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BAR HARBOR, Maine — The idea didn’t get far two years ago — or in its previous incarnations — but the concept of allowing municipalities to adopt local-option taxes is going back to the Legislature again. Rep. Elsie Flemings of Bar Harbor is working on a bill that would let Maine towns and cities impose an additional sales tax within their borders. Flemings said last week that the proposed bill is in draft form and has not yet been assigned a formal bill number for the Legislature to consider.

FW: Council of General Synod Approves Wording of General Synod 'local option' Same-sex Blessing ProposalFYI.  See 1a, and then, on The Passion, see 2d, 2h, and the link in 2k. Subject: Council of General Synod Approves Wording of General Synod 'local option' Same-sex Blessing Proposal1a) http://london2003.anglican.tk/- CAT OUT OF CANADIAN BAG-- "General Synod will decide on same-sex blessings." Look for a large article from CaNN about this tomorrow ...http://anglicanjournal.com/extra/news.html?newsItem=2004-03-06_sds.news  General Synod will decide on same-sex blessings Church's national council sends resolution to triennial meeting SOLANGE DE SANTIS AND MARITES N. SISON STAFF WRITERS, ANGLICAN JOURNAL Mississauga, Ont., March 7, 2004...

<p>MURRAY, Ky. — Restaurant owner Skip Chambers remembers when socializing usually meant dinner at a friend's house.</p> <p>But that has changed, he said. Three years ago Murray passed an ordinance allowing alcohol sales by the glass at restaurants. "It's time for us to catch up to the rest of the world," said Chambers, owner of the Big Apple Café.</p>