I. Preface
As the daughter of the Mayor of Buffalo, I was born into a family with strong political identities. My mother’s name is Teri Lachermeier. Buffalo has been her home for most of her life. My father's name is David Grage and they raised me and my two other siblings in the town of Buffalo.
Dustin is my oldest brother and he is now married to his wife, Kala, and they reside in Buffalo. Garrett attends the University of Minnesota Twin Cities, and I am a senior at Buffalo High School. I consider this town, something, to be very important to me.
Teri has represented Buffalo as a council member for the last 16 years. This last year, when the time was hers to run for the position of Mayor of this fine community, she knew she was ready.
…show more content…
They believe in the staff this city has to offer and have a great respect for all that they do to bring the value to Buffalo as a whole. They always look forward to hearing from anyone with questions or concerns. Their doors are always open! These people appreciate all who allow them to serve the people in the beautiful city of Buffalo, MN.
II. Background
Buffalo is a city, located 42 miles northwest of Minneapolis in Wright County, Minnesota. The population was 15,453 at the 2010 census. It is the county seat. Minnesota State Highways 25 and 55 are two of the main routes in the city.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 9.64 square miles; 7.17 square miles is land and 2.47 square miles is water.
Buffalo was platted in 1856, and named after nearby Buffalo Lake. A post office has been in operation in Buffalo since 1856.
The local school district is named Buffalo–Hanover–Montrose Schools. It is composed of schools within the city of Buffalo, and local towns of Hanover and Montrose. There are six elementary schools, which include Discovery Center, Northwinds Elementary, Parkside Elementary, Tatanka Elementary, Hanover Elementary, and Montrose Elementary. There is one middle school, Buffalo Community Middle School, and one high school, Buffalo High School. There is also one private, Catholic school, St. Francis Xavier School (Grades K–8).
Buffalo offers a relatively large and vibrant arts
The First Nations used the buffalo for food, shelter, tools, and ceremonial ornaments. As the CPR was constructed and the prairies were further developed, the plains buffalo were pushed to extinction and as a result, the First Nations were pushed to near starvation. In response to this issue, the Canadian government then decided they would provide food for the First Nations, but only if they moved onto reservation land. (Berton, 2005) The First Nations were essentially forced to choose between abandoning their land and
The Buffalo were very important to the Native Americans tribes living in the Great Plains because Buffalo was their main food. They have many uses like: Buffalo bones provided marrow to eat, Buffalo bones were carved to make knives, and could boiled to make glue, Buffalo skin could be used to make clothes, moccasins, bedding, saddle covers and water-bags, dried Buffalo dung provided fuel for fires, and even the tail of a Buffalo could be used as a fly swatter. Then tragedy struck. When the first explorers came to the Great Plains, they killed over 35 million buffalo for either sport or food and the drive the Indians of the Great Plains. That step reduced the buffalo population to 1,500 but the year of 1912.
The buffalo would supply the Indians with their necessities for living including resources for thread, clothes, food and shelter. The buffalo was also used for trading things more valuable. An important action that undermined the Plains Indian culture was the large killing of buffalo in a short period of time. Army commanders who worked in the north west often tried to deprive the Indians of their main source of survival by killing the buffalo as a way to drive them of their land. As the population of buffalo dwindled, the Plains Indians had no means of independent support or nourishment and were forced to accept the US government’s policy of living on Indian reservations. The killing of buffalo was supported by the US military in order to undermine the survival of the Indians, and up to 250 buffalo were killed each
On Monday, April 13th, 2009, I visited the Culver City city council meeting, and found that they operate using a council-manager form of government. For a city with a population of about 38,000, this type of governmental structure is fairly common, and I was not surprised to see it in action in a community where the median household income is around $56,000 a year. Culver City is also a culturally rich community with a 60 percent Caucasian population, and a quarter of the residents are either of African American or Asian decent. The mayor, D. Scott Malsin, is one of five members on the council, and his term as mayor is on a rotating basis. Having been to a Hermosa Beach city council meeting with a similar council-manager structure, I knew
One thing of significance that I learned about at the city council meeting was meeting procedure. When I first arrived a pre-meeting workshop about annexation was occurring. After the regular meeting began we started with the Pledge of Allegiance. Next roll call of the council members was taken. Dallas Center has five council members: Mike Kidd, David Bagby, Kurt Pion,. Following roll call was an action to approve the agenda, which was approved. Next up was public communications and concerns. I was surprised that each person only has two minutes to talk about all the issues they
