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Revisiting what I wrote about in 2010/2012 back to the fore: regional cultural funding in Greater Detroit

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

In 2010 and 2012 I wrote about such initiatives for the Detroit Zoo (actually located in Oakland County) and the Detroit Institute of Arts, which were caught up in the city's bankruptcy. . == This is what I wrote in 2012 [links not re-checked]: I haven't kept up with the issue. From the article: Democrat Rep.

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Gerrymandering in Utah

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

In the 2010 cycle they divided Salt Lake County into three of the four districts. And the Governor says when progressives complain, "Vote." But Republicans use the "organizing concept" of linking rural and urban areas as a method for diluting Salt Lake County by making districts as wedges.

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Montgomery County Maryland Planning Board resigns

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

The council, which appoints the board, voted unanimously in a closed session Tuesday to ask the entire board to resign, according to two people familiar with the vote. Those who didn’t resign would have faced a public hearing seeking their removal, the people said. John Kelly/The Washington Post) I'm saddened by this.

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Building Resilience: Leveraging Innovative Partnerships and Low Cost Capital to Meet Affordable Single-Family Housing Needs

Center for Community Progress

ANDP Single-Family Developments Shaded by LMI Census Tracts, January 2010 – June 30, 2020. In response, ANDP’s board of directors unanimously voted to redirect all organization programming (housing development, lending, and advocacy) toward combating metro Atlanta’s devastating tide of foreclosures.

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Too Quick to Pronounce Trump Budget Dead on Arrival

Poverty & Policy

Some Republicans may balk at some details, but the major thrusts replicate those in budgets the House has passed ever since Republicans gained control in 2010. If the House and Senate can then agree on a resolution, the actual spending and/or tax cuts need only a majority vote in the Senate. Government 101 than perhaps any of you need.

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House Majority Denies Low-Income Seniors and People With Disabilies Choice of Living in Their Homes

Poverty & Policy

Two conservative economists estimated the annual cost at $15-$20 billion — this back in 2010. I’m inclined to think that some House Republicans who voted for the bill knew this, though, as we know for sure, House Speaker Ryan chose to rush it through, rather than wait for an official score from the Congressional Budget Office.

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A Slice of the Trump Budget’s Shrunken Pie for the Needs of Low-Income People

Poverty & Policy

The Coalition on Human Needs chose 185 such programs and tracked their funding from 2010, the year before Congress passed the Budget Control Act, through the budget the federal government’s operating under now. How then they may vote, as it doesn’t say, but needn’t.