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Please Sign Petition For Zoning Study To Begin
SIGN PETITION NOW
In the past few weeks and months the forces of hate and ignorance have gained strength to conspire against a sane, methodical and collaborative reexamination of our neighborhood's zoning and plans for future development. While other neighborhoods like Crown Heights West have unanimously supported efforts to rezone and rethink, we've become mired in misinformation and a spiteful campaign to paint a Planning Study as not in our best interests.
I've gone to lengths to describe that these attacks are the misguided efforts of a few - people whose biggest agenda is to keep Empire Boulevard from being developed for residential. We have learned from the City that is possible to rezone Empire Boulevard from C8-2 to mixed use residential and to put caps on height. We've also learned that the City would like to force any such development to create an inviting streetscape with ground floor commercial. Imagine, instead of fast food and storage facilities, shopping, affordable housing, a grand boulevard? It's in the cards, if we play those cards right.
CB9 is completely at a loss as how to contain MTOPP and its campaign of fear and intimidation. It was suggested that a petition might give City Planning the much needed counterbalance, and so here I am, asking that you sign on to the following. I hope you will! And remember, this is the beginning of a process. Your voice will be instrumental throughout to ensure everyone's viewpoint, and the considerations of your particular part of the neighborhood, are heard.
SIGN HERE
We, the undersigned, implore Community Board 9 and the NYC Department of City Planning to immediately begin a Planning Study of Community District 9, specifically the western portion of CB9's boundaries. The current zoning map dates to 1961. While other parts of NYC have been contextually zoned and updated to reflect a modern reality, we continue to live with decisions that were made for our neighborhood more than 50 years ago.
During the course of discussions between community and City, we have certain expectations and requests:
A) That all efforts be made to maximize the requirements of developers to build permanent affordable housing
B) That all efforts are made to keep new buildings within specific height limits and ensure contextual and aesthetically pleasing blocks
C) That plans be made to make best use of commercial corridors like Nostrand Avenue, Rogers Avenue, Bedford Avenue and Flatbush Avenue, and to consider the effects of allowing mixed-use construction on underutilized corridors like Empire Boulevard. Any changes, however, must conform to points A) and B) above, and reflect the needs of diverse community.
We recognize that the City has placed ambitious goals to address the affordable housing crisis. We share the goal of creating housing for a wide range of incomes. But we ask that our current high density be considered, and that growth be modest and fair. We are an extraordinarily diverse community that wishes to remain that way. As the City grows, we expect we will grow too. But we believe such growth should be smart, contextual, and take into account needs for schools, public transportation, roads, parking and other infrastructure.
We would prefer to undergo this process collaboratively, rather than have outside forces develop our neighborhood FOR us. We've seen the future - in certain buildings, like 626 Flatbush and another 23-story tower on Nostrand to our south, plus dozens of new "as of right" projects throughout Central Brooklyn. We'd like to temper the urge of developers to build without an understanding of the consequences to our historic and tight-knit community.
We look forward to working with you.
The current zoning map of the area, created in 1961, is below.
Kimplicated said...
Thanks for making this!
Tim -- with all due respect, we cannot sign this. While we agree in principal, we think you are missing a subtle but crucial point: if you allow City Planning to drive the process, they will pave us over and turn our neighborhood into another luxurified Williamsburg, Greenpoint, Downtown Brooklyn, etc. The City Planning process doesn't work -- you can offer all the input you want, but they won't listen. They have a plan (influenced by developers), and they are determined to implement it.
We are not against development, per se; we are for smart, contextual growth,
Wouldn't it be better to walk away from City Planning to maintain some influence on the process, and insist on a COMMUNITY-led contextualized rezoning?
You seem to be a thoughtful person, concerned about the neighborhood. Please consider this carefully.
Clarkson FlatBed said...
In a perfect world...yes, that would be nice.
That's not the offer on the table, nor is it the process. I understand your position, and I hope, if we get to the study, you'll be there to make sure we get the best possible deal.
I would also like to think, idealistically, that there is "one community" that could speak to these issues. That could "lead" in these matters. I've learned a lot, and one of the big lessons is that there are many competing constituencies, and a lot of frayed nerves. And a serious dearth of strong leaders. There are many voices, too many to count. But in my heart I don't believe it's us against them, David against Goliath. This is OUR government. We put them there...in particular this Borough President and this Mayor, were given the gig by neighborhoods such as ours, a very diverse coalition as a matter of fact. Laurie Cumbo. Jesse Hamilton. That guy who's name is the home of the University of Oregon. To constantly fight the power like it's someone else, rather than teach AND learn - that's not the real battle. I believe the real battle is within ourselves, and among ourselves, and it will last way longer than a rezoning. It's about respect for each other, for the past, and an understanding of how we got here.
I'm glad you wrote what you wrote and that you refuse to put your name to things you don't believe. And I love that you did so, and said so respectfully. Now if we could only get a certain Sterling Street resident to do the same!
Oh, and the petition isn't legally binding. But City Planning is watching, and I hope we can provide some balance to what has been a very one-sided conversation.
ASP - think again. Here is what everyone needs to realize.
The development is here. More is coming, whether DCP does a study or not. What we can get out of the study is appropriate height limitations and equal distribution of the risk of new construction adjacent to thoroughfares.
It's deeply frustrating to me to see this issue get muddled with other concerns. Our area could be Greenpoint-ified without DCP involvement, along with all of the negative side effects. What we need are parameters, DCP is the only way to get them.
ASP and Tim - I want this conversation to just focus on the few relevant facts. Tim, I heart you but you too have gone off track. This is where everyone's focus needs to be in response to this question:
"Wouldn't it be better to walk away from City Planning to maintain some influence on the process, and insist on a COMMUNITY-led contextualized rezoning?"
No. DCP is the only road to zoning changes. It's the official process and we cannot change that.
To paraphrase for anyone on the fence: This is not a question of whether we allow development or not. Development is happening whether we like it or not, and DCP involvement is the only way for us to achieve reasonable and equitable parameters and for the scale and height of new buildings. A DCP study will not destroy the character of our neighborhood, but unmitigated development will (or at least can).
Alex: I don't agree with ASP624/Anon. I just respect the opinion as opposed. I'm trying to be gracious - it's this new thing I'm giving a whirl.
I don't believe for a minute that the community can lead anything, not a Planning Study, not a Parcheesi Tournament. (I'd win.) But we can collaborate, and that's what we're being allowed to do by initiating the application. ANYone can ask for a study and application. That we did, and Planning said "yes," means we get to help shape it. That's why I'm for it.
I don't I'LL get everything I want, but maybe we'll ALL get enough that it's better than the hot mess we're stuck with now.
Ceelledee said...
I think all 3 of you are right-- in part.
1. If I understand asp624 correctly, she is referring to a "community-led" rezoning process by way of creating a 197a community-based development plan pursuant to the rules and procedures of the NYC Charter.
2. I believe Tim is rejecting the 197a process as an immediate strategy, citing an essential need for clear, strong community leadership and a well-developed history and practice of respectful collaboration between all community constituencies in order for the 197a planning process to work.
3. Finally, and if I may, I believe Alex is saying that both Tim and asp are getting lost in the weeds of their arguments because, at the end of the day, it is always the DCP that ultimately drives and/or decides any community rezoning process in NYC.
