City Manager Smith unveils a bold legislative platform aimed at safeguarding local governance and tackling the challenges of overwhelming open-records requests in Perry.
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#PerryCityHoustonCounty #GA #CitizenPortal #OpenRecordsReform #SovereignImmunity #PerryCity #HomeRule
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#PerryCityHoustonCounty #GA #CitizenPortal #OpenRecordsReform #SovereignImmunity #PerryCity #HomeRule
City staff proposes a local legislative platform focused on home rule, open‑records relief and equitable immunity
City Manager Smith presented a draft legislative platform, aligned with the Georgia Municipal Association, urging preservation of home rule, relief from commercialized open‑records requests and parity in sovereign‑immunity protections for cities; staff plans to bring the platform forward for approval.
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November 5, 2026 at 6:26 AM
City Manager Smith unveils a bold legislative platform aimed at safeguarding local governance and tackling the challenges of overwhelming open-records requests in Perry.
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#PerryCityHoustonCounty #GA #CitizenPortal #OpenRecordsReform #SovereignImmunity #PerryCity #HomeRule
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#PerryCityHoustonCounty #GA #CitizenPortal #OpenRecordsReform #SovereignImmunity #PerryCity #HomeRule
Long lines at the MLK Library in D.C. today. 🗳️
With Home Rule under pressure, D.C. voters are weighing more than who wins. It’s about the city’s right to govern itself.
Live coverage at 8pm ET on our YouTube📺: www.youtube.com/live/qBr2bUU...
#DCElection2026 #HomeRule
With Home Rule under pressure, D.C. voters are weighing more than who wins. It’s about the city’s right to govern itself.
Live coverage at 8pm ET on our YouTube📺: www.youtube.com/live/qBr2bUU...
#DCElection2026 #HomeRule
November 4, 2026 at 12:11 AM
Long lines at the MLK Library in D.C. today. 🗳️
With Home Rule under pressure, D.C. voters are weighing more than who wins. It’s about the city’s right to govern itself.
Live coverage at 8pm ET on our YouTube📺: www.youtube.com/live/qBr2bUU...
#DCElection2026 #HomeRule
With Home Rule under pressure, D.C. voters are weighing more than who wins. It’s about the city’s right to govern itself.
Live coverage at 8pm ET on our YouTube📺: www.youtube.com/live/qBr2bUU...
#DCElection2026 #HomeRule
Join Chocolate City Free DC tonight at 6:30 PM for a conversation about Home Rule, Black political power, and how to get involved.
Food provided during the first hour, plus Free DC T-shirts for the first 20 through the door!
RSVP for location: bit.ly/freedc_cc
Food provided during the first hour, plus Free DC T-shirts for the first 20 through the door!
RSVP for location: bit.ly/freedc_cc
A conversation with Chocolate City Free DC · Harriet’s Wildest Dreams
Join us for an evening of community and conversation as we confront federal attacks on DC, defend our voting rights, and protect dc homerule. come learn about the mission, goals and work to protect B...
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October 5, 2026 at 4:33 PM
Join Chocolate City Free DC tonight at 6:30 PM for a conversation about Home Rule, Black political power, and how to get involved.
Food provided during the first hour, plus Free DC T-shirts for the first 20 through the door!
RSVP for location: bit.ly/freedc_cc
Food provided during the first hour, plus Free DC T-shirts for the first 20 through the door!
RSVP for location: bit.ly/freedc_cc
#RepublicansHate #HomeRule
Why are we celebrating fascist takeover of liberal cities? Sure, Paxton is a cowardly criminal and a complete prick, but I don’t want him usurping our cities’ self governance because they vote blue. This might be the only vote I ever agreed with him on.
Why are we celebrating fascist takeover of liberal cities? Sure, Paxton is a cowardly criminal and a complete prick, but I don’t want him usurping our cities’ self governance because they vote blue. This might be the only vote I ever agreed with him on.
September 10, 2026 at 2:50 PM
#RepublicansHate #HomeRule
Why are we celebrating fascist takeover of liberal cities? Sure, Paxton is a cowardly criminal and a complete prick, but I don’t want him usurping our cities’ self governance because they vote blue. This might be the only vote I ever agreed with him on.
