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MOBILE APP. IN A LATE NIGHT DECISION, THE CITY OF PLEASANT HILL IS NOW CHANGING THEIR BEGGARS NIGHT DATE UNTIL JUST BEFORE EIGHT THIS EVENING, CITY LEADERS KEPT IT SCHEDULED FOR TOMORROW NIGHT. IT WAS SOMETHING MANY WERE NOT HAPPY ABOUT. ����vlog KAYLA JAMES TALKED TO PARENTS AND PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN TOWN WHO HAD MADE PLANS TO TAKE MATTERS INTO THEIR OWN HANDS. IF IT’S SEVERE WEATHER, DON’T SEND YOUR COMMUNITY OUT THERE. SOMETIMES WE NEED OTHER PEOPLE TO MAKE THE DECISIONS, TO SHUT THINGS DOWN, WHETHER IT’S A PARENT OR SOMEONE WITH A DECORATED HOME EXCITED TO PASS OUT CANDY, I DON’T THINK IT WOULD BE SAFE FOR THE KIDS. THERE WERE A LOT OF PEOPLE IN PLEASANT HILL UNHAPPY WITH CITY LEADERS WHO, UP UNTIL 8 P.M. TUESDAY, HAD NOT SHARED A NOTICE THAT BEGGARS NIGHT WOULD BE CHANGING FROM WEDNESDAY, WHEN STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO ROLL IN. ALTOONA MADE THE CHANGE. URBANDALE, OF ALL PLACES, MADE THE CHANGE. DES MOINES, OF ALL PLACES TO MAKE THE SWITCH. AND THEY WERE THE FIRST TO MAKE THE SWITCH. YOU WOULD THINK THAT EVERYBODY ELSE WOULD FOLLOW SUIT, BUT PLEASANT HILL STANCE CHANGED TUESDAY NIGHT DRASTICALLY FROM A THIS POST MADE TUESDAY MORNING. IT STATES CHANGING THE DATE WOULD REQUIRE VOTING ON A NEW RESOLUTION AT A PUBLIC CITY COUNCIL MEETING, WHICH WOULD NEED TO BE PUBLICLY POSTED 24 HOURS PRIOR TO THE MEETING. EVERYBODY’S KNOWN ABOUT THE STORM LONGER THAN TWO DAYS. THE MAYOR SHARED TUESDAY MORNING’S POST, EMPHASIZING THE RULE REGARDING A RESOLUTION VOTE AND THAT OFFICIALS HAVE NOT ISSUED A WEATHER ALERT TO LOCAL GOVERNMENTS. HOWEVER, TUESDAY NIGHT AT 755, THIS POST WAS SHARED, SAYING THE CITY RECEIVED OFFICIAL NOTICE FROM THE POLK COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY ABOUT THE POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE WEATHER. PEOPLE WE’VE SPOKEN WITH SAY YES, THEY HAVE WALKED DOWN THE SAME SIDEWALKS IN PAST BRICKER NIGHTS WHEN IT WAS SNOWING OR RAINING, BUT WITH THE CHANCE OF STORMS. THEY DON’T WANT TO PLAY AROUND, ESPECIALLY AFTER THE TORNADO THAT BLEW THROUGH LAST APRIL. YOU KNOW, SOME OF US ARE STILL BOARDED UP AND THE KIDS ARE STILL TRAUMATIZED FROM THAT, SO WHY WOULD WE WANT THEM OUT IN A STORM? HAD IT NOT CHANGED? CONCERNED PARENTS LIKE BROOKE CASEY SAY THEY HAD A PLAN. THERE’S ACTUALLY A GROUP GOING ON FACEBOOK RIGHT NOW THAT STATE THAT WE ARE DOING IT THURSDAY. A LOT OF US HAVE POSTED COMMUNITIES THAT ARE DOING IT ADDRESSES NEIGHBORHOODS. BUT NOW THE CITY SAYS THE POLK COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT NOTICE HAS GIVEN THEM THE ABILITY TO ISSUE AN EMERGENCY PROCLAMATION TO CHANGE THE DATE TO THURSDAY FROM 6 TO 8 P.M. IN PLEASANT HILL, KAYLA JAMES. ����vlog EIGHT NEWS IOWA’S NEWS LEADER. THE CITY OF MILO IN WARREN COUNTY IS HOLDING FIRM ON BEGGARS NIGHT, OCTOBER 30TH. THE CITY SAYS IT WANTS TO RESPECT THE SCHEDULE OF THE FIRE DEPARTMENT AND PEOPLE’S BANK, WHICH ARE GIVING AWAY HOT DOGS AND ICE CREAM TO TRICK OR TREATERS. TOMORROW NIGHT. THE CITY URGES PEOPLE TO DRESS FOR THE WEATHER AND USE FLASHLIGHTS BECAUSE IT DOES GET DARK EARLIER IN THE EVENING.