for a number of years now. It was during the Karnataka elections though, that Kapoor started to work on the idea of an election-related board game. We all quickly discovered that this board game is a first of its kind, anywhere in the world. “It is to get conversations going about things that matter,” Kapoor said at the launch. The game may seem simple yet fun, but do not mistake this for a board game you can take to a party full of unsuspecting people. These policy cards, in turn, allow one to make campaign promises which the players have to defend. Little did I know that things could turn 360* during the campaigning phase. In the midst of campaigning, players spend their money (each party is given equal wealth at the start of the game) in order to play certain cards that boost their influence or nullify others’ influence. The goal of the game, as in elections, is to win, no matter whether anyone remembers your campaign promises or not. At the launch, Kapoor and his team said that they are working on a two-player version for the bipolar fights that take place across the country and around the world.

Get short URL As France experiences its worst turmoil in decades, a new craze is sweeping French schoolyards. Alongside football, tag, and hopscotch, perceptive kids are taking sides in a new game at recess: Yellow Vests against the police. “The Yellow Vests are the bad guys, they break the shop windows, so we fight between the bad guys and the policemen,” explained 6-year-old Adam, a schoolboy in Paris’ 8th District, to France’s BFM TV. Admitting he preferred to play as a Yellow Vest because less running was involved, Adam said that he chooses not to shout anti-government slogans alongside his friends because he ‘doesn’t agree’ with them. "Gilets jaunes contre CRS", le nouveau jeu des écoliers dans les cours de récré pic.twitter.com/U8d9Ju5lwB — BFMTV (@BFMTV) January 22, 2019 Since November 17, the Yellow Vest movement has been staging weekly protests, initially against proposed fuel hikes. However, it has since morphed to include wider discontent against the “reform” agenda of President Emmanuel Macron, which critics say favor the country’s elites. “One hears 'Macron resignation' all day long in the yard, and even in class,” one teacher, known as Emma, told the station. She added that the school was eventually forced to ban the song, explaining to the pupils that they should not say such things as they are too young to vote. Yellow Vests ‘the consequence of the corporate world taking over’ – Kusturica to RT The slogan has become a regular war cry at the weekly Yellow Vest demonstrations and forms the chorus of a popular song written about the movement by rapper Kopp Johnson, which has received almost 18 million views on YouTube. Instead, she advises teachers to have frank discussions with children about the topic and explain to them the difference between genuine protesters and “saboteurs,” the name given to those who only want to cause trouble with the police.

Karen Wang’s foray into ethnic and race based politicking wasn’t the first time that’s happened in Canada and won’t be the last. Wang is the now former Liberal candidate who resigned this week after it was reported she had posted on WeChat, a Chinese language social media site, effectively saying, vote for me I’m Chinese and NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh isn’t. “If we can increase the voting rate, as the only Chinese candidate in this riding, if I can garner 16,000 votes I will easily win the by-election, control the election race and make history! All the parties do it to a degree, even Singh in his bid for the NDP leadership. I’m not claiming Singh has made racist comments but a look at his campaign win shows he himself benefited from ethno-politics to become NDP leader. Singh won the NDP leadership with strong support in the Greater Toronto Area, in particular his home riding of Brampton, an area with a large Indian-Canadian population and strong Sikh presence. Recently a Liberal candidate won likely in part because she was Greek. At various times all the parties had been close to these groups doing what former Liberal cabinet minister Ujjal Dosanjh called politicians gathering votes in “ethnic ghettos.” Jagmeet Singh got into trouble shortly after he was elected leader because he refused to denounce those behind the Air India bombing that was planned and carried out Sikh Canadians in 1984. Justin Trudeau had trouble during his visit to India last February because the Indian government felt he was too close to radical Khalistani elements in Canada. Peschisolido had a lot of support among the South Asian community who Chan dismissed as not too bright.

The NRA has praised violent video games for giving the American people a realistic standard of how many deadly weapons it’s acceptable for them to carry around in public. Games like ‘Call of Duty’, ‘Grand Theft Auto’ and ‘Doom’ are being given credit for displaying a realistic reality where an American can walk around with half a dozen or more deadly weapons without anyone really batting an eyelid. ‘As long as you’re white,’ NRA chief Wayne LaPierre added. Video gamers are often given enough room to carry at least six guns, a pack of grenades and some brass knuckles (just in case). ‘I remember when you had to drop your current gun to pick up a new one in video games and it used to make me so angry I had to go out and shoot something for real. Now though, everything is much more realistic,’ said one NRA supporter. The ‘Fallout’ franchise has been singled out for particular praise by the NRA for showing their idealised vision for the future.

