Remove 2019 Remove Operations Remove Voting
article thumbnail

Paris votes to ban electric scooters

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

From " Parisians vote to ban rental e-scooters from French capital by huge margin ," Guardian: Parisians have voted to rid the streets of the French capital of rental electric scooters, with an overwhelming 90% of votes cast supporting a ban, official results show. Photo: Alamy. Reckless driving.

Voting 52
article thumbnail

Shutdowns and continuing resolutions aren’t the answer of effective government

Partnership for Public Service

The full House and Senate still need to consider and vote on these bills. These stopgap measures hinder innovations in technology, operations and staffing that our government needs to deliver services more effectively, forcing agencies to live with a fiscal uncertainty that prevents them from making long-term, strategic decisions.

Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

She Wears Many Hats: Block Leadership and Civic Engagement with Jen Devor

Iron Sharpens Iron

During their conversation, Jen shares what it’s like to be an active Philadelphian in what she calls an owner-operated city. Episode Transcript Here: [link] Jen Devor is a South Philly block captain, committeeperson, public school advocate, voting enthusiast, and a published author on civic engagement.

article thumbnail

She Wears Many Hats: Block Leadership and Civic Engagement with Jen Devor

Iron Sharpens Iron

During their conversation, Jen shares what it’s like to be an active Philadelphian in what she calls an owner-operated city. Jen Devor is a South Philly block captain, committeeperson, public school advocate, voting enthusiast, and a published author on civic engagement. Episode Transcript Here: [link]. Episode Transcript Here: [link].

article thumbnail

In extremis: what Ukraine 2.0 tells us about reforming government and the public sector

Public Purpose - An Independent Advisory Company

Purpose, crisis and new leadership The starting point, as always with the instinct for systemic reform, is purpose born of crisis: When Volodymyr Zelensky became Ukraine’s president in 2019, he promised to modernise a state that until then had been a byword for bureaucracy and corruption. Such prosecutions were unheard-of before 2014.

article thumbnail

Local Government Support for Privately Owned Affordable Housing

Community and Economic Development Program of UNC

According to 2019 census data, over a million North Carolina households are “cost burdened,” meaning they spend more than 30% of their income on housing. One thing is certain: government alone does not have the resources to construct and operate the needed housing units. There is no near-term publicly-owned housing solution.

article thumbnail

The Behind-the-Scenes Story of How One Libary Marketing Team Executed a Grand Opening of Epic Proportions for Their New Library Building

Super Library Marketing

Photo courtesy Cincinnati and Hamilton County Public Library On a mild night in April 2019, I arrived at a steak restaurant in Schaumburg Township, Illinois to have dinner with a group of people I’d never met. There was an upside to this approach: the new building could be constructed without interruption to day-to-day operations.