If my summary is correct, I'm willing to adopt the "truths" of all 3 positions but have signed the petition Tim has posted without reservation. In doing so, I agree that, in an ideal world, we should be addressing community improvement and development by way of a comprehensive 197a plan. However, the 197a process is extremely lengthy -- much more so than the substantially simpler (yet still complex) process of rezoning only a portion of the district. Moreover, a 197a plan not only requires a practical level of community cohesion to bring it to fruition but also, as Alex notes, it ultimately requires the approval and sign off the DCP and various electeds for execution. As such, it is not a pure "community-based" plan and it most certainly is not a magic bullet for our current zoning conundrum. Nothing is. Yet, as we dicker and further divide among ouselves over whether to adopt one strategy or another, our community is being bought and sold out from under our noses by outrageously irresponsihle developers and criminally abusive landlord cartels. The time for realistic decision-making is of the essence.
Given all the above, I believe our best strategy is to go forward now with a DCP-directed rezoning study that has consistent and informed community input. Further, as members of the community who are committed to the collective best and not individual agendas, we commit ourselves to simultaneously work on developing respectful community dialogue,the airing of principled differences and the development of the kind of community cohesion which will ultimately enable us to one day take up the much more complicated and comprehensive work of a 197a
"community-led" development process.
For those who want to know more about the 197a planning process, you can check it out at this link: http://www.nyc.gov/html/dcp/html/community_planning/197a.shtml
Agreed. But my tolerance for people conflating a DCP study with other issues, though, is something I've grown less and less tolerant of over time!
Well, I'm guessing that ASP is the person behind the asinine alternate petition requesting a "community led" study instead of a DCP study.
I hope that at this point CB9 is educated enough to ignore this idea. I also hope that the supporters come to the conclusion that they can do their own research in parallel with a DCP study with the aim of influencing the proposal that finally makes its way to City Council.
I can tell a Harvard grad a mile off! :)
Her things about Williamsburg, Greenpoint and Downtown Brooklyn are typical scare tactics. Remember, those areas were already experiencing massive gentrification before rezoning. In a nutshell, Wburg and Greenpoint were about opening the riverfront to residential. It hardly "LED" to gentrification. There were also tons of blocks that were downzoned, and there's been a tempering affect on most blocks.
D'town Brooklyn is a story I know thoroughly, as I work in a building that was part of the process. It was ugly at times, but the whole point was to create NYC's third business hub. When you do that, you remake a part of town. The question is whether you agree with that goal or not.
But it could not be more different that what we're experiencing. Ours is closer to recent rezonings in places like Ozone Park.
diak said...
Talk about your one step forward (Mr CF's petition) and five steps back (this counter-petition).
My head hurts...
cheryl on parkside ave said...
Diak....so true.. Not just a headache, but a migraine for me!!!!
Ceelleede, great to see your back up. Thanks for your explanation of the 197a process and is also doing my own research.
These are the kind of comments that I've really missed seeing in the last year or so--people respectfully disagreeing with each other without demonizing anyone. When it's at its best, this blog is a wonderful convening place for passionate, respectful conversations. When it turns into a shouting match, it's much sadder.
So I'm delighted to see that it's regaining its balance and not being polarized by the presence of polarizing forces that pervade this debate.
A pox on both your houses. While I have serious reservations about MTOP, I am skeptical about this position. Just talk to the odious realtor types, they all support the rezoning.
PLG is fast becoming a place for really rich people, and the rest of us. That whole thing about this being "our government," since "we put them there" misses the point. We live in a post-Citizens United world. Government only works in the interests of regular people when it has absolutely no other choice.
--RC
By the "our government" I meant to distance my petition from MTOPP. If it came across as overly-optimistic about the current administration, that was an error on my part.
You're someone for whom doing nothing is probably the best option. So be it.
But let me put this thought in your head. Who designed the current zoning that's been in place since 1961? Back then, an eight person group of men called The Board of Estimate made ALL the decisions. No Community Boards. No community input.
We're actually luck as hell to have a say in the process. Because if we DIDN'T, I assure you that Empire Blvd would be a done deal. And it wouldn't be 10-12 stories either.
Oh, and the "anonymous" is probably NOT Suki but rather Alan Berger, who owns a house on Lincoln Road. He's started a rival petition, which includes a fanciful idea for a rezoning that's community led. Essentially the community would have to pay tens of thousands of dollars to do a study which, if MTOPP's position is an indication of what they'd be after, would be rejected immediately. Sounds nice, but it's pure fantasy.
Alan - you gotta sign your name to these things!
Why post a request to sign the petition to the Flatbush Family Network. This is a PLG issue. We should be handling it here and not In East Flatbush.
IKB said...
Tim, From whom have you gotten assurances that the 70' height restrictions you are requesting will apply to all of proposed study area, including the main throughfares? How can we be assured that once the process is in motion the pressure to create greater density residential areas will not alter our community's strong call for "context" in zoning? Will Washington Avenure, currently an R8A, be downzoned? Will R2 and R5 areas be upzoned? How are we to feel confident that City Planning will honor our request?
CB14 is the "heart" of Flatbush. Ditmas Park, PPS, parts of Midwood etc. They have similar issues, but if this is to be "community led" as Alan describes it, I can hardly see adding those neighborhoods to the petitions going around.
If we supposedly are going to have to deal with 43,000 more people (an absurd statistic that's making the rounds - as if a lot of those wouldn't be coming ANYway) particularly on Empire (again, not the only place), it's really a stretch to call center Flatbush "the community."
I'm sad about it because it's indicative of the cutthroat attitude. I started a petition as a "soft" way to get the other side's voice out there. It's not an attack on MTOPP's position; And Alan's petition is pure fantasy anyway - it can't be accomplished. We've been told as much.
I'm quite certain now I'm going to walk into a room and have Alan and Suki waiving their petitions around as proof of support for their "cause."
IKB: First of all, because I've been in constant contact with Planning, on and off the record, for months. Second, I've followed other rezonings, which I'm beginning to think no one else has read. They seem to think that gentrification happened after these rezonings, like the Greenpoint/Williamsburg waterfront. Nope. They were the result of people killing themselves and their bank accounts to live there (gentrification) and the City wanting to reclaim the waterfront. Dozens of blocks were DOWNZONED. Everyone, please do your homework! These were tradeoffs, not blowoffs. The CB voted for it! And despite what some might think, the CB is made up of your neighbors. Smart, decent people, who are reflective of the people who live here. They will decide what's in the best interest of the neighborhood, because they give a shit.
Second R8A WAS rezoned...in the 90s. It won't be touched. It was an effort by the Botanic Garden to protect views from the garden, especially from all the warehouse spaces over there and fear from what happened with Tivoli Towers.
Third. We can get tons of downzoning if we allow new residential and a slight increae in density WITH height limits. I didn't say 70' would apply everywhere. It doesn't even make sense on Empire, where we have the opportunity to build a ton of affordable units and insist on ground floor commercial - a real walkable boulevard. People seem to have swept that off the table with the ridiculous "affordable to whom?" TO THE WORKING POOR, that's who! Look at the income limits for the lotteries in Central Brooklyn (not Barclays). A family of four less than $50,000.
And another thing. Come to the meetings. Be part of the process. It only starts with the request.
And no I don't have anything in writing. It doesn't work that way.
BUT if you do nothing, I lay the blame for the crap we're going to get, poorly planned, with no affordable and curb cuts and god knows what, in the laps of the do nothing crowd.
For god's sake everyone's a City Planner now. Oy vey.
Bob Marvin said...
RE: up-zoning the the R2 portions of our neighborhood [i.e Lefferts Manor], that wouldn't really work because:
1. The entire area is part of the PLG historic district, so buildings can't easily be significantly altered or replaced
2. The entire R2 area is covered by a single family restrictive covenant that pre-dates the zoning by over 60 years
Up-zoning the R2 portion of Crown Heights would be a different matter, since that area isn't in an historic district and up-zoning is desired by a large part of the Chassidic community there, who want to accommodate their large families, but that isn't on the table right now.
