Open Space Radio: Parks and Recreation Trends

NOVEMBER 3, 2020

And whether you mailed in your ballot, voted early or are still undecided as you listen to this episode, we know that our guests today are going to provide sage wisdom on all things elections, voting and why it’s important to advocate at the federal, state and local level. Congress in a few months.

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Librarian.net

MAY 31, 2023

I want to live in a country where every person gets a vote and every non-person gets no votes.” It has to stop. And it’s a Vermont issue. Nearly one fifth of Vermont towns have passed resolutions at town meeting (over a decade ago) affirming that they feel money is not speech and corporations are not people.

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GovLoop

JANUARY 5, 2024

The Future Is Bright Pandemic-era funding helped set up the system, Sanders explained, but the program also got a vote of confidence in Ohio’s most recent biennium budget, when state legislators approved funds to continue providing devices.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

OCTOBER 12, 2022

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.

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Librarian.net

JULY 10, 2021

The treasurer’s report was a lot more optimistic than it’s been in the past few meetings and we made a vote to have ALA ‘s bylaws amended to allow for electronic meetings and voting which was an easy pass (we’d been doing it under some sort of emergency allowance but now it’s part of the organization’s structure).

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NLRG (National Legal Research Group)

DECEMBER 15, 2023

In a state where the recent population growth has been almost entirely made up of minority residents, the state's congressional and legislative maps presented to the court did not add more majority-Black districts. congressional maps presented to the court dilute and diminish the Black population's voting power in the Atlanta area.

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Librarian.net

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

This is not my usual ALA report because the Council meetings at LibLearnX were brief and I was occupied with some legislation I’d been working on. This still needs to get voted on by membership at ALA but should pass. Here are some important notes for those who are interested in ALA topics.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

JANUARY 29, 2023

The Post is acting like the Takoma Park resident who wrote a letter to the editor stating he'd be voting against all the politicians in office because of the failures in building the Purple Line, even though all the failures are basically the fault of the former Governor, not local elected officials, not state legislators. -- " Takoma Park resident (..)

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

JUNE 19, 2023

I am not sure it passed, because there is a vote in August on a property tax levy for the Detroit Institute of Arts. Also see " As millage vote looms, lawmaker and DIA spar over finances " from the Detroit Free Press. I still think the best approach is regional, although it's hard to pull off. From the article: Democrat Rep.

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Social Pinpoint

JANUARY 8, 2023

Town hall meetings are a great way for local and national politicians to meet with constituents to hear their opinions on topics they are interested in or to discuss upcoming legislation. One example is online participatory budgets , which enable citizens to vote for how they would like public spending to be allocated toward an initiative.

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Partnership for Public Service

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

Using an expert analysis of Senate-recorded floor votes from the first two years of the last six presidential administrations, we found that: The Senate votes much more on nominations than before. Those votes never made up more than 14% of all votes during the first two years of the Obama, George W. Bush presidencies.

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zencity

MARCH 20, 2023

Democratically elected governments utilize their power and authority to legislate away or weaken democratic norms, institutions, protections, and rights. They have municipal elections, voting on bonds, laws, and referendums. Making democracy its own biggest enemy. But this is not enough in order to preserve democracy.

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The Lowe Down

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

The 2020 United States presidential election saw a major increase in mail-in voting as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic. This shift was politicized, with republicans falsely claiming the method was more prone to widespread fraud, and democrats hoping that an increased turnout stemming from mail-in voting would benefit their party.

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The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)

AUGUST 2, 2023

In response, Democrats in California and Massachusetts, Republicans in Utah and Montana, and city governments across the country have enacted legislation designed to address the barriers that restrict new housing development. “This is a moment of ferment—and experimentation—in land use policy,” writes Noah M.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

MARCH 9, 2023

-- " Senate votes to block controversial DC crime bill ," CNN I haven't written a blog entry on this, just comments, and comments on Washington Post article. I write that for the most part, DC's legislators have it pretty good. So, rather than attacking President Biden and Congress for likely blocking the D.C.

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Policy Chats

FEBRUARY 5, 2021

His interests include questions of democracy, representation, identity and ethnicity, public opinion, legislative politics, Cuban-American and LGBT politics. There are 28 states that have seen legislatures introduce bills that are attempting to restrict the ability of people to vote.

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Policy Chats

FEBRUARY 5, 2021

His interests include questions of democracy, representation, identity and ethnicity, public opinion, legislative politics, Cuban-American and LGBT politics. There are 28 states that have seen legislatures introduce bills that are attempting to restrict the ability of people to vote.

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Poverty & Policy

JUNE 8, 2017

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. What matters more here is legislative strategy — not, one notes, an expertise our President brought to the White House or seems to be learning. Government 101 than perhaps any of you need.

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Partnership for Public Service

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

The outcome of the upcoming midterm elections and whether Democrats or Republicans control the Senate will likely have a major impact on the Biden administration’s ability to enact its legislative agenda, but it is unlikely to have an impact on the overall pattern of a growing confirmation timeline for positions in the executive branch.

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