So what?The Chair can influence who should run for office, be appointed to boards and commissions, who should even get county government jobs, and …. be considered “In Good Standing.” Board of Zoning Appeals (BZA) Meeting notes, Jan 29, 2025, 5pm to 8pm+ – Tilton Projects ...
keeping our community safe by maintaining order inside the walls of our correctional facilities and preparing inmates for future release back into society,” said Johnson. “This is no easy task but they do a great job under difficult circumstances. By lighting the courthouse dome...
Duong:Transparency and open government are essential to democracy. I am so deeply committed to this principle that one of my first actions as a county supervisor will be to call for a county charter review commission. The top priority of that commission will be to include strong requirements fo...
Audiences at Silicon Valley government meetings are running into an increasingly common rule: no applause. Local governing bodies like the Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors and San Jose City Council are telling people to avoid cheering or booing other speakers during public comments before major...
Southwest Virginia, etc. has been written off and marginalized for the same reasons as Baltimore - ruling class doesn't care. I have documented extensively how government economic development programs never work. Their programs do not work with poor blacks in Baltimore. Their programs do not work...
Last week, Padilla introduced bipartisan legislation to create a national Wildfire Intelligence Center to streamline federal response and create a whole-of-government approach to combat wildfires. He also announced a package of three bipartisan bills to bolster fire resilience and proactive mitigation ...
Anderson said that as they continued to t look at the budget and talk about priorities, she would bring to this work, the lens she brought to her previous work. "How do we advance all of our groups; how do we balance finite resources again to advance every single stakeholder that we ha...
s in tourism, recreation, and the green industry. It would also help solve ongoing and chronic challenges in housing, employment, energy efficiency, and carbon reduction. A good plan would offer opportunities to contribute to the needs of our seniors and the challenges facing the government ...
non-partisan, non-profit think tank based in Albany, the number of retirees eligible for $200,000+ pensions from the New York State and Local Retirement System (NYSLRS) reached 54 last year, according to new data posted on SeeThroughNY, the Empire Center’s government transparency website. ...
Southwest Virginia, etc. has been written off and marginalized for the same reasons as Baltimore - ruling class doesn't care. I have documented extensively how government economic development programs never work. Their programs do not work with poor blacks in Baltimore. Their programs do not work...