And the blocks of Sterling St and Lefferts Ave between Bedford and Nostrand are also part of the PLG Historic District, so I'm not too worried about changes there. I also think the R2 portion of south Crown Heights will take care of itself - recent sales there on Union and President Sts., as well as on New York Avenue, have primarily been to people from outside the community and who would not have interest in upzoning.
Shante Paradigm said...
I'm learning a great deal. Thanks, Tim.
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Combat Kitchenware: a frypan with a sword hilt
The Combat Kitchenware Kickstarter has set out to create sword-handled skillets. At $27 you get a handle you can stick on your own pans, $45 gets you a sword-handled teflon skillet. It's from James Brown, who runs Morlock Enterprises, which makes a wide variety of cool nerdstuff, so I've got a reasonable degree of confidence that backers will get their premiums -- though, of course, making a pan that works for long-term cookery is a pretty specialized endeavor.
All of the parts are carefully manufactured by the fine people of Morlock Enterprises (if you consider subterranean cannibalistic evolutionary offshoots of humanity people). Milled and cast in the USA, by us.
All steps of production will be managed by us in our shop in Herndon, VA. Our machine shop is set and ready to handle a job of this magnitude. We just need the funding to jumpstart production. Everyone here takes great pride in having our geeky hands on all parts of the project directly, from design to production.
One pan is easy. However, enough pans to indulge the epic needs of our fellow culinary warriors takes a bit more. To that end, I am hoping to use this kickstarter to help fund the molding and tooling to make this project a reality, and get this epic culinary craziness into as many hands as possible.
It is my fervent hope that this is but the vanguard of a host of epic culinary implements.
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Valero Energy Corporation Sells Aruba Refinery to Petrobras
American oil giant Valero sells refinery in Aruba to Brazilian semi-government company Petrobras stating that the refinery in Aruba no longer fits in their industrial strategy. Interestingly enough, many tourists have made that same value judgement that Aruba does not fit in their vacation strategy either.
Prime Minister Nelson Oduber said late last year that the government will state conditions to new buyers. "They must guarantee that they won't force any dismissals; that the new owner will invest at least 1.5 milliard dollars in the refinery, so that it also produces white products, like gasoline."
Valero sells refinery in second quarter (Amigoe: 4/2/08)
The refinery of Valero in Aruba does no longer fit in the industrial strategy and will be sold in the second quarter of this year.
ORANJESTAD — Valero Energy Corporation sells the refinery in San Nicolas in the second quarter of this year, confirmed the spokesperson of the biggest American oil-distiller Valero, Bill Day today. It already leaked out earlier that 'a mainline agreement' was signed with the Brazilian semi-government company Petrobras.
Day says that the refinery in Aruba does no longer fit in the industrial plan of Valero. "It's not so that we throw out the foreign establishments. We are also closing an American plant. But with our new strategy, we focus on refineries that are 'big and complex', and plants that are located on water." It is not strange that Valero is selling plant, just now that the oil prices are high. "We mark out our market to become stronger. Besides, selling these refineries will yield us a lot of money."
Valero's top executive Bill Klesse told American journalists right before the weekend: "Aruba's number is up, I believe. We have a buyer and everything fits perfect in our plan." Amigoe learned in December already from very reliable sources that the take-over purchase by Petrobras is a done deal. There was no longer a joint venture – a cooperation agreement – between Valero and Petrobras and the entire refinery is sold. For that matter, the American media reported that the Swiss company Petroplus Holdings AG is also a potential buyer.
What this take-over purchase is going to mean for the employment and the development of the earnings of the employees of the refinery is therefore not clear yet. Neither is known yet whether conditions are going to be attached to the environmental performance of the company, or which products Petrobras is going to refine and for which market.
Prime Minister Nelson Oduber said late last year that the government will state conditions to new buyers. "They must guarantee that they won't force any dismissals; that the new owner will invest at least 1.5 milliard dollars in the refinery, so that it also produces white products, like gasoline." The refinery in San Nicolas only produces diesel at this moment, and because of this, there is no chance to fall back on the production of gasoline when the market for diesel diminishes.
Other refineries that Valero wants to sell are the ones in Krotz Springs (Louisiana), Memphis (Tennessee), and Ardmore (Oklahoma). All these plants according to the company 'have yielded less money than the year before'. A 120-year old refinery in Lima (Ohio) was sold for 1.9 milliard dollars last year.
Posted April 2, 2008 by Scared Monkeys
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Power outage forces Valero to halt production at Aruba refinery
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12 Responses to "Valero Energy Corporation Sells Aruba Refinery to Petrobras"
oldhippychik on April 2nd, 2008 11:11 am
Yes, Aruba's number is up in more than one way.
Karel on April 2nd, 2008 11:59 am
Yeah right. "American oil giant Valero". Sure !
Compared to the the real giant PetroBras, Valero compares like an ant ! Both in profit, revenues and number of employees.
charly on April 2nd, 2008 12:20 pm
it needs to go to south america,cause we are south americans….
valero has no value for aruba; does not pay any taxes….
valero hires only immigrants to work,lower salaries….
contaminate 24/7 siol,water and air…..
farwell bye bye …….
JusticeforNatalee on April 2nd, 2008 1:08 pm
http://arubanboycott.blogspot.com/
Richard on April 2nd, 2008 8:23 pm
"Aruba's number is up, I believe."
Don't we love to see quotes like that!
A month ago or so I wrote to Aruba's PR people suggesting that they contribute to the costs of the Persistence … I think I'll write back, reminding them that whoever owns Valero's refinery on that island … it still is considered Aruba-based, and so is still subject to the impact of the boycott.
just..here on April 2nd, 2008 8:33 pm
Is this fals information!!!???
SM Show me the exact link to that article ..
because I didn't heard NOTHING about it..??
EURobert on April 3rd, 2008 4:55 am
Translation of this article: http://tinyurl.com/3d6at2
'Mother Natalee summons family Van der Sloot'
Thursday, April 3, 2008 08:53
Beth Twitty, the mother of Natalee Holloway, has summoned the whole family of Joran van der Sloot. Peter R. De Vries and Patrick van der Eem are heard under oath about their role before the court.
That reports the Telegraaf. Joran and his parents have to appear before the court and will be heard under oath about their role in the disappearance of Holloway.
The summons are part of a series of injunctions, in which the struggle of Twitty now officially has begun. She demands a substantial damage from Joran, a compensation for the "shockdamage" that Joran has given her.
Her lawyers, Bram Moszkovwicz and Roger Schmidt, have summoned all the involved, including Peter R. De Vries and Patrick van der Eem. With the questioning under oath Twitty wants to gather evidence needed for the conduct of civil proceedings against Van der Sloot.
Psychiatrist ?Joran van der Sloot has put himself under treatment at a psychiatric institution, according to the newspaper. Doings so he would like to escape his questioning.
Read all about the mysterious disappearance of Natalee Holloway and the confessions of Joran van der Sloot in the dossier
By Maartje Willems
According to this funny article (note the Adam's Family Picture) Joran is at this mental institution:
- http://tinyurl.com/2j6r8y
- http://www.altrecht.nl/
Richard on April 3rd, 2008 2:07 pm
EURobert, good to hear from you again. On the latest thread, on top of this, I was just wondering where you have been.
The news about the sale of the Valero refinery in Aruba apparently is genuine; according to an industry alert out this morning, the sale will be completed in the second quarter (i.e., by June).
The man on May 2nd, 2008 1:15 pm
Valero has been absolutely awful for Aruba. All the previous oil companies that were there like Exxon, Coastal and El Paso invested in their workers and the community. But Valero measured every single dollar.
Personally I have begged Valero many times to give me a scholarship and instead they gave scholarship to rich kids that were not even from Aruba. While we Arubian students here studying in the US with plans to return to Aruba struggle to pay tuition and fees.
We are very happy to see Petrobas come in and fill the huge gap left by Valero.
Francisco on September 9th, 2009 1:06 am
I would like to see and know the definite decision. Is Valero Refinery for sale and which giant is buying over these complexes? And when?
negro on September 17th, 2009 10:49 am
I would like to see, that Valero stay away from politic of Aruba


