1.   Critics have accused the council of blighting existing properties which lie inside the setback line.

2.   But the council have been accused of acting too late.

3.   He accused the council of riding roughshod over the views of Middlesbrough people.

4.   COUNCILS have been accused of refusing to come to the rescue of hard-pressed small firms struggling to meet their Uniform Business Rate demands.

5.   AN unemployed father-of-four has accused Darlington council of unfairness in allocating houses.

6.   But Riddell and others accuse the council of ignoring its own standards on controlling development in the rush to create jobs.

7.   In the final hours of discussions, Giuliani officials accused the council of adding new restrictions to stores that are now unregulated.

8.   Mitsubishi accused the council of misreading toxic-emissions data that manufacturers report annually.

9.   Railroad unions have accused the council of being anti-Amtrak and have demanded that it be shut down.

10.   Opposition parties long have accused the council of being weighted in favor of Aristide and his supporters, who were expected to sweep the vote.