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Emphasizing ‘people over position’: 2023 Exemplary Public Servant James Earp

American City & Country

Despite being voted “most likely to be president” in high school, James Earp’s path to public service wasn’t a direct one. Having worked in student call centers and volunteered for local campaigns in high school, Earp was immediately intrigued by the position. Earp at a ground breaking for a new turn lane in Hutto.

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Welcome to the team, Maurice Classen!

zencity

His principal management responsibility included oversight of the City’s employees and a multi-billion dollar budget. He also ran multiple political campaigns providing insight into how residents chose their leaders. It is a privilege to have Maurice on board in this capacity and to be able to share this news with all of you.

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Need for social marketing initiatives around installation of neighborhood traffic calming initiatives: Salt Lake City

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

In 2022, the city reduced the street mph to 20mph for most neighborhood streets, which in a car oriented city, is at times controversial (" Salt Lake City Council lowers speed limit to 20 mph on 70% of city streets in unanimous vote ," " Salt Lake City swaps first 20 mph speed limit sign in initiative for safer streets ," Salt Lake Tribune ).

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City of Toledo Mayor Hopes Move to PBB Will Restore Faith in City Government

PBB Center for Priority Based Budgeting

." - City of Toledo Councilperson Sandy Spang In an unprecedented public-private partnership, the Toledo Regional Chamber of Commerce is partnering with the City of Toledo, OH to bring Priority Based Budgeting (PBB) to Northwest Ohio. The City of Toledo launched their Priority Based Budgeting initiative earlier this week.

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Toronto Star "Can't We Do Better" series: Rampant Municipal Management Failure #3

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

Maybe he wouldn't if Toronto had ranked choice voting. " on the various way that the city government's execution of basic services is failing. The incumbent of the last 8 years, John Tory, is likely to win.

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The White House’s Focus on Closing Costs: Long Overdue and Worth the Fight (Part 2)

The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)

However, appraisers are different from the other groups discussed herein: they are not numerous (estimated at just 78,000 nationally), working mainly as smaller, local providers – and thus not collectively wealthy enough to support a large lobbying and advocacy budget. There seem to be three reasons for this exceptionalism.

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10 Interesting Facts About the History of Public Administration

Masters in Public Administration

It is also at this time that politician’s begin a very loose version of campaigning to expose ideas and platforms in order to gain a place in office. In modern voting, this process is often called the political machine and is now done in a less blatant way. We all know Alexander the Great wasn’t a guy who messed around.