Action Pest Management Is 30 Years Strong / iBerkshires.com - The Berkshires online guide to events, news and Berkshire County community information.
Action Pest Management owners Shanah Miner and Caleb Miner are carrying on their father's business with general manager Dereck Darling.
READSBORO, VT. — After 30 years of busting bugs and wrangling critters, Action Pest Management continues to protect homes throughout Berkshire County and Southern Vermont from uninvited guests.
Siblings Shanah and Caleb Miner are part of a family business. But instead of running a cash register at the family store, they are exterminating termites and chasing bats out of steeples.
Caleb said his father, William Miner, was a bit of an entrepreneur and in the mid-1980s, after visiting a friend in Boston in the pest control business, he started his own practice back home.
"I remember when I was younger, dad's package came to the door with all of his new equipment he needed to start up," he said. "Our dad had to support three kids at home so there was a drive there."
General Manager, master technician and bat exclusion expert Dereck Darling said he has been with Action Pest for 26 years and that it wasn't always easy in the beginning.
"I can recall Bill Miner would work day and night. He would pick me up at 6 in the morning and we worked all day long," Darling said. "We worked like 19 hours straight and we did that more than once. Still when someone calls in the middle of the night and they need us to come, we answer."
Caleb Miner said this kind of support and dedication to helping the customer was always important to his father.
"When we get those late calls, we can literally hear dad say 'you can't leave them like that you have to take care of that,' " he said.
Even though William Miner passed in 2015, the family still runs the business as he would have wanted.
Shanah Miner said they have serviced homes and businesses throughout Berkshire County and Vermont and many of these businesses have relied on Action since the beginning.
"Our customers really like us and we have had customer that have been here since the beginning," she said. "These businesses support our families and we want to support them."
Darling said Action Pest Management can be much more flexible than some of the larger companies and attributed this to the business's success. He said while the larger pest control companies will not alter their methods, Action customizes their procedures to meet the individual case and homeowner's needs.
Caleb, who oversees commercial extermination, said much of the time a problem can be eliminated by just finding the source.
"Dark-eyed fruit flies are the No. 1 problem in restaurants right now," Caleb said. "What I have to do nine out of ten times is SOS, 'search out the source.' I find where their breeding source is which could be a small spot of curdled milk underneath something that is creating 500 fruit flies."
Darling said a lot of the time if they can isolate the source they do not have to use chemicals.
"Reducing the amount of chemicals is a big part of our responsibility and job ... most companies want to spray everything, which kills a lot of good things," he said. "If we can eliminate a pest problem without using any chemicals we will and if we do, we apply it only as needed."
Darling said Action employs environmentally friendly baits that get rid of pests. He said the business also sells "Tick Tubes" that are filled with cotton that have an environmentally safe tick-killing agent on them. Mice make nests with the cotton and ticks are killed at the source.
Shanah said another important aspect of the job is educating people.
"A lot of the time people create the own problems and it is an important part of our job is to educate the customer," she said. "I get calls and sometimes people try to do it on their own and it can make it worse. That's why we say call a professional."
Darling agreed and said the biggest culprit is often bird feeders.
"It attracts everything and there is no sign that the animals can read that says bird seed," he said. "It attracts mice, rats, raccoons and skunks. I see so many people creating their own problems."
Shanah said the business has always been family oriented and has relied on a core group of employees to meet the pest control needs of the region.
"We have really good group of core guys," she said. "Our company is built on having a strong team and that is what has helped us."
Shanah said an important part of the business is the ability to be able to adapt to changing regulations, technology and customer needs.
Darling said the equipment has become far more sophisticated and the science behind many of their removal methods is quite advanced.
Darling said even the pests have changed.
"Because of climate change, there are several new insects that weren't here when I started," he said. "When I was a kid I would play hide and seek and cover myself with leaves. I wouldn't even consider that now with the tick population. People say they live up in the mountains and don't have ticks and I tell them enjoy it while it lasts because they are coming."
He added that the rats seem to be getting smarter and bolder.
"The rats are smart to begin with and they are becoming more common and domesticated," he said. "You can find them everywhere even in the nicer neighborhoods it doesn't matter how clean you are."
He added that bed bugs seem to be more prevalent now with more people traveling.
"I went into an apartment and the gentleman was complaining about being bitten by spiders and I pulled back his bedding and I jumped back because there were thousands of bed bugs," Darling said. "This gentleman slept in this bed the night before ... I get itchy just thinking about it."
Action Pest Management will run special deals for its 30th anniversary and looks forward to 30 more years.
Caleb hinted that a new generation may be interested in the business.
"It's funny because [Shanah's] daughter works in the office and my son is out trapping," Caleb said. "He is all about catching squirrels so there is a good chance there will be another generation."
Action Pest Management is based in Readsboro and can be reached at 800-529-8309 or online.


