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City Reminder: Late fee forgiveness on tickets ends September 3

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Residents have until September 3—less than two weeks—to pay certain city fees without penalties or additional fees.
The Amnesty Late Fee Forgiveness Program is a three-month program by Mayor Cantrell and the Department of Finance meant to help clear past-due accounts for residents with parking and camera tickets, sales and hotel/motel taxes, code enforcement violations, and library fees.

crime

Rapper pleads guilty to manslaughter in shooting death of his cousin in Central City bar

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Michael J. Young, a 42-year-old aspiring rapper who performed as Mike Dough on the local Kowboii Records label, pleaded guilty Tuesday to fatally shooting his cousin in the head three years ago, District Attorney Leon Cannizzaro’s office announced.

Young averted a scheduled murder trial by pleading guilty to an amended charge of manslaughter in connection to the death of Greg Young, 42, on Jan. 31, 2016.

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City restriping crosswalks on Magazine Street

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The city’s Department of Public Works contractor Pavement Markings is adding crosswalks and striping this week in the 3200 and 3300 blocks of Magazine Street.

This work will include new traffic calming measures to allow safer crossing of Magazine Street for pedestrians. Residents and commuters are reminded to use caution when driving, bicycling and walking near construction sites.

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Danae Columbus: Mayor, council should forgo new taxes until 2020

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The math is simple: Higher assessments plus higher millage rates equal higher property taxes. In neighborhood after neighborhood, residents are meeting to learn the ins and outs of filing property tax appeals by the Aug. 22 deadline.

“This is obviously a white-hot issue,” said District A Councilman Joe Giarrusso to the more than 400 lake area residents who gathered at St. Dominic’s School on Tuesday night. “I’ve never seen so many people at a Lakeview Civic Association meeting.”