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A Bit More on the Florida Disney Special Government District Repeal Controversy

I blogged about this controversy Friday, and then quoted Prof. Michael Dorf's and an experienced appellate lawyer's take on Monday. Another lawyer, Dilan Esper, had a Twitter thread pointing to Kensington Volunteer Fire Department v. Montgomery County (4th Cir. 2012), which suggests that the legislature's motivation for repealing the special…

Reason

Philly has a backlog of 34,000 abandoned-car complaints — and the city has no solution

PHILADELPHIA — The party was over in Germantown, but one stretch limo never made it home.

The Philadelphia Inquirer

Kensington & Chelsea becomes first borough to relax solar panels rules for historic homes

It’s estimated that 80 per cent of the borough’s carbon emissions come from buildings so it’s hoped this new policy will make an impact

Evening Standard

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Non-doms: 12% of residents in London’s richest parts claimed status in 2018

More than one in 10 paid no tax on offshore income in Kensington and the Cities of London and Westminster

The Guardian - UK

Flat in London's most exclusive postcode on sale for £175k with one room and no toilet

Located just a stone's throw away from the iconic Harrod's department store, the tiny Kensington pad has an auction guide price of just £175,000 - but there's a catch

Daily Mirror

Tiny London flat with bed next to sink available to rent for £1,000 a month

The studio flat is available without bills for £1,083 a month in London's priciest borough - Kensington and Chelsea - but future tenants will have to share a bathroom with a stranger

Daily Mirror

Map of Liverpool set for huge change with 71 new areas and different names

Local Government Boundary Commission proposes huge changes to the map of the city - we have all the details here

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Burglar targets David and Victoria Beckham’s Kensington mansion

David and Victoria Beckham are reviewing security at their £40million west London mansion after it was broken into and “thousands of pounds” worth of items were stolen.

Evening Standard

Roman Abramovich’s ‘right-hand man’ bids to turn crumbling Kensington hotel into luxury flats

Russian billionaire David Davidovich wants to turn a dilapidated budget hotel in Kensington into seven luxury flats

Evening Standard

Maria G’s: Robin Gill announces new ‘neighbourhood Italian’ in Kensington

Gill’s new opening will be a call back to his days cooking in Italy

Evening Standard

New scheme giving cash payments to people struggling with the cost-of-living crisis

A new scheme run by a partnership of charities and advice agencies in Kensington and Chelsea is giving cash payments to local residents struggling with the cost of living crisis.

Evening Standard

Average UK house price £24,000 higher than a year earlier

ONS figures also show Kensington and Chelsea remains the least affordable place to buy a home, with properties typically costing 36.5 times earnings.

The Independent UK

Damaged fence in Kensington is 'immediate danger to public'

Liverpool Council to visit the site next week

Liverpool Echo

Holland Park School: New twist to ‘Socialist Eton’ row as council backs parents opposing United Learning takeover

The council says the prestigious state school should join forces with nearby Kensington Aldridge Academy

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The alfresco revolution goes west with outdoor dining every summer in London

Hundreds of pop-up terraces were erected all over London during the two years of the pandemic

Wales Online

Roman Abramovich's £150m Kensington mansion that sits on land owned by the Crown Estate

The oligarch has reportedly hit financial difficulties after sanctions were imposed

The Independent UK

Protesting about UK dirty money in one of London’s most exclusive streets with a washing machine full of cash

Borough of Kensington and Chelsea is ‘epicentre’ of problem, say anti-corruption advocates

Evening Standard

Eco-warriors deflate SUV tyres in Chelsea, Primrose Hill and Dulwich

Vehicles were targeted in Primrose Hill, Kensington and Chelsea, Dulwich and Notting Hill

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Climate activists deflate SUV tyres in wealthy London neighbourhoods

About 40 residents of Kensington and Chelsea, Dulwich, Primrose Hill and Marylebone wake to find their tyres flat

Evening Standard

Kensington & Chelsea plans further crackdown on mega-mansion conversions

The council has already put a limit on basement excavations

Evening Standard

Are these London’s chicest tree-huggers? Inside Kensington’s eco-wars

Fashion mavens Olivia von Halle and Daisy Hoppen are among a glossy posse of Kensington residents fighting developers felling trees in the leafy west London suburb. Samuel Fishwick reports

The Independent UK

London protesters tell of anger at Putin over Ukraine invasion

Hundreds gathered outside the Russian embassy in Kensington and at Downing Street on Saturday afternoon.

The Independent UK

The Wheatsheaf Inn: 'it’s patronised solely by people who can’t move their top lip', review

'There is something awry about those honking accents...they sound more west Kensington than West country'

Evening Standard

New system to boost London boroughs with low Covid vaccination rates

London boroughs with low vaccination rates hope a new system allowing residents to record jabs received abroad will lift them off the bottom of the Covid league table.

Evening Standard

Kensington nightclub closed after triple stabbing blames pandemic pressure for failings

Jako nightclub says it made mistake of running promoted events to keep the business afloat post-lockdown which attracted a different crowd

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