This year's SBC Annual Meeting will be held in Birmingham Alabama, June 11th - 12th. President JD Greear will oversee daily business. This year's theme is "Gospel Above All", something that many of us fully affirm.
As a SBC-only network, we encourage all of our pastors and laymen, to attend this event if available. All of our board members and staff will be in attendance and this is a great time to get together with other Pillar partners!
NOTE: We've heard that hotel accommodations will be limited, so please secure your rooms early if planning to attend.
Our Pillar Golf Tournament is an annual event we host to benefit our churches plants & revitalizations. Sponsors and corporate partners partake in a full-day event of golf, door prizes, lunch, and a brief presentation about the network.
Check back here later this spring for signup access and further information.
Pastors in the Appalachian area of North Carolina are invited to attend a Pillar Interest Luncheon at the Three Rivers Baptist Association building on March 25th. We'll get started around 11AM, enjoying a catered meal, with a presentation from Nate Akin & Zach Nelson, finishing up by 1pm.
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Zach Nelson & Nate Akin are hosting a special Pillar dinner during the 9Marks at Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary Conference, on February 12 in Kansas City, MO. This dinner will be held in room LR-35 on the lower level of the chapel building, starting about 5:30PM and finishing up by 6:45PM. We'd love to have you come out!
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Zach Nelson & Nate Akin are hosting a special Pillar dinner at The News Room during the annual Bethlehem Conference on January 28th in Minneapolis, MN. If you and any guests would be interested in attending, please RSVP for the dinner below.
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The Unite Conference is the Pillar Network's flagship, annual event. This conference gives opportunity for planters/revitalizers/pastors from all over the country to gather in Raleigh, NC for 2.5 days of fellowship, biblical exposition, networking, refreshment, and insight.
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For this year's conference, we have several different price points, including a new Early Bird price, which expires 10/3/18. Visit our registration page at Eventbrite to view various prices & options. Don't forget to pre-register for the Pillar Banquet separately to ensure your place at the table for our annual celebration.
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Some church members in Raleigh are willing to open up their homes to pastors from across the nation. If you're interested in such lodgings, please contact Kaycee Lookingbill (email below).
For our Raleigh church members, if you're interested in opening your home to some of our pastors from across the nation, please reach out to Kaycee Lookingbill, our Events Planner.
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Every year, Pillar members, donors, volunteers, and golf enthusiasts gather to play golf to benefit our network. This year, we're going to a new venue, Hasentree Golf Club, in North Raleigh. This venue boasts a high quality course, in a more convenient locale for the majority of our players. This event includes 18 holes along with special activities, door prizes, and a celebratory lunch at the close.
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For the first time ever, Pillar is sponsoring the annual Baptist 21 luncheon at the SBC 2018, in Dallas, TX.
Please be sure to sign up to show your solidarity with Pillar and Baptist 21, who seeks to engage younger leaders, as we all try to forge churches that are biblical, gospel-centered, and Christ exalting!
In order to the make the most of a good opportunity, we would like to interview AS MANY PILLAR CHURCH PASTORS/STAFF MEMBERS AS POSSIBLE, while in Dallas at the SBC '18. Please consider giving up about just 15 minutes of your time while in the Big D so that we can share with the world, what God is doing through your church.
Any pastor who agrees to be interviewed with us in Dallas will receive the latest commentary in the Christ Centered Exposition series, Exalting Jesus In Luke, by Thabiti Anyabwile, as a small token for your service to our network.
To help with this process, we have reserved a room at the AC Hotel Marriott within walking distance of the convention center. On Monday, June 11th, from 8:00AM until 9:30pm, our communications team will be ready to record you whenever you have time available. We've setup an online form that allows you to reserve a time-slot. Sign-up times will be in your current time zone, but we'll plan to run on Central Time in Dallas, meaning if you sign up for a 9:15am time slot, it'll actually be 8:15am in Dallas.
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On Wednesday, May 23rd, we are hosting a luncheon near Washington, DC for SBC churches/pastors who are interested in learning more about our network. This event will take place at Hamilton Baptist Church, located at 16 East Colonial Highway Hamilton, VA 20158, northwest of the City. The lunch is set to begin sharply at 12pm, EST. Our Executive Director, Zach Nelson, will be on hand to get to know you and answer questions if you're considering Pillar. To secure your spot, please RSVP at the below link.
Are you planning to attend the Together for the Gospel conference this April in Louisville, KY? Be sure to attend our Pillar Dinner the evening of April 12, 2018. If you have friends who are interested in learning more about Pillar, this is a great event to attend, as well as a fun evening where our partners from around the nation can gather together in fellowship.


