...| Muscatine, IA | Local Politics | | | 2/24/2013 | I chose to investigate Muscatine, Iowa. Muscatine has a population of 22,886 residents and it is slowly growing. The Census Bureau found that in 2010 Muscatine has grown .83%. (WMG, 2010) Greg Mandsager describes Muscatine as a Municipality, or a city to which people travel to for work or leisure. (Tiesman, 2009) It is a great community to be a part of and a rather simple form of government. The demographics have primarily stayed the same for the past 50 years and it hasn’t been impacted by migration. Nothing has come to Muscatine to attract a specific group of people or change the generic makeup of the city. Seven percent of Muscatine’s residence was foreign born and Caucasians make up 90% of the population as of 2010. As mentioned earlier The City Administrator thinks of Muscatine as a municipality that people travel to for work and leisure. I would say that is true, Muscatine is a rural community within driving distance to Iowa City and Davenport, IA. As a growing city of its own, Muscatine is beginning to have more and more attractions. With a new movie theatre recently built on the bypass of highway 61 and other local businesses growing and coming to the community Muscatine is on its way to be quite the catch. The location is perfect; sitting right on the Mississippi River it easily attracts people when the weather is nice. Although, the population is only slowly growing, the town itself is evolving...
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...Kilgore City Council Meeting The City of Kilgore became a “Home Rule” city in 1960, thus they have the right to pass any law or ordinance they deem necessary as long as it complies with the Texas constitution. Kilgore is considered a council-manager form of government, which is a form of government where an elected council is vested with the power to control laws and ordinances, but appoints a city manager to run the city's everyday activities. In the case of the City of Kilgore Josh Selleck holds this position. Among the many duties of the City Council the enactment of local legislation, the adoption of budgets, the determination of policies, and the appointment of the city manager are included. The City Council is the governing body of the City and is responsible for the policy direction as opposed to the City Manager who is responsible for the administration portion. The City Council holds meetings during which the public can express their concern about a multitude of issues along with the discussion and approval of proposed ordinances....
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...Robinson City Council Robinson City Council Meeting Summary The Robinson City Council Meeting took place on Tuesday, April 4th at 6:00PM at Robinson’s city hall building. The meeting was a committee type of task group as the members were elected officials in charge of making decisions that would benefit the city they live in (Toseland and Rivas 2017). The meeting was a scheduled monthly meeting to establish the work for the coming month and to hear from citizens. The members were Mayor Echterling; James Mastergeorge, the Mayor Pro-Tem; Craig Lemin, the City Manager; Vernon Leuschner; Jimmy Rogers. There was also another member named Steve Tindell who was absent from the meeting. Also present were about 20 city residents, a man who was to be part of a public hearing, and about 5 policemen who were to give a presentation. The demeanor of the other attendees appeared to be somewhat engaged, but it was obvious that some had very specific reasons for their attendance as they disengaged or left altogether as soon as some agenda items were completed....
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...Randwick City Council Community By Luke Harris – 09GG08 A Brief Outline of the Randwick City Council Community: The Location and Size of the Randwick City Council Community: The Randwick city community is large as it is comprised of a number of suburbs including: Clovelly, Chifley, Kingsford, Coogee, Kensington, Randwick, Little Bay, Matraville, Maroubra, Malabar, La Perouse-Phillip Bay and South Coogee (Randwick City Council, 2014, p.4). The community is located in the southeastern suburbs of Sydney (Figure 1.1), and stretches from Centennial Park to Little Bay. The area occupied by the Randwick City Council Community is 36.3 square kilometers. As well as this, the population of the community is estimated to be 145 822 as of the 30th of June 2015 (Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2015). Type of Community: The Randwick city...
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...the United States. Unfortunately, as has happened with previous cities, these efforts have been met with some opposition. Your company has only “38 of your 3,000” [1] stores located in urban areas and in order to successfully enter these, you will need a plan for galvanizing the necessary support from local government leaders as well as the community. You will then need to follow through on your promise and strengthen the communities that you serve. Your critics continue to portray Wal-Mart as an inconsiderate monopoly that comes in to towns and wipes out their small retailers. Activists and union leaders claim your low pay drives down wages across the county. The United Food and Commercial Workers are concerned that Chicago grocery stores will suffer due to your lower grocery prices. The Chicago Workers’ Rights Board argues that by “squeezing more sales out of each man hour” [1] Wal-Mart will actually cost the city jobs. You will need to show that you can positively impact cities by being compassionate toward the concerns of your potential customers and employees. It is likely that if Wal-Mart can open these stores, the company will eventually gain public support with time as low prices and new local jobs inspire customer loyalty. However, the only way to make this happen is to obtain the required 26 votes from the 50-member city council before they vote on the issue. This will require lobbying members of council, specifically those who are the most relevant based on their district’s...
