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Electric Vehicle Expo

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Submitted by Alachua County in September 2022.

Event Date: 
11/19/2022 - 10:00am to 11/20/2022 - 4:00pm
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Gainesville's Downtown Festival & Art Show

On November 19th and 20th at Gainesville's Downtown Festival & Art Show, the League of Women Voters of Alachua County will have a community booth and EV demo where you can learn all about electric vehicles - what it takes to own, charge and maintain one.

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Electric Vehicle Demonstration Event

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Submitted by Alachua County in September 2022.

Event Date: 
11/19/2022 - 10:00am to 4:00pm
Event location: 

Parking Lot West of GRU Administration

The League of Women Voters of Alachua County, the Southern Alliance for Clean Energy and National Drive Electric Week invite you to join us for an electric vehicle demonstration (showroom only, no driving) event on Saturday, November 19th!

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Local Issues Committee Meeting

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Submitted by Alachua County in September 2022.

Event Date: 
10/20/2022 - 5:30pm

Join the Local Issues Committee on the third Thursday of each month for discussions and action planning around issues most important to Alachua County residents.

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Gainesville Sun Guest Column: See, touch, learn about electric vehicles at Nov. 19 event at GRU Administration Building

Attendees surround the Rivian R1T owned by a local resident.

Submitted by Alachua County in September 2022.

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The League of Women Voters of Alachua County, the Southern Alliance for Clean Energy and National Drive Electric Week invite you to join us for an electric vehicle demonstration (showroom only, no driving) event on Saturday, Nov. 19! We will have private and fleet vehicles on display at the public parking lot located immediately west of the GRU Administration Building and immediately north of the Rosa Parks Transfer Station (southwest corner of Southeast Fourth Avenue and Southeast Fourth Street).

Photo credit: MACOG
Attendees at Goshen First Fridays surround the Rivian R1T owned by a local resident (published in www.drivelectricweek.org)

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Serious Juvenile Violence: Recommendations for Policy and Practice

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Submitted by Alachua County in March 2022.

Event Date: 
05/10/2022 - 6:00pm

Due to technical difficulties, the April Hot Topic presentation was rescheduled to May 10 at 6:00 PM. If you were unable to attend in April, you now have another opportunity to join Dr.

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Policing

In 2023, the Policing Committee of the LWVSTL updated our Vision and Mission Statements, which now read as follows:

VISION STATEMENT: The LWVSTL Policing Committee envisions a St. Louis region in which:

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Local Positions 2023-2025

Submitted by Metro St. Louis in August 2021.

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Last hours to respond to Census

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Submitted by Rhode Island in October 2020.

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Census Bureau Statement on 2020 Census Data Collection Ending
OCTOBER 13, 2020
RELEASE NUMBER CB20-CN.119

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Education Funding

LWVRI Position on Funding Public Education in Rhode Island

Adopted at Convention 2001

The League of Women Voters of Rhode Island believes that any method of financing public education should provide equality of opportunity for education through a system of taxation that is sufficient, equitable, flexible and coordinated among the different levels of government.

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Old Library Funding News

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Submitted by Rhode Island in June 2020.

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August 2019

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