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#pragma once

#include <openssl/ssl.h>

#include "ProxyConfig.h"

struct SSLConfigParams;
struct SSLContextStorage;

/** Special things to do instead of use a context.
    In general an option will be associated with a @c nullptr context because
    the context is not used.
*/
enum class SSLCertContextOption {
  OPT_NONE,  ///< Nothing special. Implies valid context.
  OPT_TUNNEL ///< Just tunnel, don't terminate.
};

/**
   @brief Gather user provided settings from ssl_multicert.config in to this single struct
 */
struct SSLMultiCertConfigParams {
  SSLMultiCertConfigParams() : opt(SSLCertContextOption::OPT_NONE)
  {
    REC_ReadConfigInt32(session_ticket_enabled, "proxy.config.ssl.server.session_ticket.enable");
    REC_ReadConfigInt32(session_ticket_number, "proxy.config.ssl.server.session_ticket.number");
  }

  int session_ticket_enabled;   ///< session ticket enabled
  int session_ticket_number;    ///< amount of session tickets to issue for new TLSv1.3 connections
  ats_scoped_str addr;          ///< IPv[64] address to match
  ats_scoped_str cert;          ///< certificate
  ats_scoped_str first_cert;    ///< the first certificate name when multiple cert files are in 'ssl_cert_name'
  ats_scoped_str ca;            ///< CA public certificate
  ats_scoped_str key;           ///< Private key
  ats_scoped_str ocsp_response; ///< prefetched OCSP response
  ats_scoped_str dialog;        ///< Private key dialog
  ats_scoped_str servername;    ///< Destination server
  SSLCertContextOption opt;     ///< SSLCertContext special handling option
};

struct ssl_ticket_key_t {
  unsigned char key_name[16];
  unsigned char hmac_secret[16];
  unsigned char aes_key[16];
};

struct ssl_ticket_key_block {
  unsigned num_keys;
  ssl_ticket_key_t keys[];
};

using shared_SSLMultiCertConfigParams = std::shared_ptr<SSLMultiCertConfigParams>;
using shared_SSL_CTX                  = std::shared_ptr<SSL_CTX>;
using shared_ssl_ticket_key_block     = std::shared_ptr<ssl_ticket_key_block>;

/** A certificate context.

    This holds data about a certificate and how it is used by the SSL logic. Current this is mainly
    the openSSL certificate and an optional action, which in turn is limited to just tunneling.

    Instances are passed around and returned when matching connections to certificates.

    Instances of this class are stored on a list and then referenced via index in that list so that
    there is exactly one place we can find all the @c SSL_CTX instances exactly once.

*/
struct SSLCertContext {
private:
  mutable std::mutex ctx_mutex;
  shared_SSL_CTX ctx;

public:
  SSLCertContext() : ctx_mutex(), ctx(nullptr), opt(SSLCertContextOption::OPT_NONE), userconfig(nullptr), keyblock(nullptr) {}
  explicit SSLCertContext(SSL_CTX *c)
    : ctx_mutex(), ctx(c, SSL_CTX_free), opt(SSLCertContextOption::OPT_NONE), userconfig(nullptr), keyblock(nullptr)
  {
  }
  SSLCertContext(shared_SSL_CTX sc, shared_SSLMultiCertConfigParams u)
    : ctx_mutex(), ctx(sc), opt(u->opt), userconfig(u), keyblock(nullptr)
  {
  }
  SSLCertContext(shared_SSL_CTX sc, shared_SSLMultiCertConfigParams u, shared_ssl_ticket_key_block kb)
    : ctx_mutex(), ctx(sc), opt(u->opt), userconfig(u), keyblock(kb)
  {
  }
  SSLCertContext(SSLCertContext const &other);
  SSLCertContext &operator=(SSLCertContext const &other);
  ~SSLCertContext() {}

  /// Threadsafe Functions to get and set shared SSL_CTX pointer
  shared_SSL_CTX getCtx();
  void setCtx(shared_SSL_CTX sc);
  void release();

