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Paraguay's president-elect vows to clean up corruption.
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Byline: Kevin G. Hall
ASUNCION, Paraguay _ Abandoned and corroding jets of Paraguay's long-defunct national airline greet visitors to the smuggler's cove of a country that President-elect Nicanor Duarte Frutos says he wants to reform.
Duarte, 46, a former newspaper reporter, has his work cut out for him.
Under his Colorado Party, which has ruled Paraguay without interruption since 1947, corruption became a state enterprise. On the list of the globe's most bribe-hungry nations, compiled by the anti-corruption group Transparency International, ...
 "Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN)")
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Meters return today, at a lower dosage; Drivers are taking a wait-and-see approach to the reactivation of ramp meters.(NEWS)
Newspaper article from: Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN)
; ...spokesman for the ramp meter study. The list of meters staying off may change...she had under the old meter strategy. She said turning off the meters doubled her commuting...changes The changes to the meter timing will be made by...
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Meter management program boosts utility revenues. (Pikeville, Kentucky)
Magazine article from: Public Works
; ...replacement of all residential meters. The program also includes scheduled meter testing and maintenance. Commercial Meters. The contractor first tested...commercial water and gas meters. As part of the overall meter management program, the...
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Ephrata meters score bet in New Era survey
Newspaper article from: Lancaster New Era Lancaster, PA
; ...extra seconds. A meter violation here...Lititz. Of 10 meters tested, five gave...30 minutes. All meters tested were mechanical. A meter violation is...which came from meter violations. Another...comes from the meters themselves. Columbia...
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Meter madness; Lancaster's antiquated parking meters have been driving people crazy for years. A New Era survey discovers just how unreliable they are. Now, the city intends to replace all of them by summer's end.
Newspaper article from: Lancaster New Era Lancaster, PA
; ...checked every parking meter in the city. "All 900 meters," said Tom Matthews...That one electronic meter gave 30 seconds less...promised. The 11 mechanical meters failed. Five came up short. One mechanical meter gave only 14 minutes...
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Meter readers tap into phone lines Companies develop cellular technology to record utility usage
Newspaper article from: The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
; ...electric and gas meters to use these technologies...transmit data. Badger Meter Inc. has formed...into water and gas meters, so Badger Meter will help develop...marketing for Badger Meter. In most cases...replace their existing meters, said Rachel Silber...
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 "Erie Times-News (Erie, PA)")
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Meter money in deep freeze.
Newspaper article from: Erie Times-News (Erie, PA)
; ...quarters in the parking meter. "It's a pain in...are not feeding parking meters because of the snowdrifts...ticketing for parking meter violations because of...are issued for parking meters, Massing said he can...15 below zero and the meter maids are out there walking...
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Utility Meter Report Database Ed 6 2007 Available Now.
Business Wire
; ...immediate consequences for new meters but it also has long term implications for the meter market because of the different...mechanical and solid state meters. In this time of change and development the meter industry continues to attract...
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 "Lake Villa Review (IL)")
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Meter owners given amnesty
Newspaper article from: Lake Villa Review (IL)
; ...we'll know a meter needs to be changed...The in-building meters are attached by wires to outside meters, officials said...through the inside meter sends an electrical...before 1992. These meters allow the meter reader to receive...
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Parking-meter money dips.(Metropolitan Times)(Top Of The News)
Newspaper article from: The Washington Times
; ...recent losses. Broken meters cut meter revenue from about...97 percent of the meters working on a daily basis. For every meter past a 3 percent exception...amount the average meter collects daily. To make the meters more efficient, Miss...
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Meter size correction conserves water. (Water Works Digest)
Magazine article from: Public Works
; ...required to install a meter that is one size...whether existing meters are properly sized...discussed; and proper meter sizes were assigned...of different size meters. Among the factors...lists from which meter testing, investigation...focused primarily on meters larger than 1 1...
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