Why are we celebrating fascist takeover of liberal cities? Sure, Paxton is a cowardly criminal and a complete prick, but I don’t want him usurping our cities’ self governance because they vote blue. This might be the only vote I ever agreed with him on.
#RepublicansHate good governance and #HomeRule. They just want to gift fat government contracts to their cronies at the expense of Texans.
September 9, 2026 at 11:05 PM
#RepublicansHate good governance and #HomeRule. They just want to gift fat government contracts to their cronies at the expense of Texans.
I’m having a coffee at the Dublin GPO Museum
I see the same ugly fuckery where #Germany fucked around to drive the #IRA violence over any peaceful #HomeRule option…
There is a reason #Nazis fled to Ireland after #WWII… & why #TheTroubles got fucking horrific
#BRICS owning the #GOP is nothing new
I see the same ugly fuckery where #Germany fucked around to drive the #IRA violence over any peaceful #HomeRule option…
There is a reason #Nazis fled to Ireland after #WWII… & why #TheTroubles got fucking horrific
#BRICS owning the #GOP is nothing new
The IRA and the Nazis: A Dark Alliance of Convenience | History is Now
The collaboration between the Nazis and Irish Republican Army (IRA) is one of the little-known stories of World War II. The seeds of the relationship were sown before, during and after World War I, an...
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September 4, 2026 at 2:53 PM
Huge thank you to everyone who came out today to help put up my campaign signs! I really appreciate all of our volunteers.
Couldn’t do this without every one of you. Thank you!
#SuzannaPavelle #FloridaHD19 #StJohnsCounty #FlaglerCounty #SmarterGrowth #ProtectOurWater #FloridaPolitics #HomeRule
Couldn’t do this without every one of you. Thank you!
#SuzannaPavelle #FloridaHD19 #StJohnsCounty #FlaglerCounty #SmarterGrowth #ProtectOurWater #FloridaPolitics #HomeRule
August 30, 2026 at 5:04 PM
Huge thank you to everyone who came out today to help put up my campaign signs! I really appreciate all of our volunteers.
Couldn’t do this without every one of you. Thank you!
#SuzannaPavelle #FloridaHD19 #StJohnsCounty #FlaglerCounty #SmarterGrowth #ProtectOurWater #FloridaPolitics #HomeRule
Couldn’t do this without every one of you. Thank you!
#SuzannaPavelle #FloridaHD19 #StJohnsCounty #FlaglerCounty #SmarterGrowth #ProtectOurWater #FloridaPolitics #HomeRule
In defense of Monopoly, you get people who say "Well, at my home we do (homerule) so its more fun to play!" Okay, I'm happy for you, but that doesn't fix my issues with Monopoly, you just bandaged it.
August 20, 2026 at 1:59 AM
In defense of Monopoly, you get people who say "Well, at my home we do (homerule) so its more fun to play!" Okay, I'm happy for you, but that doesn't fix my issues with Monopoly, you just bandaged it.
I don't like Monopoly, I have criticisms over the rules as written and how its designed, and I think other games are more fun to play, using the above examples, telling me you can just homerule the shit out of it so you don't have those problems....
(Monopoly is D&D/OSR/PF2e in this case, btw)
(Monopoly is D&D/OSR/PF2e in this case, btw)
August 20, 2026 at 2:01 AM
I don't like Monopoly, I have criticisms over the rules as written and how its designed, and I think other games are more fun to play, using the above examples, telling me you can just homerule the shit out of it so you don't have those problems....
(Monopoly is D&D/OSR/PF2e in this case, btw)
(Monopoly is D&D/OSR/PF2e in this case, btw)
THE PEOPLE OF DC ARE RIGHT TO MARCH. TRUMP'S ATTEMPT TO SEIZE CONTROL OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND DEPLOY NATIONAL GUARD TROOPS IS AN AUTHORITARIAN POWER GRAB. WE STAND WITH HOME RULE AND DEMOCRACY. #HOMERULE #DCPROTESTS
August 17, 2025 at 4:43 PM
THE PEOPLE OF DC ARE RIGHT TO MARCH. TRUMP'S ATTEMPT TO SEIZE CONTROL OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND DEPLOY NATIONAL GUARD TROOPS IS AN AUTHORITARIAN POWER GRAB. WE STAND WITH HOME RULE AND DEMOCRACY. #HOMERULE #DCPROTESTS
The Ward 3 Democrats unanimously passed a resolution defending D.C.’s Home Rule and demanding full Statehood.
