Community and Economic Development Program of UNC
OCTOBER 12, 2023
State law requires each board of county commissioners to levy and collect taxes as necessary to meet the county’s allocated share of the cost of mandated social services programs. Counties may also levy property taxes for any purpose for which the county is authorized by law to appropriate money, subject to voter approval.
Rebuilding Place in Urban Space
AUGUST 21, 2022
Britain has created big problems by privatizing its water and sewage systems, abetted by minimal regulation and even more minimal fines which seem to have zero punitive power in getting the companies to follow the law. million to NextEra Water, a private Florida company.
Rebuilding Place in Urban Space
SEPTEMBER 4, 2023
Now, the only license up for renewal until 2028, in Philadelphia, is being challenged by the Media and Democracy Project (" FCC allows for public comment on petition to deny Fox 29′s broadcast license ," Philadelphia Inquirer ). Public comments are being accepted, and I'm working on my submission. There isn't a final deadline date listed.
Public Policy Blog
JANUARY 3, 2014
Jodi Dean (2005) says that slacktivism results in post-politics: “Busy people can think they are active – the technology will act for them, alleviating their guilt while assuring them that nothing will change too much. […] By sending an e-mail, signing a petition, responding to an article on a blog, people can feel political.
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