BURBANK CITY COUNCIL WON'T BAN VIDEOTAPES.Byline: Daily News BURBANK -- Let the tapes roll at City Council meetings. The council backed down late Tuesday from a proposed resolution to ban videotapes from screening during oral communications -- a block of time when the public can address current issues or air grievances. Some council members have been leery of council candidates and backers rolling campaign videos, and asked the city attorney to draft a resolution that would ban them. But that couldn't be done without banning all videotapes, which also have been used in the past by the public to address issues such as zoning or traffic. ``To take that ability away was never really the intent,'' Mayor Todd Todd , Sir Alexander Robertus 1907-1997. British chemist. He won a 1957 Nobel Prize for his study of nucleic acids and nucleotide structures. Campbell said Wednesday. ``The intent was to minimize campaigning on the podium podium In architecture, a pedestal on a large scale. It may be any of various elements that form the base of a structure, such as the platform forming the floor and substructure of a Classical temple, a low wall supporting columns, or the structurally or decoratively , which we've experienced in the past.'' Instead, the council ordered staffers to establish a pledge system asking candidates and their supporters to refrain from airing campaign videos during public comment. ``It's an honor As a verb, to accept a bill of exchange, or to pay a note, check, or accepted bill, at maturity. To pay or to accept and pay, or, where a credit so engages, to purchase or discount a draft complying with the terms of the draft. pledge,'' Campbell said. ``I don't expect it to stop, but it will certainly curtail cur·tail tr.v. cur·tailed, cur·tail·ing, cur·tails To cut short or reduce. See Synonyms at shorten. [Middle English curtailen, to restrict it to a reasonable level.'' eugene.tong tong 1 tr.v. tonged, tong·ing, tongs To seize, hold, or manipulate with tongs. [Back-formation from tongs. (at)dailynews.com (818) 546-3304 |
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