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Local governments are less impacted by polarization, survey finds

American City & Country

Only 15% said relationships between elected officials and staff was negatively impacted by political polarization, and among government staff members, 11% said polarization negatively affected relationships. Party affiliation also plays less of a role in local government polarization than one might expect, according to the report.

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Supreme Court Issues Important Decision Impacting Elected Officials and Use of Social Media

NLC (National League of Cities)

By Amanda Karras, Executive Director, International Municipal Lawyers Association, and Stephanie Martinez-Ruckman, Legislative Director, Human Development, National League of Cities On March 15th, in Lindke v.

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Improve Your Grant Success with the Help of Elected Officials

DH Leonard Consulting & Grant Writing Services

I quickly learned about the power of relationships, particularly when building programs and developing grant proposals. But as I moved into work with nonprofits, I realized that outside of local governments, many organizations do not take advantage of the assistance provided by their elected officials.

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How Politics Wastes Tax Dollars in Tax Incentives

Barrett & Greene

Over the course of the last few months, we’ve been digging deeply into the world of tax incentives given by states and local governments to help encourage economic development. But the real reasons behind most economic development deals aren’t things for which they can take credit. There’s more.

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NYU Furman Center Co-Faculty Director Vicki Been Submits Testimony on the Charter Revision

The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)

In her testimony , Professor Been summarized three of the five major steps of housing development, all of which occur before construction begins, and include both informal negotiations along with procedural requirements set forth in the New York City Charter. Uncertain timelines for inter-agency coordination lead to potential delays.

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Are combination inspectors a good choice for municipalities?

American City & Country

The struggle is in the balancing act between safety, regulation and economic development, as well as the tendency for lessons learned from past disasters that fade with time. Throughout history, the adoption and enforcement of building codes came as a last step instead of the first.

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Just “Prioritize Ridership”: Is it That Easy?

Human Transit

So when Yglesias says … Now again, I’m happy to concede that across the entire possibility space, you could imagine a situation in which one route maximizes ridership but a slightly different version maximizes economic development goals or equity goals or environmental goals.