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Walmart to close one of its three DC stores

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

And an area of DC law that offered a way to oppose the entry -- the environmental impact law -- was underdeveloped, and those lawyers who were willing to oppose except for JOBS! And it had one of the best transportation demand management signs I've ever seen in a retail store.

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Uber: criminal?

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

124,000 files from Uber were leaked to the Guardian and they found that " Uber broke laws, duped police and secretly lobbied governments, leak reveals." And they did this at the expense of the success of public transit as well as adding to traffic and congestion even while arguing they did the opposite.

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A Proposed Strategy to Advocate for Improved Civil Protection in the United Kingdom

Disaster Planning and Emergency Management

An example is the excoriating report produced by three eminent Japanese women after the 2011 earthquake, tsunami and nuclear release, which highlights the deficiencies of a response system in which decision making is in the hands of elderly males. [1] As clarity is essential, it should be written in plain English, not legalese. Ohara and H.

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County Legal Authority to Fund Non-Mandated Social Services Programs

Community and Economic Development Program of UNC

State law requires each board of county commissioners to levy and collect taxes as necessary to meet the county’s allocated share of the cost of mandated social services programs. Counties may also levy property taxes for any purpose for which the county is authorized by law to appropriate money, subject to voter approval.

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Crain's Chicago Business: Crain's Forum on Rebranding Chicago

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

Other investment recommendations focus on transportation, increasing retail opportunities, enhancing downtown’s parks and open spaces, and providing $2.5 million for a “dedicated team and marketing efforts to facilitate the transformation of Downtown D.C. into a global learning hub.”.