Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

MARCH 9, 2024

The city agreed to provide a certain level of personnel and budget, with transfer of active management of the park to the third party nonprofit, which raised additional monies for staff, maintenance and improvements. Asking questions like "why is our meager budget earned from pavilion rentals paying for security?"

Parks And Recreation 52

Parks And Recreation Public Administration Housing Budgeting 52

Public Policy Blog

AUGUST 1, 2013

Scott Bomboy of the Constitution Center mentions that “the concept of nullification–that states can overrule federal laws–predated the Civil War by decades, and the ultimate issue of nullification (secession) was settled in the 1860s. 1257 courtesy of Cornell Law Institute). If that law is federal, then the U.S. 482, 488 (1976).

Laws 52

Laws Local Government Accountability Government 52

Death and Taxes

OCTOBER 12, 2021

It sounds like something they should probably not start right before budget season. When teaching MPA students I, somewhere in that first week or so, tell them that a public budget is an encyclopedia of government. the budget), a revenue manual is an encyclopedia of how government is financed. And to the back burner it goes.

Budgeting 52

Budgeting Elected Officials Laws Local Government 52

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

MAY 10, 2024

The Philadelphia Inquirer reports, " Mayor Parker’s budget slashes funding for Vision Zero, a program designed to end traffic deaths ," that the mayor has cut funding for Vision Zero programs, which are designed to reduce traffic fatalities. Other cities have had mixed to negative results from similar initiatives.

Transportation 52

Transportation Laws Sustainability Budgeting 52

Poverty & Policy

JUNE 12, 2017

No state has done this, DC Fiscal Policy Institute’s Executive Director notes in an emailed budget wrap-up. The Council’s unanimous vote for a policy more protective than what the Mayor originally proposed is maybe the biggest high point of this budget season. SNAP Benefits Limits. It would also test its own strategies.

Budgeting 40

Budgeting Housing Voting Translation 40

Public Policy Blog

JANUARY 3, 2014

Prolific proponent of the networked society Manuel Castells (2011) describes mass media being displaced by mass self-communication (Deluca, Lawson, & Sun, 2012) in altering the communication model from one-to-one to many-to-many. However, the movement’s electoral success in 2010 did not carry over to the 2012 midterm elections.

Social Media 40

Social Media Sustainability Communications Grassroots 40