Municipality

Lance Armstrong once said, “Knowledge is power, community is strength, and attitude is everything.” Being active in your own community isn't just donating money or cleaning up one's neighborhood, it can be attending local events sponsored by local organizations or government, or even attending the meetings that plan those events. For Example, attending a local holiday event in one's community or a city council meeting where they make choices that potentially affect everyday life. After personally

To examine the effects of public campaign funding on local policy priorities, I need to create a dataset containing variables related to mayoral and city council races. While mayoral election and a strong mayoral system would have the most direct linkage between publicly funded campaigns and policy direction, since the mayor has a significant authority to direct policy initiatives and budget priorities. The results of evaluating mayoral races only, however, produce a small number of observations

Attending the last City Council meeting in University City reminded how petty and vile people can be. Implored to attend by a couple of well-heeled politicians, a not-so-representative group of U City residents took turns attacking our mayor, Shelley Welsch. It would be good to remember that Mayor Welsch ran virtually unchallenged in her bid for a second-term as Mayor. During her previous bid for mayor she defeated Councilman Crow. In a recent Post article, distinctions between human error

The County council meeting that I attended was all I thought it would be, minus the crazy person that I was promised. The county council meeting was facilitated by a group of white men and women with very few if any minorities in attendance. The council appeared to be very dry leaving me questioning why this was so important. However, shortly after settling in for the long hall it clicked, and I was able to make the connection to my Political Science 1100 course, and how exactly the county council

Neighborhood Council Meeting for the City of Lake Balboa Purpose Neighborhood Councils serve as representatives for locals in their cities and perform in a citywide role to assist citizens at a city level. They address citywide issues; take positions on politics all while proactively engaging their communities. Neighborhood councils are the links between government agencies and local communities. They represent the entire community, putting personal opinions aside. The Lake Balboa Neighborhood Council

Race For Mayor: Adrian Garcia As a 23-year veteran of the police force, Harris County Sheriff and later city councilman; Adrian Garcia’s name is perhaps the most recognizable to the average Houstonian in this year’s race for the city’s highest office. Garcia does not see any other candidate as his most difficult opponent; like most of them, he sees red tape as the real hurdle. “I’m really running for the citizens of Houston,” he says, “I am proposing my vision, my qualifications, my experience, as

Through elaborately decorated rooms and immense marble staircases, I never expected my time in the Pennsylvania Capital Building to be quite so interesting. On June ninth, I was fortunate enough to not only attend a state senate meeting but to shadow the Senate President pro tempore, Joseph Scarnati, for an entire afternoon. This was not my first time meeting Senator Scarnati, as I had the opportunity to get to know him through various political functions in my hometown of Brookville. Brookville

Seems like the soap opera in Nelson called the city council is continuing with ethics complaints now flying. In the recent issues before the council, specifically the marble building and the fence variance request by a resident, tempers flared, members walked out and citizens were verbally abused by council members in the meeting and on social media. Some items brought before the council are personal (Council member Jarrett vs. neighbor in the fence case). Others involve larger and long-running

An ANC meeting erupted in conflict between residents and commissioners in Tenleytown on Thursday, over a Wisconsin Avenue building project proposal. Residents, who were eager to voice their concerns with the project, repeatedly interrupted commissioners and each other during a building proposal by Sunrise Senior Living and a local church. Many residents made clear that they were against the project. Commissioners attempted to close out the meeting with their comments, but were repeatedly interrupted

Hi Judge, It was great seeing you in Philly last month. I’m glad you could join us for the Meltzer event. I wanted to touch base with you on the research proposal template I sent you several months ago (after Western). We’re currently interested in research projects that look into the housing and mortgage markets and explore alternative market-based approaches that can potentially replace the current government-backed system. I know that’s an area you’ve done some research in and wanted to let