700,000 Washingtonians deserve the same rights as every other American—no more federal overreach.
#DCStatehood #FreeDC #HomeRule
700,000 Washingtonians deserve the same rights as every other American—no more federal overreach.
#DCStatehood #FreeDC #HomeRule
October 7, 2025 at 8:21 PM
The Ward 3 Democrats unanimously passed a resolution defending D.C.’s Home Rule and demanding full Statehood.
700,000 Washingtonians deserve the same rights as every other American—no more federal overreach.
#DCStatehood #FreeDC #HomeRule
700,000 Washingtonians deserve the same rights as every other American—no more federal overreach.
#DCStatehood #FreeDC #HomeRule
The #BowserAct threatens D.C.'s self-governance with more federal oversight, potentially harming its growth. Board of Trade President Jack McDougle shares in an op-ed why #Congress should withdraw the Bowser Act.
READ HERE: bit.ly/41eBH6f
#WashingtonDC #HomeRule
READ HERE: bit.ly/41eBH6f
#WashingtonDC #HomeRule
February 25, 2025 at 2:41 PM
The #BowserAct threatens D.C.'s self-governance with more federal oversight, potentially harming its growth. Board of Trade President Jack McDougle shares in an op-ed why #Congress should withdraw the Bowser Act.
READ HERE: bit.ly/41eBH6f
#WashingtonDC #HomeRule
READ HERE: bit.ly/41eBH6f
#WashingtonDC #HomeRule
President Joe Biden ultimately vetoed that disapproval, rendering the timing dispute moot. Now, at a time when tension between the city and #congress continues to escalate, the city could be picking a fight depending on whether or how Congress responds.
#law #homerule #trump #republicans #idiocracy
#law #homerule #trump #republicans #idiocracy
February 24, 2026 at 4:48 PM
President Joe Biden ultimately vetoed that disapproval, rendering the timing dispute moot. Now, at a time when tension between the city and #congress continues to escalate, the city could be picking a fight depending on whether or how Congress responds.
#law #homerule #trump #republicans #idiocracy
#law #homerule #trump #republicans #idiocracy
Because it is historically rare for #congress to pass a disapproval resolution because typically there isn’t a tyrant as POTUS who controls Congress]— only 5 have succeeded in DC’s half-century history of [#HomeRule — there is no precedent for a situation in which the city legally objects to a […]
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masto.ai
February 24, 2026 at 4:44 PM
Because it is historically rare for #congress to pass a disapproval resolution because typically there isn’t a tyrant as POTUS who controls Congress]— only 5 have succeeded in DC’s half-century history of [#HomeRule — there is no precedent for a situation in which the city legally objects to a […]
But Schwalb seized in part on a provision of the 1973 DC #homerule Act, which created the city’s modern local government, to make a case that #congress acted outside legal boundaries.
Congress has 30 legislative days under the Home Rule Act to review or disapprove #dc #legislation before it […]
Congress has 30 legislative days under the Home Rule Act to review or disapprove #dc #legislation before it […]
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masto.ai
February 24, 2026 at 4:42 PM
But Schwalb seized in part on a provision of the 1973 DC #homerule Act, which created the city’s modern local government, to make a case that #congress acted outside legal boundaries.
Congress has 30 legislative days under the Home Rule Act to review or disapprove #dc #legislation before it […]
Congress has 30 legislative days under the Home Rule Act to review or disapprove #dc #legislation before it […]
#trump officials extend #nationalguard mission in #dc through 2026
The domestic #military mission, which is the subject of an ongoing #court challenge, was due to expire at the end of February.
#law #homerule #possecomitatusact #militarystate #martiallaw #statesponsoredterrorism […]
The domestic #military mission, which is the subject of an ongoing #court challenge, was due to expire at the end of February.
#law #homerule #possecomitatusact #militarystate #martiallaw #statesponsoredterrorism […]
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masto.ai
January 16, 2026 at 11:27 PM
#trump officials extend #nationalguard mission in #dc through 2026
The domestic #military mission, which is the subject of an ongoing #court challenge, was due to expire at the end of February.
