Gotham Cable News
June 20, 2008
- New ordinance fines stores negligent in keeping track of their shopping carts
- Roving brown-outs expected to end as new power plant comes on-line.
- Police establish new task-force to take on tagging
- Dog license fees rise as licensee numbers fall
- Gotham executives charged with illegal importation of Venezuelan vanilla
- Even as employment tightens, teens find summer jobs on the rise
- Mayor Garcia vows city to start running at a surplus in two years; city has been running at a deficit for the past 12
- Area man attacked by nunchuck-wielding road rager after near-collision on I-7 & Wacker
- Police nab thief suspected in over a dozen robberies of Narrows convenience and package stores
- Abandoned children discovered after oldest boy goes shopping; mother responsible believed to have left the country
- Gotham considering Styrofoam ban at restaurants
- Torture victim survives harrowing 72 hour encounter with masked psychopath
- School funding proposals fall short of expected need; state unlikely to cover the gap.
- Wellington Derby long-shot runner Lucky Date seen galloping through North City Park. Animal control unable to restrain horses before it raced away.
- School-funding measure passes with compromise of 0.25% increase in property tax rates.
- 67% of parents support school uniform measure, according to poll.
- Theater review calls Dingerling Sisters circus "so-so"; animal rights activists applaud cage-free show.
- Teary Tango Creams owner Beth Fishiezle says, "I'm touched by the outpouring of support, but if people actually bought our candies, I would have stayed open."
- Harvey Dent denies rumors that he will seek the mayor's office in next election.
- Testing underway for new transportation Scan Cards. Transportation chief says, "This will make taking mass transit even easier."
- Tainted batch of dry cleaning chemical perchloroethylene discovered at 20 Gotham dry cleaners. Health inspector to look for source.
- Falling window contractor blames mismanagement for window incident. "If Lou took care of his buildings like he took care of his prize roses, this would never have happened."
- Building manager for falling window building: "I raise prize petunias, not roses. That shows you how much [contractor] Willie Foils knows. He's nothing but a lying louse."
- Food recall: Packages of Gotham Goodness brand beef patties tagged A.17.c recalled.
- "Severe problems" on many Gotham bridges, says Corps. of Engineers at morning press conference. "We are talking to city authorities about how best to rectify the issues."
- More than one Batman? Multiple Batman sightings reported at same time around city.
- City council passes ordinance barring basketball from driveways and residential streets after 8pm Sun. through Thurs.
- Moscow Ballet garners rave reviews. "An ecstatic experience," says famed Gotham dancer Dionne Donovan Doxley.
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