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Budgeting for Local Governments and Communities

By: Douglas Morgan,Kent S. Robinson,Dennis Strachota,James A. Hough

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Budgeting for Local Governments and Communities

By: Douglas Morgan,Kent S. Robinson,Dennis Strachota,James A. Hough

Budgeting for Local Governments and Communities is designed as the primary textbook for a quarter or semester-long course in public budgeting and finance in an MPA programme. Many currently available texts for this course suffer from a combination of defects that include a focus on federal and state budgeting, a lack of a theoretical governance framework, an omission of important topics, and typically a lack of exercises and datasets for student use. Budgeting for Local Governments and Communities solves all of these problems. The book is exceptionally comprehensive and well written, and represents the efforts of veteran authors with both teaching and real-world experience. Key Features: Special Focus on Local Government Budgeting: focuses exclusively on budgeting at the local levels of American government, which are responsible for spending 40 percent of the taxes collected from citizens. Integration of Theory and Practice: teaching cases and chapters capture the "lessons learned" by professional practitioners who have extensive experience in making local public budgeting work on the ground. Polity Approach to Local Budgeting: presents an introduction to local budgeting as the central political activity that integrates the resources of the community into a unified whole. Budgeting is presented as governance work, rather than as a unique set of skills possessed by analysts and financial specialists. Legal, Historical, Economic and Moral Foundations of Local Government Budgeting: provides readers with an understanding of how the structures and processes of local budgeting systems are firmly tethered to the underlying core values, legal principles and historical development of the larger American federal, state and local political systems. Electronic Datasets and Budgeting Exercises: the text includes access to extensive electronic datasets and practice exercises that provide abundant opportunities for students to "learn through doing." Extensive Glossary and Bibliography: covers terms on the history and practice of local public budgeting.

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1317507274

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9781317507277

History of the Colton Fire Department - paperback

By: Dennis Bickers

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History of the Colton Fire Department - paperback

By: Dennis Bickers

This is the history of the Colton Fire Department from 1889 to 2011. