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    The county commissioners do a lot for our county! They make our county have nice EMS places and good police and county sheriffs. They are a good part of our county. I think they help us with everything we do in our everyday lives. Without them we would have no shopping stores or anything, we would have to go out of county just to get groceries. That would give that county more money and less money for us in ours.

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    Devin McCraney and Sharika Allison were the District Finance officers and Controllers for the BISD school district. They were caught for committing fraudulent and illegal activities from 2010 to 2014. This started after Devin was promoted as the Director of Finance and Allison was promoted to Controller as she worked directly under him. In 2012, they took advantage of fraudulent behavior because they had access to all of the finances in balancing checks and wiring transfers. On January 8, 2014,

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    Local governments face two main questions: what services should they provide to citizens and how should they be organized. These questions have long plagued America and the answers are constantly evolving. America has undergone three distinct eras of local governance, and is on the cusp of a fourth era. These eras have developed in response to the country’s ever evolving public needs and desires. America’s local governments have faced numerous challenges as they grown into the effective, accessible

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    Need an Urban County Government For too long this area has taken a back seat to the larger cities around us. We need to join the rest of the progressive regions in this state and establish a new, more efficient form of government. Pulaski County and the cities of Somerset, Science Hill, Ferguson, and Burnside need to merge together and create an urban county government. This will help to consolidate duplicate services, provide better representation for the citizens of Pulaski County, and strengthen

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    Collin County is a governing body north of Dallas that has been experiencing rapid growth over the past decade. Planning for the population growth, businesses expansions, and county debt has been needed in order for the county to be sustainable during the great recession. The formal mission of Collin County is to deliver services including justice, public safety, infrastructure, and public health as mandated by the State of Texas and to execute other priorities as determined by the Commissioners

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    Organizations bear economic, legal, and ethical obligations to provide useful information about the risks and benefits of their products, policies, and services. Failure to fulfill those obligations can be costly. Financial analyst estimate that 70% of a typical private firm’s assets are intangibles, like goodwill, that can be lost when communication fail. Public institutions’ reputations often depend on their ability to communicate (Fischhoff). It is important to know that organizations are vital

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    Getting control of a county's budget may be a difficult task. My mindset must transform in order to control the county budget, which will result in a positive turnaround. Although our friends in Phoenix County feel a negative effect of the way our county is run, it is still functioning. However, I would try to familiarize some of the leadership aspects of Phoenix. Furthermore, spending less money not to become bankrupt again would be ideal. Moreover, since no one has never succeeded in convincing

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    1. Why do you want to be the County Dairy Delegate? I have been raised on a dairy farm and my mom was also grew up on a dairy farm. My stepdad is a fourth generation dairy farmer and together my parents have taught me the sacrifice and hard work that goes into a farmer’s life. I am thankful for the privilege I have had in growing up on a farm and I want to help educate community members on the significance of our day to day dairy farmers and their contributions to society. 2. Explain how you

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    expand the California Statewide Groundwater Elevation Monitoring Program, “which provides essential data to characterize the state 's groundwater basins, including identifying basins in decline” (cite). This will open lines of communication between counties, and share valuable information for development the pumping plans. Next, there is the plan for Brown’s administration to work closely together with Legislation to fund the

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    The formal mission of Collin County is to deliver services including justice, public safety, infrastructure, and public health as mandated by the State of Texas and to execute other priorities as determined by the Commissioners Court (Collin County). The mission statement is very concise and specific at times by mentioning the main services that are provided, such as justice, public safety, infrastructure, and public health. Length of mission statements can be cumbersome at times to understand because

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