  SSLCertContextOption opt                   = SSLCertContextOption::OPT_NONE; ///< Special handling option.
  shared_SSLMultiCertConfigParams userconfig = nullptr;                        ///< User provided settings
  shared_ssl_ticket_key_block keyblock       = nullptr;                        ///< session keys associated with this address
};

struct SSLCertLookup : public ConfigInfo {
  SSLContextStorage *ssl_storage;
  shared_SSL_CTX ssl_default;
  bool is_valid = true;

  int insert(const char *name, SSLCertContext const &cc);
  int insert(const IpEndpoint &address, SSLCertContext const &cc);

  /** Find certificate context by IP address.
      The IP addresses are taken from the socket @a s.
      Exact matches have priority, then wildcards. The destination address is preferred to the source address.
      @return @c A pointer to the matched context, @c nullptr if no match is found.
  */
  SSLCertContext *find(const IpEndpoint &address) const;

  /** Find certificate context by name (FQDN).
      Exact matches have priority, then wildcards. Only destination based matches are checked.
      @return @c A pointer to the matched context, @c nullptr if no match is found.
  */
  SSLCertContext *find(const char *name) const;

  // Return the last-resort default TLS context if there is no name or address match.
  SSL_CTX *
  defaultContext() const
  {
    return ssl_default.get();
  }

  unsigned count() const;
  SSLCertContext *get(unsigned i) const;

  SSLCertLookup();
  ~SSLCertLookup() override;
};

void ticket_block_free(void *ptr);
ssl_ticket_key_block *ticket_block_alloc(unsigned count);
ssl_ticket_key_block *ticket_block_create(char *ticket_key_data, int ticket_key_len);
ssl_ticket_key_block *ssl_create_ticket_keyblock(const char *ticket_key_path);

