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Posts for December 2013

Public Records Act Report Emphasizes a Better Way to Resolve Disputes

December 20, 2013  by  Tracy Burrows
Category:  Public Records Act

This week, the William D. Ruckelshaus Center issued to the State Legislature its Situation Assessment of Public Records Requests to Local Governments. In our September 25th post, "Is the Public Records Act Working?," Joe Levan reported on the charge that the Legislature gave to the Ruckelshaus Center to develop recommendations for the future of the Public Records Act (PRA). The Center's report...

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source: seattle.gov

New Chapters in People-Centered Placemaking

December 6, 2013  by  Sue Enger
Category:  Development Types

Notions about the importance of placemaking to the quality of community life are not new. The virtues of special spaces/gathering places were championed by no lesser luminaries than Jane Jacobs, Kevin Lynch, and...

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Court Rules Cities' Public Defense Systems Constitutionally Inadequate

December 5, 2013  by  Bob Meinig
Category:  Courts and Criminal Justice System

A federal district court judge ruled on December 4th that the public defense systems provided by the cities of Burlington and Mount Vernon violated the U.S. Constitution's Sixth Amendment guarantee of effective assistance of legal counsel to indigent persons charged with crimes.

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The Economy is Better - So Why is My Budget So Hard To Balance?

December 1, 2013  by  Mike Bailey
Category:  Budgets and Budgeting

You may have seen some of the headlines recently: "Boeing: Record 777X order placed in Dubai"; "Many small business owners are saying they're ready to hire"; "S&P 500 trades above all-time high"; "Construction spending up 45% over last year"; "Retail sales grow again". But if you've looked at your budget forecasts, they don't...

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