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I can't help but laugh. DC Mayor's third term as a platform for transformation

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But then I realized that's an affliction common to most of DC's elected officials, even her opponent David Catania (e.g., his stand on ticketing parents for a child's truancy or absence from school--see " Criminalizing truancy versus creating focused programs to address truant behavior ").

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Newspaper acquisition as an element of a conservative agenda

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The Baltimore Banner is an online media source, owned by Stewart Bainum, who created Choice Hotels and an assisted living group, and was an elected official. A Floodlight review of the content since the utility founded the Alabama News Center in 2015 shows it publishes overwhelmingly positive stories about the power company.

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Capital One Arena, Wizards and Capitals may move to Alexandria | Why not the RFK campus?

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Elizabeths campus ," 2018 Controversially, because the Park Service has more golf courses than demand, the Langston Golf Course could be redeveloped. This is worth $20 million per year off football based on a study for the Buffalo Bills, it could be more for other sports because of more events. Giants fans leave the MUNI headed for the park.

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Public housing administration as a measure of government (in)competence

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It's also a failure of elected officials to not see themselves as "asset managers" and "risk managers." -- " Town-city management: "We are all asset managers now" ," 2015 -- " Municipal Natural Assets Planning Initiative, British Columbia ," 2018 What's up? The employees are considered DC Government employees.

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Transit safety and security: Broken Windows theory and reality | and the state of transit safety today

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After a series of violent crimes, leaders here took decisive action starting in 2018. Also see " Criminology and the Fundamental Attribution Error ," a speech by Ronald Clarke on the acceptance of the Stockholm Prize in Criminology (2015). Liverpool Echo photo. They zeroed in on one element above all else: rider safety. Other options.