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    board meetings happen every month to discuss key issues facing the district. There are the formal board meetings that tend to be traditionally boring and information excessive, but FISD does offer other options for the public to discuss the big topics with district leaders like their Coffee Talk with District Leaders. Regardless of the setting, the board as an obligation to the students and parents that attend the school district, which begins with acting President Anne McCausland. Six other members

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    The narrative that gets told about a city influences public policies, economic development initiatives, and even civic morale and engagement. For example, in the case of Buffalo, pervasive myths about high property tax rates have influenced the public’s perception about the funding of public programs and fed the desire for irresponsible tax cuts. Similarly, stories that fail to acknowledge issues of poverty, inequality, and segregation marginalize certain groups and hinder constructive dialogue on

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    Senate Bill 332 was filed on February 1, 2013 during the 83rd Texas legislature. This bill was written by Senator Jose Rodriquez of the Democratic Party. The bill pertains to the commissioner’s court oversight of certain emergency services in certain districts (Highlights 652). Bill 332 was set to take affect September 1, 2013. The reason I chose this bill was because of my school major. I am working toward a degree in Emergency Management and more specifically Emergency Administration and Planning. A

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    From this Chapter, I understand the classification of municipal government from small to big at different scale and also what do the local governments do. The main role is the democratic and service provision. when studying the relationship between these two aspects, some questions are also proposed: is that only when you have property, can you really participate in the vote or democracy? Does the local government responsible to the province about the finances? Or should it responsible to its people

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    United States of America and it is one of the largest state in terms of its population and the total geographical area. The local government has been divided into county government, municipal government and special districts. Texas has been divided into house districts and senate districts. The house of representatives and the house of senate plays a crucial role in deliberating on issues specific to a given department. If selected, I will be glad to be a member of the education, transportation and

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    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

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    INTRODUCTION On November 7, 1972, voters in Fayette County and Lexington Kentucky decided to consolidate their city and county government. 69.8 percent of the 62,197 voters who showed up to the polls cast their ballots in support of the merger (Shaw 2010). City-county consolidation occurs when a local government reform in which a major municipality and county merge to create a unified government. Smaller governments are believed to benefit by their ability to take advantage of larger government

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    Introduction Local government institutions have always existed in India in one form or another since ancient times. The present form of urban local government owes its genesis to the British rule. The initiation began with Samuel Laing, member of the Viceroy's Council, in the Budget Speech (1861-62) proposing that local services should be based on local resources. Lord Mayo's Resolution of 1870 introduced the concept of elected representatives in the municipalities. Lord Ripon is considered the founding

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    ‘compromise exchange’ according to Tawanaka can exemplify the transaction between the President who is dominant in budget making and implementation and the congress in general legislation by using the PDAF to meet both party’s needs. Also, in the districts themselves, the PDAF is political. Congressmen have become the “charitable” beacons to their followers, in spite of the legitimate needs of others. The worst manifestation of this is when personal gain is involved and individuals like Napoles provide

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    MedAfrica was developed to address the information gap or "inadequacy in local health content" in Africa in terms of information about common aliments, drugs, and hospital locations. With freelancing and 'office on the road' becoming popular trends among employees, Work+ aims to address the growing demand for working environment outside the traditional office space and also increase the utilization of spaces in public areas, such as restaurants and coffee chain shops. Bus Guru app seeks to address

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