#law #homerule #possecomitatusact #militarystate #martiallaw #statesponsoredterrorism […]
The domestic #military mission, which is the subject of an ongoing #court challenge, was due to expire at the end of February.
#law #homerule #possecomitatusact #militarystate #martiallaw #statesponsoredterrorism […]
Took them long enough
#dc #trumpto.ai/tags/Trump" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-link="bsky">finally] Sues #Trump Admin Over Deployment of [#nationalguard
The #city is challenging the #federal government’s authority to send #troops into the city for what Trump has called a “public safety emergency.”
#law #us #military #washingtondc #homerule #militarystate […]
#dc #trumpto.ai/tags/Trump" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-link="bsky">finally] Sues #Trump Admin Over Deployment of [#nationalguard
The #city is challenging the #federal government’s authority to send #troops into the city for what Trump has called a “public safety emergency.”
#law #us #military #washingtondc #homerule #militarystate […]
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masto.ai
September 4, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Took them long enough
#dc #trumpto.ai/tags/Trump" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-link="bsky">finally] Sues #Trump Admin Over Deployment of [#nationalguard
The #city is challenging the #federal government’s authority to send #troops into the city for what Trump has called a “public safety emergency.”
#law #us #military #washingtondc #homerule #militarystate […]
#dc #trumpto.ai/tags/Trump" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-link="bsky">finally] Sues #Trump Admin Over Deployment of [#nationalguard
The #city is challenging the #federal government’s authority to send #troops into the city for what Trump has called a “public safety emergency.”
#law #us #military #washingtondc #homerule #militarystate […]
#house #republicans are weighing a slate of #legislation that would overhaul criminal #justice policies in #dc & further restrict #homerule — including a proposal that would 🚨remove the city’s locally elected attorney general & replace him with a presidential appointee🚨, according to a draft […]
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masto.ai
September 4, 2025 at 1:38 AM
#house #republicans are weighing a slate of #legislation that would overhaul criminal #justice policies in #dc & further restrict #homerule — including a proposal that would 🚨remove the city’s locally elected attorney general & replace him with a presidential appointee🚨, according to a draft […]
#militarystate
#house #republicans seek to permanently overhaul criminal #justice in #dc & further restrict #homerule
The GOP’s 14 proposals would usher in some of the most intense interventions in the city’s justice system since the #federal government took over many of its functions in the […]
#house #republicans seek to permanently overhaul criminal #justice in #dc & further restrict #homerule
The GOP’s 14 proposals would usher in some of the most intense interventions in the city’s justice system since the #federal government took over many of its functions in the […]
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masto.ai
September 4, 2025 at 1:33 AM
#militarystate
#house #republicans seek to permanently overhaul criminal #justice in #dc & further restrict #homerule
The GOP’s 14 proposals would usher in some of the most intense interventions in the city’s justice system since the #federal government took over many of its functions in the […]
#house #republicans seek to permanently overhaul criminal #justice in #dc & further restrict #homerule
The GOP’s 14 proposals would usher in some of the most intense interventions in the city’s justice system since the #federal government took over many of its functions in the […]
The president has more power over the nation’s capital than other #cities, but #dc has elected its own mayor & city council since the #homerule Act was signed.
#trump is the first president to exert control over the city’s #police since it was passed. The #law limits that control to 30 days […]
#trump is the first president to exert control over the city’s #police since it was passed. The #law limits that control to 30 days […]
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masto.ai
August 15, 2025 at 2:49 PM
#dcag Schwalb argues the new order goes beyond #Trump’s authority & implementing it would “sow chaos” in the #mpd. “The administration’s unlawful actions are an affront to the dignity & autonomy of the 700,000 Americans who call #dc home. This is the gravest threat to #homerule that the District […]
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masto.ai
August 15, 2025 at 2:45 PM
#dcag Schwalb argues the new order goes beyond #Trump’s authority & implementing it would “sow chaos” in the #mpd. “The administration’s unlawful actions are an affront to the dignity & autonomy of the 700,000 Americans who call #dc home. This is the gravest threat to #homerule that the District […]
The #homerule Act says that the president may “direct” the mayor to provide him police services for federal purposes & that the mayor “shall provide” them to him. On Monday, #trump sent a letter to the mayor saying he was directing her to “submit to the President, through the Attorney General […]
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masto.ai
August 15, 2025 at 7:48 AM