The Municipal Art Society and some other civic groups want the permit renewed for 10 years.
Now state governments, businesses and civic groups all compete with the federal government for news coverage.
If there is one thing the country is not short of, it is civic groups.
Yet civic groups and ordinary people are against raising medical-insurance premiums and consultation fees.
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Civic groups said the use of city money to support public advocacy by a lobbyist is unusual.
Opposition leaders are threatening to block budget votes in parliament and civic groups have launched a legal challenge.
Trial lawyers and various civic groups blame the losses and the huge rate increases on underpricing during the 1990s.
In many cases, the civic groups have the same personnel as their predecessors.
Organizations speak for them, unions protect them, civic groups draw them in.
But again, we look forward to hearing from a variety of organizations and civic groups and others who have insights into this problem.
But the Citizens' Health Initiative, a coalition of 45 Malaysian civic groups, worries that corporatization will only mean greater hardship for the less well-off.
Then, various civic groups venerate the relic and the procession concludes with a prayer ceremony, performed in several languages to accommodate the international audience.
But, for now, the loose coalition of opposition politicians and civic groups which helped to oust Mr Aristide vows to continue working with Mr Latortue.
The city responded with a comprehensive plan that was notable for the participation of a wide array of civic groups, schools, private interests and government agencies.
Taylor promoted the Building Wealth Tour on his personal website, through City Capital press releases, and in conjunction with the churches and civic groups that hosted him.
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And I get to be a teacher of sorts when I talk to civic groups, senior centers and churches about how to get themselves and their members ready.
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Trick-or-treaters like you and me, your kids and mine, and members of civic groups like Key Club, can feel some pride that we have helped make this happen.
Civic groups said they were worried the ads would encourage other such groups to get involved in the mayoral race, making the city's strict campaign finance laws less meaningful.
The civic groups can also take the credit for another, admittedly small, step: party leaders will now probably make the selection procedure for parliamentary candidates a little more open.
Moreover, with passions now inflamed, the civic groups may have an even harder time with another objective of their campaign: discouraging voters from accepting cash or gifts from candidates.
Civic groups throughout Japan are understandably up in arms.
The tactic has come under sharp criticism during the past year from an array of elected officials and civic groups, which led this year to a drop in the department's use of the technique.
In March Britain announced that it was ending a scheme under which it trained Colombian soldiers in human rights (though it is maintaining counter-drug aid and giving money to civic groups and the judiciary).
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Moroccan civic groups had originally called the demonstration to protest not only against the bombings, but also against the economic and social conditions prevailing in some parts of the city, which they say helped to foment them.
This cutting of red tape has delighted business - and doubtless those wanting a roof extension, too - but green groups and civic groups fear that the new system has handed power to a quango from politicians and people.
As part of a broader pattern of devolution, the ministry is encouraging local education boards to come up with their own ideas to enrich children's lives outside school, a task in which civic groups have begun to get involved.
Two civic groups, the Regional Plan Association and Municipal Art Society, say the dingy, cramped and aging basement station can expand and modernize only if the Garden moves, along with its supporting columns that reach down to the train level.
Contributing to the anticorruption campaign is the Citizens' Coalition for the General Elections, composed of civic action groups.
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