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    Long Island NY, Nassau County Nassau County is a cosmopolitan society with different people from various demographical features. The most recent population census pegged the population at approximately 1,361,350 people (www.census.gov/quickfacts). Thus, it is safe to conclude that the population is slightly over 1.3 million people who have diverse cultural features or backgrounds. It is important to note that 76% of the total population is comprised of whites alone that are roughly 1,034,626 of the

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    The Annual Big Island County Fair, full of all sorts of sounds, screams, smells, sights, and laughter. The carnival is the one place where every little kid can spend loads and loads of their parents money to ride rides, play games, win prizes, and eat all sorts of sweets and junk food here on the big island that is. As you already know, it is that time of the year already. The time to ride on the spinning dragons, the zipper, fireball, swings, and the new area 51. It is also the time for the funnel

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    Nassau County, Long Island is a suburban county, completely surrounded by two bodies of water, the Atlantic Ocean and the Long Island Sound. Our four season climate with humid summers and snowy winters is due to the fact that we are a coastal area. Up until the late 1940s, when there was an influx of people who relocated from New York City Nassau County mainly consisted of farmland. By the 1950s, numerous young adults had come to settle down here essentially because the houses were affordable, schools

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    the state of Texas. Texas has 254 counties, the most of any state. Each county is governed by a five-member Commissioners Court, which consists of a County Judge (elected at-large) and four Commissioners (elected from single-member precincts). The County Judge has no veto authority over the decisions of the Court, s/he has one vote along with the other Commissioners. In smaller counties, the County Judge also performs judicial functions, while in larger counties his/her role is limited to the Court

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    governmental functions, and counties, municipalities, and towns and townships all fall into this category. Special purpose local governments generally focus on a specific purpose and one function. Best known of these are the school districts. Regardless of name, it is state government that gives local governments of all types their legal life. Counties were created to function as appendages of the state, but modernization and population growth have put pressures on counties

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    I Am A Oldest Kid

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    probably kill me. She said I won’t kill you in a mocking tone. I learned to never make her mad again. I hope that I can forget this horrible tragedy and be a lot happier. Over this pleasant summer I went to visit my aunt, uncle, and cousins, at Whidbey Island, Washington. The boring and long plane ride was between 4.5 and 5 hours. After that we had to take a 2 hour

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    Island Shape

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    shape is the island/country? How big is it? The shape of the island is a circle ish shape being medium to large in size. The island is located in the Pacific Ocean, close to Hawaii. Are there lots of sandy beaches? Forest or jungles? Villages, towns, or developed cities? What parts of the island (if any) are developed, and what parts (if any) are left untouched? There are sandy beaches around the perimeter of the island. Multiple patches of thick jungles are scattered among the island. There are

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    Want to know a little known fact? Local government is one of the most influential factors in the American way of life, but it is not even mentioned in the U.S. Constitution. Essentially the Constitution set up national and state governments but leaves local governments out creating a gray area. This area has been filled with many different methods and types of government. One of the ideas which pertains to filling this gray area is the Tiebout model. In essence this is a model of governance through

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    government A rural county government would make for an excellent political structure while giving the residents common services. It would also give private businesses opportunities for maintenance, healthcare, waste disposal services, and recreational services, which would not only bring business and jobs but more citizens as well. The services our government would provide

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    Question 1: Why are you interested in this position? From what I have learned city governments provide some of the most challenging, dynamic, learning-centric environments where opportunities to make a difference abound through numerous opportunities. Often from what I have seen the staff is smaller, and so is the budget and other resources and yet the issues that arise didn’t shrink as well, so creative and quick solutions are more frequently needed. I want to start building experience working

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