On the left boot’s heel was the flag of Switzerland. On the right, the flag of Kosovo. So after Shaqiri broke free of Serbia’s offside trap in the final minutes of the game and slid the ball with his left boot, his Swiss boot, under the onrushing Serbia goalkeeper, Vladimir Stojkovic, he peeled away and made a two-handed eagle gesture with his fingers. It is a nationalistic sign that many with ethnic Albanian roots make — Granit Xhaka made it after he scored Switzerland’s first goal earlier in the second half — to mimic the black eagle in Albania’s flag. “If he loves Kosovo that much and never misses a chance to flaunt the flag, why did he refuse a chance to play for their team?” the Serbia striker Aleksandar Mitrovic said when asked about Shaqiri’s boots. “As I said a hundred times, let me say it for the 101st time,” Serbia’s Mladen Krstajic said before the game, “I am not into politics.” Yet politics was never far away on Friday, and Kosovo — even as it was not playing — remains a continuing issue. The punishment led the Serbian football federation to issue a statement urging fans attending the “high-risk game” on Friday not to display political banners. “We do have a lot of immigrants in our team, but Shaqiri and Xhaka are both Swiss and from Kosovo,” the Swiss supporter Andreas Podolak said. It was Shaqiri, who was booed every time his face appeared on the stadium’s video screen and every time he touched the ball. As the game ended, heavy rain began to fall, and Shaqiri gave a thumbs up to Serbian fans as he left the field.

Malaysia’s Barisan Nasional (BN), who lost the majority vote but won the elections in 2013 now loses the power it had held since independence. The biggest flaw, most analysts would agree, was its president, Prime Minister Najib Razak, the leader of UMNO, which is the heart and soul of the coalition. Advertisement Tainted by suspicions of wrongdoing since long before he became Prime Minister following a coup against Abdullah Badawi in 2009, his term in office continued to be plagued by serious scandals such the murder of Mongolian model Altantuya Shaariibuu, and the 1MDB affair which was investigated by a list of countries, including the US, Switzerland and Singapore. However, in this endless process of political manipulations, he brought a new player into the game against him — the retired long-term Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad. Now, in the bewildering game that is Malaysian politics, Mahathir is historically and unquestionably the most effective striker ever. In the penalty shootout that the election campaign of 2018 actually was, the BN side seemed to miss most of its shots. Pakatan Harapan did not miss many shots at goal, and when the last penalty kick had been taken, it had won 122 of the 222 parliamentary seats available according to reports, 11 more than it needed to win the match. Had UMNO changed its president a year or so before the elections were called, and more credible and trusted leaders put in place instead, and all that done before Mahathir felt compelled to take the field, all of BN’s political advantages would have worked in its favour, and the opposition parties, relegated by the breakdown of Pakatan Rakyat, would never have been able to bully the sitting government. Much blame should also be put on the evolution of UMNO and of BN into a state where a leader like Najib could act with such impudence as he did when caught in the 1MDB and other scandals, where all internal dissent had been nullified, and where all external opposition were rendered unthreatening. There is of course also that important factor of the Reformasi Movement.

Former president of Botswana, Ian Khama, has affirmed a long held cliche that politics is a dirty game. Politics I never found enjoyable, I never found enjoyable, but I divide politics and government work. It's dirty in any country where you go, it's like that. “Because most of the time was taken up with government work, where you come up with programs and policies and implementing them for the benefit of the people. “Politics is party politics and all the nonsense – and you must have heard the expression about how dirty politics is. It’s dirty in any country where you go, it’s like that. He also addressed the issue of sit-tight African leaders, urging them to step aside and allow others lead. He defended his call for the International Criminal Court (ICC) to prosecute African leaders who plunge their respective countries into chaos. Under his tenure, Botswana had a no-nonsense diplomatic stance that saw the country criticize the United States over a Jerusalem vote. Botswana broke diplomatic ties with The Gambia at a time Yahya Jammeh was refusing to leave office.

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