The Native Americans developed their cultures, communities and way of life around the buffalo. About 24 to 28 Native American tribes had figured out how to use the buffalo in 52 different ways for food, supplies, and war. The hooves, for example, are boiled to use as glue. The humpback is, that part of the buffalo is really kind of sturdy, and so it's used for making shields, the hides for making a teepee.( The buffalo was indeed the most important resource for them. In Document 5 it show how much the Native American relied on the buffalo for for everything for example they used the buffalo’s tongue for hair brushes and their bones, for silverware, dice and brushes. After the Americans killed most of them they had to move to reservations or they wouldn’t be able to survive. In 1870 the American hunters killed at least 100 million buffalo a year. By the 1880s, the buffalo were dying out and most plains peoples were being forced onto reservations. The Native American people were not happy going to reservations but that's the only way they could survive do to their number one food supply dying out. The Natives lost a lot of the land from the
Bison turned into a noteworthy transshipment point as homestead create from Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, and Canada coursed through the city on its approach to New York City. Exchange kept running in the two bearings as made merchandise from eastern urban communities were carried on the trench into western towns and towns. New York City specifically observed an emotional increment in its exchange and bloomed as a noteworthy exchanging focus. In only nine years, tolls charged on the waterway had totally reimbursed the state credit and financed a few branch channels in the state. In 1835 the state chose to develop the channel to 21 meters wide by 2.1 meters profound (70 feet wide by 7 feet profound). Bolt estimate was additionally expanded to 33.5 meters by 5.5 meters (110 feet by 18 feet). Vessels on the augmented channel, which was finished in 1862, could convey up to 100 tons of create. Despite the fact that the waterway needed to shut for down to five months each winter, it remained a well known technique for shipment even after rivalry from railways expanded. Water transport, however moderate, remained a relentless and profitable technique for moving cargo, especially
Buffalo Grove's non-native history began in the 1840s when New Englanders moved west with land grants to fund their pilgrimages. Most of the area's early population consisted of Europeans — particularly Scottish, French, and German pioneers who hoped to find more prosperity than they could achieve in their native lands. The first settlers used the land in Buffalo Grove, Illinois, primarily for farming, but they also built diverse communities with stores, churches, and other commercial buildings. Today, many of Buffalo Grove's streets and landmarks bear the names of those first pioneers [1].
The total land area is 471 square miles. The total water area is 16 square miles.
One way to see public administration in action is by attending a city council meeting, whether it be in an urban or rural area, public administration still has a part in each event. As Kettl (2018; p. 244) referenced in his book, there is not a civil system that would be sustainable without strong leadership. This paper will discuss the author’s description, observation, and reflection during a city council meeting.
The Dahlonega City Hall was crowded on the evening of March 1st 2010. The seats were full, except for at the very front, and the standing room was filled almost out the door. The crowd, mostly made up of students, leaned in to hear as the voices of the City Council members faded in and out of the faltering sound system. The six City Council members and the mayor sat along a bench as if they were the judges at a hearing. Because of the ongoing discussions and the crowd, I thought I had arrived a few minutes late; but I was able to find a seat in the front two rows. Despite how packed the small room was there were plenty of empty seats in the front. I had thought the meeting was well on its way by the way conversation was going and
Thank you for your previous assistance regarding the tree on Rio Vista Drive. After conducting some research on the Norwood Borough ordinances, we discovered a few ordinances that might be applicable to this situation.
Plato and John Rawls give to us an account of a moral community in which they both presupposed different views of the human person as order to such community. In this paper, I will attempt to examine what this moral political community is according to Plato and John Rawls. My thesis will support Plato's idea of moral political community which is better than John Rawls because it presents a community with order and a concern for the well being of all not just one. According to Plato in the words of Socrates, " I assume that if a community has been found properly, it has everything it takes to be good." The keywords from this phrase being "found properly" and "has everything to be good." In what follows I will
After hearing comments from the public expressing concern with the program, the selectmen decided to invite Wilmot
Those moving from big cities to smaller cities like College Station could have trouble adjusting to the lifestyle and surrounding environment at first. Since College Station and Bryan cities are mainly the second home to thousands of college students, therefore, city planners did not focus much on the entertainment aspect for the people that live here. The main entertainment that college students would be able to enjoy around here is going to the cinema during the weekends. Unlike small, growing cities like College Station and Bryan, big cities like Austin, Dallas and Houston are often act as magnets that attract many businesses to come to the city. The reason that businesses show up to big cities was because they know for sure that their