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IS SPEEDY GOVERNMENT GOOD GOVERNMENT?

Barrett & Greene

Not to be overly blunt, but we’ve grown sick and tired of hearing people complaining about how long it takes state and local governments to make dramatic improvements in the lives of their residents.

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THE GRAVEYARD OF GOOD IDEAS

Barrett & Greene

Getting to visible solutions often requires an iterative process, with tweaks and changes necessary before results show improvement. Delay in gathering, analyzing and disseminating data can also lead people to believe that state or local governments aren’t making things better for them. “Jumping into new initiatives.

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Defining Community Engagement, Public Participation, Civic Engagement and More

Social Pinpoint

It means promoting the quality of life in a community, through both political and non-political processes.” Ultimately, it does seem that civic engagement has larger roots in wider social issues.