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    The government meeting I attended was the Whittier City Council Meeting on April 26th. I found out about the meeting on the Whittier city's website. The meetings are open to any citizen who wants to participate and be informed about what is going on in the city. The Mayor of Whittier is Fernando Dutra. The council members are Bob Henderson, Owner Newcomer, and Cathy Warner. The meeting started off with a lot of public attendance, but a lot of people left after recess. There was not a lot of public

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    On November 13th there was a Raymore City Council meeting held at the City Hall. The meeting was well organized and went over various topics such as the water bill change, more street lights, work areas being painted, and there was discussion of Christmas lights being added onto the City Hall in spirit of the holidays. The meeting agenda included the topics that were going to be discussed which made the meeting more structured. To start off the meeting, they called the meeting, announced the time

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    City Council Meeting I chose to attend a city council meeting for this assignment and was very surprised at what I witnessed. The city council served an important purpose and the meeting actually accomplished many important goals. Among the interesting things that I saw at the council meeting were the people who attended, the people who presented, the people who sat on the council, and the subjects that were being voted upon in the meeting. I was very surprised at how many people actually attended

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    Hurstville city council Public sector Hurstville city council is a local government organization, which is located in the St George and southern region of Sydney, NSW, Australia. it is established to operate and develop the city by ensuring the high quality of lifestyle for its residents and visitors. Vision • Balancing the economic growth and developing the quality of life of Hurstville residents. • Encouraging the people, maintain the city culture, tradition and protect the natural and

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    Penrith gathers 20,000 signatures against poor infrastructure An online petition calling for federal funding on infrastructure development in Penrith and the outer western Sydney region has gathered more than 20,000 signatures. Penrith City Council has started this initiative with an aim to get problems of traffic congestion and other related problems out in the open as federal election campaigning gets underway. The campaign highlights the critical need to connect Sydney’s outskirts to the North

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    Good afternoon, I am in the editorial department at STYLE Magazine and am interested in featuring the Folsom City Council election and its candidates as our Catch All topic for the October issue. Catch All covers a local event answering the basic Who, What, Where, When and Why questions, along with more in-depth questions. Would you be able to answer the questions below, or pass them on to someone who can? Our deadline is August 20, so if you could reply back at your earliest convenience, it would

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    street in town-the main street. On February 22, 2016, I attended a public meeting in Bruno’s town office. The public meeting was a town of Bruno regular monthly council meeting. I planned on staying as long as it took for me to get the information I needed on policy and how the council made decisions. Within this council meeting, the council freely discussed matters, occasionally having some order. In addition, there was no form of talking stick, which caused Interruptions and over talking. When considering

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    When I walked into class and saw this daunting project sitting on my desk, I was in shock. No teacher has ever asked me to do an assignment requiring the level of work that this portfolio required. While no one component seemed too difficult, all of them together seemed impossible. However, in reflection I see that this portfolio was only as difficult as I sought to make it; if I approached each section with an open mind, a plan, and a schedule, it was rather easy to complete this assignment. While

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    Town Council Case Study

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    Gean Chouinard seeks re-election to Town Council submitted Edson Councillor Gean Chouinard will be seeking his third term on Edson Town Council in his re-election campaign. Chouinard is married to his wife Karin and has two sons, Ryan, 16 and Darin 10. Chouinard has called Edson his home for the past 36 years. His passion and dedication has been shown by his complete involvement in volunteering, lobbying, and completing the tasks he set out to accomplish. This election, Chouinard’s campaign “Building

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    The Executive Mayor is the political head of the Municipality. The Structures Act defines an Executive Mayor as an elected in terms of section 55 of the Act. Only municipalities of the type that have a mayoral executive system may have an executive mayor. A Mayoral executive system is a system of municipal government which allows for the exercise of executive authority through an executive mayor in whom the executive leadership of the municipality is vested and who is assisted by a mayoral committee

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