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Revisiting Pittsburgh and Allegheny County as an opportunity for city-county consolidation: The "RiversCity" proposal

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

2003 ( Back to Prosperity: A Competitive Agenda for Renewing Pennsylvania ), and it mentioning how so many of the micro jurisdictions across the state including in Allegheny County, where Pittsburgh is, lacked the financial capacity to serve their residents.

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H Street NE nightlife district, failing?

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

You can never stop (" MAIN STREET NICHES IN A MASS SALES WORLD ," Neil Peirce, 2004). Ironically, one of my early issues was overconcentration of liquor stores on H Street--I was even featured in a Post article about it in 2003. That certainly seems like an overconcentration. Then it was about loitering, littering and crime.

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A History of Ohio Land Banking 2009–2021: From Legislation to Operation

Center for Community Progress

Before Ohio’s new county land banks were conceived, the main goal from 2004 to 2006 was to respond to local leaders’ demand for speedier tax foreclosure of long tax-delinquent vacant and abandoned lands. This number rose to 8,700 in 2003, 9,700 in 2004, 13,943 in 2006, and 14,946 in 2007.

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CIVIL RIGHTS/CONSTITUTIONAL LAW: Pitt Bull Owners’ § 1983 Action May Proceed

NLRG (National Legal Research Group)

Eyre , 547 F.3d 3d 707 (7th Cir. 2008); San Jose Charter of Hells Angels v. City of San Jose , 402 F.3d 3d 962 (9th Cir. 2005); Altman v. City of High Point, N.C. , 3d 194 (4th Cir. However, these cases are very fact specific. Immunity may be determined based on many factors under the totality of the circumstances. Kootenai County , No.

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State of the Nation - a UK Perspective on Covid-19

Disaster Planning and Emergency Management

The scenario for this pandemic (excluding the recovery) was fully formulated over the period 2003-2009. No country other than the UK has spontaneously abandoned its basic law on emergency management (in this case the Civil Contingencies Act of 2004). I have taught it every year since then.

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The GSE Public-Private Hybrid Model Flunks Again: This Time It’s the Federal Home Loan Bank System (Part 2)

The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)

It did so, for example, in 2004 to cover the budget year 2003, when its estimate was $3.2 19] See CBO letter to Senator Richard Shelby dated April 8, 2004. 18 It is worth noting that the Congressional Budget Office (CBO), from time to time, estimates the value of the subsidies to the FHLB system. billion for fiscal 2024.

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The GSE Public-Private Hybrid Model Flunks Again: This Time It’s the Federal Home Loan Bank System (Part 1)

The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)

As an example of their lobbying power, in 2004 and 2005 the George W. In 2003, Franklin Raines, the highly visible CEO of Fannie Mae at the time, received compensation of $17.1 19] It peaked in 2004 at just over $1.6 25] He resigned in 2004 due to accounting irregularities. [26] 24 Excessive executive compensation.

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