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Young People Show Greater Support for Legalized Sports Gambling, but Overall Nation Divided
Strong support for sports gambling being regulated on a State-by-State basis
South Orange, NJ, February 23, 2017 – If younger people are to set the trend for the future of legalized gambling in America, they are certainly showing support for the concept today.
Asked by the Seton Hall Sports Poll this week, "It's been said a lot of people bet on sporting events anyway, so government should allow it and tax it. It's also been said legal betting on sporting events is a bad idea because it promotes too much gambling and damages the integrity of sports. Which comes closer to your view?"…….
…….46% of Americans stated support for allowing betting on sporting events, while 42% said it was bad idea. This is a substantial increase from 2010 when a Fairleigh Dickinson poll showed 39% of Americans supported it, with 54% saying it was a bad idea.
Younger people are twice as likely to say "allow it" than those over 60. There is a clear age trend in support by age group: 67% of 18-29, 48% of 30-44, 42% of 45-59 and 30% of 60+.
The poll was conducted February 20-22 among 626 adults across the country on both landlines and cellphones, with a margin of error of 4.0 %.
"If younger people carry those beliefs forward, and as they become lawmakers themselves, we could see a major shift in the legality of sports gambling," noted Rick Gentile, director of the poll, which is sponsored by The Sharkey Institute.
But where will the shift occur? A growing number of people, representative of general trends in the US, believe it should be on a state-by-state basis. 70% of all respondents support regulation on a state-by-state basis, with only 21% saying gambling should be regulated by the federal government. When asked this question in November 2014, 61% said state-by-state, and 29% said federal government.
The age trend also was also demonstrable on a question of whether it was appropriate for NBA Commissioner Adam Silver's to call for legalized betting on a strictly regulated basis: 56% of those 18-29 supported his stance as appropriate, 34% of those 30-44, 28% of those 45-59 and 21% of those 60+ supported the stance.
Similarly, addressing New Jersey's attempt of recent years to allow for sports gambling, 61% of those 18-29 said they should have passed the law, while 50% of those 30-44, 47% of those 45-59 and 33% of those 60+ supported it.
Daily fantasy games, a recent entry into the sports gambling discussion, attracts young people far more than older ones. While nationwide, only 15% say that have participated, the number is 24% for those 18-29, 11% for those 45-59, and only 6% for those 60+. 61% of all respondents believe those daily fantasy games are a form of gambling, with 23% calling them a game of skill.
Asked "have you ever gambled on a sporting event?" 31% of all respondents said yes, 66% said no. This is in line with the same question, asked in November 2014, at which time 33% said yes, 67% no.
A podcast in which Seth Everett interviews Rick Gentile will be available shortly.
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Seton Hall, which embraces students of all religions, prepares its graduates to be exemplary servant leaders and global citizens. Its attractive main campus is located in suburban South Orange, New Jersey, and is only 14 miles by train, bus or car from New York City, offering a wealth of employment, internship, cultural and entertainment opportunities. The university's nationally recognized School of Law is prominently located in downtown Newark.
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About the poll:
This poll was conducted by telephone February 20-22 among 626 adults in the United States. The Seton Hall Sports Poll is conducted by the Sharkey Institute.
Phone numbers were dialed from samples of both standard landline and cell phones. The error due to sampling for results based on the entire sample could be plus or minus 3.4 percentage points. The error for subgroups may be higher. This poll release conforms to the Standards of Disclosure of the National Council on Public Polls.
The Seton Hall Sports Poll has been conducted regularly since 2006.
Media: Media: Marty Appel Public Relations , AppelPR@gmail.com;
Seton Hall Associate Director of Media Relations, Michael Ricciardelli, michael.ricciardelli@shu.edu
It's been said a lot of people bet on sporting events anyway, so government should allow it and tax it. It's also been said legal betting on sporting events is a bad idea because it promotes too much gambling and damages the integrity of sports. Which comes closer to your view?
Allow it 46%
Bad idea 42
Don't know 12
A while ago NBA Commissioner Adam Silver reversed the league's historical stance and advocated legalized betting on sporting events on a strictly regulated basis. Do you think it's appropriate for the leader of a major professional sports league to take such a stance?
A few years ago, New Jersey passed a law allowing for sports gambling in the state. The major sports leagues and the NCAA successfully lobbied for an injunction to block the law because they said gambling on sporting events damaged the integrity of the game. Do you think New Jersey should have been able to pass a law allowing sports betting in the state?
Four states (Nevada, Delaware, Montana and Oregon) are exempt from a federal law passed in 1992 that banned betting on sporting events. With which of the following statements do you agree?
The law should be left as it is 18
The law should be changed to allow all states to legalize sports betting if they choose to do so. 45
Legalized sports betting should be outlawed in the four states in which it's now legal 23
Do you think publishing point spreads in newspapers and on line encourages betting on sporting events?
If gambling on sporting events was legalized do you think it should be regulated on a state-by-state basis or by the federal government?
State-by-state 70
Federal government 21
Have you ever gambled on a sporting event?
Refuse to answer 3
(IF NO TO PREVIOUS QUESTION)
If gambling on sporting events was legalized do you think you would place a bet?
Commissioner Silver stated that gambling has become a popular form of entertainment in the United States. Do you agree or disagree?
Agree 69
Disagree 22
Baseball spring training has just begun in Florida and Arizona. Do you plan on participating in a baseball fantasy league this season?
Have you ever participated in any of the daily fantasy games for any sports?
Do you think participating in fantasy activities is a game of skill and therefore should be exempt from gambling laws or is it just another form of gambling?
Game of skill 23
Gambling 61
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Roughly Half Say Sports Events and Presidential Election Could Be 'Rigged'
South Orange, NJ, October 31, 2016 – With the word "rigged" being thrown about in this election season, the Seton Hall Sports Poll asked Americans if they felt that sports contests and the upcoming presidential election "could be rigged by outside influences."
A majority, though in some cases slim, said "yes, they could be rigged."
The results: 52% said "yes" that an NFL game "could be rigged by outside influences" with 42% saying "no." For an NBA game, 51% said yes; 42% no.
For college sports the margins were closer: for a college football game, it was 47% yes, 46% no, and for a college basketball game, it was 46% yes, 45% no.
Of all the questions asked, only baseball's World Series, taking place as the poll was conducted, had a majority that believed its games could not be "fixed," with only 42% saying "yes" and 51% saying "no."
And pointedly, 47% of Americans said "yes" a presidential election "could be rigged by outside influences," while 46% said "no".
In each case, between 7-9% said they did not know.
The poll was conducted last week – October 24-26 – among 841 adults (landline and cellphone) with a margin of error of +/- 3.4%.
Asked whether the presidential election "could be rigged," 47% said yes, and there is a great deal of overlap in the people that believe in rigging – of that 47%, some two-thirds said yes, the NFL or NBA could be rigged, and somewhat fewer – 57% – said the World Series could be rigged.
"The sports organizing bodies rely heavily on the public believing that their games are honest," said Rick Gentile, director of the Poll, which is sponsored by The Sharkey Institute. "This measurement of public perception certainly can't please them, just as people in government are so upset about Donald Trump's charges."
The poll also asked whether some teams having ownership positions with fantasy sports companies opens the door for the rigging of performances of professional athletes to affect the daily fantasy outcomes. 45% said yes, 32% said no, with 24% stating "don't know."
Rick Gentile was interviewed by Seth Everett for a podcast on the poll's findings, which can be heard at https://t.co/jShJhGXMWi
This poll was conducted by telephone October 24-26 among 841 adults in the United States. The Seton Hall Sports Poll is conducted by the Sharkey Institute.
Media: Media: Marty Appel Public Relations, AppelPR@gmail.com;
Michael Ricciardelli, Associate Director of Media Relations, Seton Hall University, michael.ricciardelli@shu.edu, 908-447-3034
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Public Divided on Whether Fantasy Sports Commercials Should Run During Televised Games; Governor Christie's 'Really?' Comment on Debate May Have Rung True
South Orange, NJ, October 29, 2015 — Despite ongoing investigations by the Justice Department and the FBI into whether daily sports fantasy games are a form of gambling, the American public is divided on whether commercials for those sites should be appearing in televised sports events.
A Seton Hall Sports Poll conducted this week (Oct. 26-28) among 820 random adults across the country by landline and cellphone, found that 41% felt they should be able to advertise and 39% felt they should not. (20% said they did not know.)
The poll has a margin of error of 3.5%, making the result a statistical dead heat.
"The ads from DraftKings and FanDuel are ubiquitous," noted Rick Gentile, director of the Poll, which is sponsored by The Sharkey Institute. "They are definitely a new and impactful part of the sports landscape. It happened, seemingly, overnight. But there is certainly no hard push-back by viewers about running these ads.
"It seems to harken what {N.J.} Governor {Chris} Christie said in the debate last night about playing fantasy sports as an issue – 'really?'"
Only 4% of respondents said they participated in a baseball fantasy game.
The Poll also asked if sponsors who promote products (such as fantasy sports), in an environment where its athletes are forbidden to participate (college athletes may not gamble), should not be allowed to advertise on any college sports. By 59% to 34%, respondents said they should not. A similar margin – 56%-36% – felt that beer advertising should not appear on college sports telecasts. (It currently does). The Poll also noted that the NCAA has said the ads will not run during their college basketball tournaments, and 47% felt that was a good decision, versus only 30% saying it was a bad decision. (23% did not know).
This entry was posted in Baseball, Basketball, College, DFS, Fantasy Sports, Football, Gambling, General News, Level, Poll Results, Professional, Uncategorized and tagged Advertising, Alcohol Advertising College Sports, DFS, Draft Kings, FanDuel, Fantasy Sports, Governor Chris Christie, NCAA Tournament Ban on DFS Ads, Seton Hall Sports Poll, Sharkey Institute on October 29, 2015 by Marty Appel.
The Seton Hall Sports Poll is sponsored by The Sharkey Institute, brought to you by The Stillman School of Business, and directed by Rick Gentile – a faculty member at Seton Hall University and 10 time Emmy Award winner for his work as Executive Producer and Senior Vice President of CBS Sports.
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The 2015 Andorran local elections were held on 13 December. Voters elected the council members of the seven parishes.

Electoral system
Voters elect the members of the municipal councils (consells de comú in Catalan). The Electoral Law allows the municipal councils to choose their numbers of seats, which must be an even number between 10 and 16.

All city council members are elected in single multi-member districts, consisting of the whole parish, using closed lists. Half of the seats are allocated to the party with the most votes. The other half of the seats are allocated using the Hare quota (including the winning party). With this system the winning party obtains an absolute majority.

The cònsol major (mayor) and the cònsol menor (deputy mayor) are elected indirectly by the municipal councillors.

Results

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Encamp

Ordino

La Massana

Andorra la Vella

Sant Julià de Lòria

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