Brewster County

Bell California is a small community located south-east of Los Angeles California. In the summer of 2009 that was caught up in a corruption scandal. The city manager Robert Rizzo was making $800,000 a year, and the Chief of Police Randy Adams was making $457,000 a year much more than even the Chief of Police of the Los Angeles Police Department makes, (Coolican, 2010). The city council to include the mayor of the city were all part-time employees at the municipality only making monthly meetings and

My vision for Miami County is going to involve a lot of change. The first thing I would want to do the most work and change is the main part of Miami County which is the area which has the courthouse and the stores beside it. Most buildings that Miami County has have been there for many years,family owned, and have never been changed to fit the more modern times. Therefore this where the change would come in and we would start to redo the buildings and make them more attractive and bigger. Doing

4.2 White Paper on Local Government According to the White Paper on Local Government, local authorities have the following responsibilities in terms of their obligation to economic development: ● Provide marketing and investment support in order to attract potential support to their locality. ● Small business support services should be providing to assist small entrepreneurs. ● To provide targeted assistance to a particular sector in the local economy that has to potential to expand. ● By supplementing

The counties in Texas have an odd relationship with the state government and the Texas constitution. The counties are under the state and they are required to handle duties that the state rants them. However, the counties are strongly against the involvement of the state government. Brown (2014) states that “both county officials and county residents see them as local governments and resent any state ‘interference’” (p.110). The counties are charged with the responsibilities of collecting taxes on

describing how some states have consolidated the county and city functions into a single entity, and my opinion on whether or not Texas would be better maintaining its several distinct types or consolidating them into a single larger entity. The commissioner’s court has several roles such as taxes, discretion in administering state programs, determine how much state funding is provided to each special area (medical, supplemental food, etc.), upkeep and new county jails, all while providing health and safety

Unfulfilled Dreams and Deferring Closure In her critical essay, “Dream, Deferral and Closure in The Women of Brewster Place” Jill Matus writes about the theme of unfulfilled dreams as it is portrayed in Gloria Naylor’s The Women of Brewster Place. Matus’s main argument about this theme can be summarized as her belief that Naylor uses the dream described at the end of the novel as an out— an end that allows her to not commit to one conclusion or other; a deferral of closure, if you will. A reader

Buildings” | Brewster NY). Otherwise, you may have heard of the (in)famous Kelly’s Corner, where you will find some of the best wings you have ever tasted, and occasionally, a Trump child after a long day of skiing at none other than Thunder Ridge Ski Lodge (Buono, Jess. "Trump Brothers Spotted in Brewster.”). Conveniently situated around two train stations along the Harlem Line to Grand Central, the town is a popular home for commuters. Over 50% of residents work outside of Putnam County, and almost

Who are the women of Brewster Place? Mattie, Ciel, Etta Mae, Kiswana, Cora Lee, Lorraine, and Theresa. Each of these women will tell their experience while living in Brewster Place, a big brownstone blocked by a brick wall on a dead end street. Mattie is the mother figure in the apartment building. Mattie grew up in Tennessee , where she lived a sheltered life with her mother and over protective father. One day Mattie and Butch Fuller, a man her father despised, went to pick sugar cane. Butch seduces

(Introduction): Throughout her novel, The Women of Brewster Place, Ms. Naylor emphasizes the importance of sister hood by showing how the women are strengthened by their relationships with one another and proving that men are not necessary to their survival or happiness. Thesis: The strengthening of women through other women is illustrated by Mattie's role as a daughter to Miss Eva, a sister to Etta Mae, and a mother to Lucielia. PARA 2: Miss Eva Turner plays a vital role in Mattie's life

Growing up as a child, many of the issues I have seen and faced are some that I would never wish on anybody. I have witnessed almost all the male figures in my life verbally and sometimes even physically abuse the women in my family. Speaking of the women in my family, majority of them have had babies as young as the age of thirteen going on fourteen. Shocking, I know! The sad reality is, most of the women do not understand their value or worth. They go from man to man and continue to have more babies