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WMATA is pathetic: of course it belongs to "the public"

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

In college in the early 1980s, the University of Michigan repositioned its focus on fundraising (what universities call "development") in part by hiring a top development official from Stanford, creating a new campaign, etc.--the the University has successful raised billions since.

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The White House’s Focus on Closing Costs: Long Overdue and Worth the Fight (Part 2)

The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)

This substantial base of wealth provides ample resources for funding campaign donations or other political support at generous levels. 14 A good glimpse of this occurred in New York State in 2017. financial markets (e.g., F&F alone today have $7.5 trillion of assets). 15 See [link].