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...Mark Squilla is a member of the Philadelphia City Council from the First District. Ever since 1998, Squilla has been a member of the Democratic City Committee. He attended La Salle University and graduated with bachelor’s degree in computer science while his wife is a nurse anesthetist. He was elected as President of Whitman Council after he brought his neighbors together to renovate a local park named Burke Playground. Not only did he help renovated the park but he also created a safe space in the neighborhood for children. Then, he created a weekly morning group to solve community problem from as small as broken streetlights to highway reconstruction. Squilla families plays a large role in his career. He believes that the community needs...
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...The 1963 historic March on Washington and the subsequent passing of some sweeping civil rights laws spurred African-Americans who had grown angry and frustrated over the slow rate of their social and economic progress. They were now finally prepared to realize their potential force in order to exercise a decisive measure of political control over their own lives. Consequently, several African-American mayors of major cities, especially in the industrial North, were elected opening the floodgates of other African-American elected officials throughout the nation, including city council-members, aldermen, school board members, governors and presidents. After winning the primary and the general election with 95 percent of the African-American vote (At the same time, Carl Stokes was elected mayor of Cleveland, Ohio), Richard G. Hatcher became the first African-American mayor of Gary, Indiana, and the first in the state of Indiana. He was elected in November 1967 and inaugurated in January 1968. Hatcher served an unprecedented five terms and as one of the beneficiaries of the Civil Rights Movement, he set the tone and was used as the standard by which many African-American mayors, that came after him, throughout the nation, were evaluated or criticized. Hatcher broke the racial glass ceiling for a host of African-American mayors who followed him. In the light of this watershed moment, it is the purpose of this paper to analyze how Richard Gordon Hatcher became the first African-American...
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...Civic Event Paper Fortuna City Council Political Science Sara Callow July 19, 2015 I chose to attend the Fortuna City Council meeting. The council establishes policies and provides guidance on everything that concerns the city and its operations. “As a legislative body, the City Council is responsible for the enactment of local laws (ordinances), the adoption of the annual City Budget and Capital Improvement Program, and the review and adoption of proposed policies, agreements, contracts, and other City business items.” The city council meetings take place every first and third Monday of each month at 6 pm. Within this council there are five members that are elected by the city who serve four-year terms. My city council members are: Mayor Sue Long, Mayor Pro Tem Tami Trent, Council Member Doug Strehl, Council Member Linda Gardner, and Council Member Tiara Brown. The matters of business handled during this session were: Declaring the existence of a Nuisance and to require the Abatement of Weeds on private property; Authorization to receive AVOID/Selective Traffic Enforcement Program (STEP) Grant; Approval of a Proposed Public Alley Right of Way Vacation; Authorization to Award Construction Contract for the Wastewater Treatment Plant Flood Protection Project; Approve the “Paid Sick Leave for Unrepresented, Non-Benefited Part Time Employees” Administrative Policy, thereby complying with California's AB 1522, called the "Healthy Workplace, Healthy Family Act of...
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...Case Summary Issues 1. City council’s unanimous decision (Mr. Gullixson not agreed) 2. YL lacks any long term goals or a specific theme in the budget 3. Simonian’s goal that is to produce a budget that is easily understood by the CC 4. Depletion of General Reserve 5. Lack of participation from the residents Main Problem City Council’s diverse profession + none of them are trained in public administration/Accounting Decision Maker (can choose more than one) * Mr simonian (suggest the CC to improvise the structure of the council) * City Council (can suggest change to the residents/voters) * YL’s residents (voters can make a difference) Situation Analysis SWOT analysis * S= Richard Nixon Library and Museum * W= No objectives SLEEP analysis (Social, Legal, Economics, Ethics, Political) *Environment & Technological is not relevant to solve the problem Alternatives and Evaluation of Alternatives Alternative 1 * Persuade CC to add new member in present City Council that has a background in Accounting/Publlic Administration(City Council can be >5 members) -The government of a general law city is vested in: (a) A city council of at least 5 members… (CA Gvt Code 36501) http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/cgi-bin/displaycode?section=gov&group=36001-37000&file=36501-36525 -At any general municipal election, or at a special election held for that purpose, the city council may submit to the electors the question of whether electors shall thereafter...
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...Legislative process, the different approaches of the Neighborhood Council and Angie Young’s ability to refute the opponent’s claims and propositions. Public safety and public health cannot be separated. Anywhere there are safety issues, it affects the people around the unsafe zone. Neighborhood scenarios represent both public safety and public health. Marcus Young was playing around the neighborhood and got into a car accident where he was struck and suffered a pelvic fracture, a right leg fracture, and multiple lacerations to the body. He is now in stable condition at an intensive care unit. Marcus’ mother, Angie Young wants to prevent these incidents from happening in the future to other families in the community. She wants to put speed bumps in her residential area. She is planning to take this matter to the state and local Neighborhood Council. This scenario exemplified the legislative process and how it influences public health in the Neighborhood community. Angie Young discovered a problem for public safety and is planning to take this matter to state and local Neighborhood Council. She wrote a letter to a congresswoman and made phone calls to city officials. While waiting for the meeting, she organized a Neighborhood petition campaign with her entire family. The petition was for placing speed bumps on the street. She collected signatures from the residents and took it to the Neighborhood Council meeting. She wants to do something to help slow down speeding...
