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. Some good, some not so good.
Rebuilding Place in Urban Space
FEBRUARY 24, 2025
While the Roxbury initiative was voted on, twice, it didn't pass (" Separatist City of Mandela : Boston Voting on Proposal to Let Black Areas Secede ," Los Angeles Times ). Mandela versus electing Black leaders.
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PMRA (Public Management Research Association)
JANUARY 19, 2017
Gasman’s op-ed raises the same question for the public administration field: do we really want diversity? To shed light on the validity of these assumptions, I invited comments through an anonymous Qualtrics survey posted on twitter, the Academic Women in Public Administration email list, and PMRA’s listserv.
Barrett & Greene
SEPTEMBER 23, 2024
But as a recently released report from the National Academy of Public Administration (NAPA) , points out that, the feds aren’t the only level of government that must be involved in meaningful solutions. That’s true in large part because adapting infrastructure to climate change is fundamentally a local government issue.
Rebuilding Place in Urban Space
NOVEMBER 26, 2023
Partly what got me thinking about city-county consolidation--places like Indianapolis (1970), Knoxville, Macon-Bibb County, Georgia (2012), and what SF and Philadelphia did in the 1800s--was seeing mention of a Brookings Institution report about Pennsylvania c.
Rebuilding Place in Urban Space
OCTOBER 19, 2022
Council votes for $8 billion Medicaid contracts, housing overhaul ," Post ). It attributed the issue to management failure and said the vacancies have accelerated the agency’s steadily deteriorating financial condition. The City Council is worked up about it (" D.C. Housing Authority better ," Post ).
Masters in Public Administration
AUGUST 30, 2011
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. Troy Artist is the blogger here and watcher of all things Bloomberg. Recent posts are on editorials and commentaries that have been sent in on the mayor. The Chief’s Corner.
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