article thumbnail

Metrorail Silver Line phase two opening this week

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

Washington Post , July 13, 2003. This should have been done as part of BRAC planning, something I first suggested in 2005.) Extending the Yellow Line south on Rte. 1 to Fort Belvoir , adding four stations: Beacon Hill; Hybla Valley; Mount Vernon; and Fort Belvoir.

article thumbnail

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)

The leadership of the FHLBs, along with various beneficiaries of their subsidies, has also begun to aggressively lobby and advocate against virtually any proposed change that it views as detrimental to its bottom line. As an example of their lobbying power, in 2004 and 2005 the George W. 24 Excessive executive compensation.

2008 88
article thumbnail

Social Media for Social Good: What role does social media play in creation of and sustainability of social movements? A Social Movement Case Study Examining Occupy Wall Street and the Tea Party.

Public Policy Blog

At the same time, traditional political movements—those linked to candidates or issue campaigns—have responded to opportunities presented by the new media environment by becoming hybrid organizations, centrally managed but enabling a relatively entrepreneurial base (Bimber, Flannagan, & Stohl, 2005). New Haven, CT: Yale University Press.