In The Standard Theatre he complained that the city's residents:

Many of the poor blacks who had come to the city from the South decided to stay in Oakland, and longstanding black residents complained that the new Southern arrivals " tended towards public disorder.

Over time the increased numbers of people gathering at the site resulted in tensions between the Jewish visitors who wanted easier access and more space, and the residents, who complained of the noise.

Lititz ' water quality was also criticized in February 2008 after Listerine was discharged into the aquifer by the nearby Johnson & Johnson chemical plant, and residents complained about a " minty " taste.

The Legislative Assembly created Gilliam County on February 25, 1885, from the eastern third of Wasco County after residents complained that they were too far from the county seat in The Dalles.

The residents of the new mining camp complained that Austin was too far to go for county business and a new county was created.

It was the last of Illinois ' 102 counties to be formed, and was created at the behest of some residents of Vermilion County, who complained to the General Assembly that they were located too far from the Iroquois County county seat.

This situation persisted until 1850 when residents of the area complained about the distance to the Poinsett County seat.

The Desert Hot Springs Police Department was established in 1997 after residents complained to the Riverside County Sheriff's Department about being underserved by a part-time deputy from the Palm Desert regional station.

In 2005, Rio Rancho became the first U. S. city to offer citywide voice-over-WiFi ( VoWiFi ) service although many of its residents complained that the service did not live up to their expectations.

Many residents from affected Roombeek — a poor, working class neighbourhood — complained of governmental neglect and deliberate non-interest and inaction, arguing the whole disaster was an accident waiting to happen.

Some residents complained and the town agreed to reinstate the English lettering on the signs.

Informed by residents in the neighbouring Mughrabi quarter, the waqf authority complained to Harry Luke, acting Chief Secretary to the Government of Palestine, that this virtually changed the lane into a synagogue, and violated the status quo, as had the collapsible seats in 1926.

Many Kwajalein Atoll residents have complained in the past that Majuro is out of touch with the realities of Kwajalein Marshallese, and downplays their suffering while profiting from the income provided by the testing site.

Although new stations were successfully constructed at Malden Center and Oak Grove station, residents just past Oak Grove complained and such plans were put on hold.

Alas, Fouché's enthusiasm had proved a little too effective, for when the blood from the mass executions in the center of Lyons gushed from severed heads and bodies into the streets, drenching the gutters of the Rue Lafont, the vile-smelling red flow nauseated the local residents, who irately complained to Fouché and demanded payment for damages.

The last time the Ajax team visited her she complained that the other residents of her nursing home were " hicks who don't understand football ".

The fire was spotted at about 11 pm after residents complained about a strange odour.

One example which came to national attention in early 2012 was a colon cleansing service provider whose advertisement stated: " We wish the people of Jiangmen to have happy anuses "; Jiangmen residents complained that this slogan was uncivilised and insulting.

Again in 2012, the residents complained to the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation on the smoke coming out of the dumping ground, which has been affecting asthma patients.

During mid-October of the UK Miners ' Strike ( 1984-1985 ), there was a series of riots in Grimethorpe and local residents complained that the policing was too heavy-handed.

Many residents have complained that their streets became rat runs for commuters trying to get ahead of queues or that they did not receive the compensation that they were promised or that they believe that they deserve.

Although the Watergate was considered one of the most glamorous residences in the city, as early as 1970 residents and businesses complained of substandard construction, including a leaking roof and poor plumbing and wiring.

The residents of Davis Island where the airport is located have complained about the noise and appearance of the facilities.

A recent change in legislation now allows Indiana residents to purchase alcohol on Election Day after all polls are closed.

More than half of the area's residents moved away permanently from the community after the adjacent World Trade Center towers collapsed and spread toxic dust, debris, and smoke.

The residents of the nationalist Bogside erected barricades around the area to resist police incursions, and, after three days of rioting when the RUC had proved unable to restore order, the government of Northern Ireland requested the deployment of the British Army.

For two years after Smith's death, conflicts escalated between Mormons and other Illinois residents.

In the 1989 Loma Prieta Earthquake, residents of San Francisco's Marina District help run lengths of fire hose from a fireboat to firefighters ashore after the hydrant system failed.

The residents had used the marble columns and structures as support beams and roofs for their improvised houses, a usual way of rebuilding towns that were partially or totally destroyed, especially after the earthquake in 1580, which demolished several towns in Phocis.

Children born to residents after the restoration of independence in 1991 automatically receive citizenship.

Surgical residents who wish to focus on this area of surgery gain additional laparoscopic surgery training during one or two years of fellowship after completing their basic surgical residency.

For two years after Smith's death, conflicts escalated between Mormons and other Illinois residents.

The modern legal definition of " assault rifle " is of significance in states like California, where according to state law, certain weapons that cosmetically resemble true assault rifles, but are only capable of semi-automatic ( or autoloading ), are categorized as " assault weapons " and are illegal to purchase or own by civilian residents of the state, even after a less restrictive ban by the federal government was allowed to lapse after having no impact on these weapons ' use in crime.

* 1960 – The land that would become the Great Swamp National Wildlife Refuge was established by an Act of Congress after a year-long legal battle that pitted local residents against Port Authority of New York and New Jersey officials wishing to turn the Great Swamp into a major regional airport for jet aircraft.

Two armed schooners, Franklin and Hancock, from Beverly, Massachusetts, made prisoner of the attorney-general at Charlottetown, on advice given them by some Pictou residents after they had taken eight fishing vessels in the Gut of Canso.

White rioters killed an estimated one hundred black residents of East St. Louis, after black residents had killed two white policemen.

Many of the participants and residents of Greenwich Village were involved in political organizations that were effectively able to mobilize a large and cohesive gay community in the weeks and months after the rebellion.

In March 1881, after heavy lobbying by Los Angeles residents, the California State Legislature authorized the creation of a southern branch of the California State Normal School ( which later became San Jose State University ) in downtown Los Angeles to train teachers for the growing population of Southern California.

During the summer of 1972, he prepared to resign and changed his mind only because of fears of a renewed wave of immigration from Uganda after the accession of Idi Amin, who had expelled Uganda's Asian residents.

* An amendment to the legal code for residency permits ( 1978 ), which granted foreign residents the right to unlimited residence permits after five years of continuous residency.

The amendment also stated that legal residents would be eligible for a residence entitlement after eight years if certain conditions were met, such as language fluency.

For example, after being flooded more than 30 times since their town was founded in 1845, residents of Pattonsburg, Missouri, decided to relocate after two floods in 1993.

A number of meteorites were recovered by local residents and visiting meteorite hunters, which after analysis and classification, were found to be a rare type of carbonaceous chondrite.

Canyon tourists and residents of Supai, a town located in the bottom of the canyon, were evacuated from the Supai area on August 17 – 18, 2008 due to a break in the earthen Redlands Dam, located upstream of Supai, after a night of heavy rainfall.

Many of the city's more affluent residents, both black and white, left the city after the war, moving to neighboring Alameda, Berkeley, Albany and El Cerrito to the north ; to San Leandro, Hayward, Castro Valley and Fremont in Southern Alameda County ; and to the newly developing East Bay suburbs, Orinda, Lafayette, Pleasant Hill, Walnut Creek and Concord.