Across the globe, governments struggle to sufficiently represent their citizens. The breaking down of government responsibilities varies between countries, but one aspect that no country can agree on is what constitutes a municipality and how much responsibility a municipality should have. Should a city region be split into competing small municipalities, or should there be one municipal government for the entire region? Across Europe following World War II fragmentation due to land reform was favoured
Bell California is a small community located south-east of Los Angeles California. In the summer of 2009 that was caught up in a corruption scandal. The city manager Robert Rizzo was making $800,000 a year, and the Chief of Police Randy Adams was making $457,000 a year much more than even the Chief of Police of the Los Angeles Police Department makes, (Coolican, 2010). The city council to include the mayor of the city were all part-time employees at the municipality only making monthly meetings and
My vision for Miami County is going to involve a lot of change. The first thing I would want to do the most work and change is the main part of Miami County which is the area which has the courthouse and the stores beside it. Most buildings that Miami County has have been there for many years,family owned, and have never been changed to fit the more modern times. Therefore this where the change would come in and we would start to redo the buildings and make them more attractive and bigger. Doing
4.2 White Paper on Local Government According to the White Paper on Local Government, local authorities have the following responsibilities in terms of their obligation to economic development: ● Provide marketing and investment support in order to attract potential support to their locality. ● Small business support services should be providing to assist small entrepreneurs. ● To provide targeted assistance to a particular sector in the local economy that has to potential to expand. ● By supplementing
The counties in Texas have an odd relationship with the state government and the Texas constitution. The counties are under the state and they are required to handle duties that the state rants them. However, the counties are strongly against the involvement of the state government. Brown (2014) states that “both county officials and county residents see them as local governments and resent any state ‘interference’” (p.110). The counties are charged with the responsibilities of collecting taxes on
describing how some states have consolidated the county and city functions into a single entity, and my opinion on whether or not Texas would be better maintaining its several distinct types or consolidating them into a single larger entity. The commissioner’s court has several roles such as taxes, discretion in administering state programs, determine how much state funding is provided to each special area (medical, supplemental food, etc.), upkeep and new county jails, all while providing health and safety
A common phrase is “History is written by the victors”. Perhaps that is the reason why King George III of England is remembered as being the mad king who lost the American colonies. However, there is more to the king than what the rebel colonists made him out to be. King George’s reign of nearly 60 years was full of hardships and setbacks, yet he was a hard worker who was kind and looked out for the welfare of his empire. King George was the son of Frederick, Prince of Wales and the grandson of
Purpose- The Proclamation of 1763 was made after the French and Indian War to make sure that colonists did not move further west. King George had made this proclamation because he wanted to preserve Native American land, so that the Native Americans may want to help him in the future. This was also to make sure that the colonies stayed under British control because if the people moved too much west Britain would not be able to keep a tight control over the people. Act- This proclamation stated that
William Pitt was born in the United Kingdom in 1708 to a distinguished and wealthy family. After returning from school Pitt joined the military, he was stationed in Northampton during a time of peace. During this time Pitt was frustrated due to the lack of British involvement in the War of the Polish Succession. He blamed the current prime minister, Robert Walpole, for Britain’s lack of involvement and this is when Pitt was first starting to develop his harsh ideas on the current British government
parks and recreation to be ever increasing in both the public and private sector. To accomplish my goals in the future I must first be able to get my foot in the door, Internships with Miami-Dade County assistant director's office or the operations office seem to be the best way to get into a job with the county government. Nevertheless, there are skills that I must be proficient before attempting to continue