ASPA National Weblog

NOVEMBER 1, 2016

Many things have sparked a renewed interest in the vetoing process as I think about accountability and holding elected officials to a higher standard while they make decisions for those who vote them in. I assumed that if I voted, the official would have my best interest in mind. This is just one example.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

OCTOBER 19, 2022

Council votes for $8 billion Medicaid contracts, housing overhaul ," Post ). John Kotter’s Eight Step Model for Leading Change It definitely shows lack of accountability and no sense of urgency to act -2,000 units could house at least 4,000 people. The City Council is worked up about it (" D.C. Housing Authority better ," Post ).

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Masters in Public Administration

AUGUST 30, 2011

The local government here strives to be accountable and accessible. Believing that Mayor Bloomberg will be reelected for a third time, she uses her blog as a keeper of reasons for why not to vote for the incumbent. You can choose from fire, water, and other Portland entries. One of the latest posts was on the proposed budget.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

FEBRUARY 18, 2025

I and many activists were against public funding, but it happened anyway. Rather than adamantly saying "no," I came to realize that since advocates mostly lose out on such initiatives--except if the city or state requires a public vote--we should be focusing on mitigating the problems from such facilities and increasing the benefits.

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Public Policy Blog

JANUARY 3, 2014

While journalists covered the Occupy Wall Street and Tea Party movements exhaustively, the body of literature in the academic world is still relatively small in examining outcomes based on these social movements; even smaller in public administration and political science emphasized journals.

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Public Policy Blog

JANUARY 12, 2016

The Chief Digital Officer Jason Goldman for the Obama administration published to his Medium account “[the] American people will see a multi-platform streaming and social broadcast of the State of the Union that reflects the ways people experience live events in 2016. We’ll be reaching people where they are?—?and

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