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...Chose top 4 for recommendation THE CRITICAL FEW ISSUES CONCEPT Addison has demonstrated that we can execute programs flawlessly. For the biggest impact – Concentrate resources on a few programs Make them happen on a high quality basis. The critical few issues concept insures maximum benefit from Town’s efforts and expenditures. TOP FOUR CRITICAL ISSUES 1. Establish a Business/Economic Development, Retention, & Expansion Program Strongly support & endorse the Cottonbelt Light Rail initiative Regularly schedule lunch with Mayor & City Manager for CEOs, Developers, Consultants, etc. Branding – develop a strong identity for the Town. 2. 3. 4. CRITICAL ISSUE #1 Addison needs to know more about the business community. Independent focus = Separate organization Insulated from public records The engine = Dedicated resource Superb database coupled with Comprehensive web site RECOMMENDATION #1 Town Council coordinate with the Addison Business Association (ABA) to create a business/economic development program. Base efforts on establishing business development, retention & expansion program. Include funding in the next fiscal year budget. Establish a governance protocol. CRITICAL...
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...design plan. I have concentrated to this request carefully. As you probably know, every project is custom designed and involves a variety of sub-contractors and therefore we usually do not change the design after a date specified in the contract. Any changes that we have to be made after the deadline are not easy. Before we make any decisions, we contacted with the design engineer about this issue if we could work on your request. Apparently, in that particular location is a zoning restriction on this kind of venting. Even though this restriction is not well enforced, changing location of a venting apparatus is related to the visual profile of the building. Also, the company lawyer has already told us, that EBG was currently working with city council members to have some environmentally-friendly but controversial legislation passed, and this could impact on our company badly. Therefore, I’m truly sorry for any inconvenience that may cause you. We always want to provide the highest quality service to you. Please let me know if there is anything we can do to make the better this project. Thank you, we appreciate your business and plan to keep on meeting your changing needs as your business grow. Best Regards, ABP Sales...
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...In the region there are plenty of intresting places and there are a lot of features which vary from game to waterfalls. There region is rich inculture and they are still preserving their culture till to this day. In 204 the Minister of Environment and Tourism opened the Tsandi Royal homestead which is a Cultaral heritage museum. The region share a border with the Etosha National park , the governemrnt in 1996 passed a legislation that enabled the Uukwaluudhi people to form a conversacy to manage wildlife and tourism. The region has so many animals such as kudu, zebra, black rinho and so many bird species. There is the Baobab Tree heritage centre and campsite in Outapi town. This tree is over a 1000 years old abd it has been used for so many puposses such a chapel,fotess, landmark and a kindergarten. In the present day there is a kiosk which rents braai stands and sells wood, there are also campsites in the area. There is the Omugulugwombashe monument, which was constructed by the government a place of commemoration of the liberation struggle for independence. This is the place that were the war started in 1966. The region ids home to the Mighty Ruacana Falls. There is the Hippo Pool, this is located next to the falls. There are 10 camps which are lacated under Mopane trees(http://www.omusatirc.gov.na). As a councilor ro win back the respect of the people I shall use the ethical concept of respect.Resoct is defined as a feel or understanding that some one is important...
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...questions and he also Talked about his political campaign. In other hands, he is telling us the voters that he will try to improve or create benefits for having a better Boston. John is a Boston City Councilor, a former teacher, and the Boston Public School parent, and he is running for Mayor to transform our public schools, to bring a more inclusive, open culture to City Hall, and to usher in a new era of innovation across the City of Boston that puts us in the lead When it comes to creating safe, healthy and livable neighborhoods. John talked about important things for Boston. He told us that immigrants have a role and a very important collaboration for the development of economic Boston. In addition, he said that he will do his job deeper, wild and clearly for all Bostonians. He was asked that "Why jobs matter?" and he aswered that "Job can change someone lifes and a career can giving someone a future. "He will make sure que Boston Public Schools will help people dominate the English,Because half of the students does not have English as first language. In addition, he want to do the partnership with the Boston Schools to create a carreer for all Bostonians and this not matter, if you are a child or a adult, because the city of Boston will be there always open for everyone in any...
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...Official Andalusia Mayoral Candidacy Statement of Jared Eastman The mayor of any city should be someone you can relate to, someone you could sit down with at lunch and talk to, someone you feel comfortable with and trust to listen to you. My family has lived in the Wiregrass area for generations. I grew up in this community and am a Straughn High School graduate. I currently live in the Bellwood neighborhood of Andalusia with Anna, my wife, and Amber, my 2-year-old daughter. We are looking forward to our family growing in the near future. Andalusia City Schools will educate my children and prepare them for a bright future. I have a vested interest and sincere desire to work closely with the Andalusia City School System and support them in their goal of providing a world-class education in Andalusia without imposing my will on the professional educators. I have a genuine interest in improving the demographics of Andalusia by leading with a sharp focus on developing many new quality jobs, salary growth and conservative stewardship of your tax dollars....
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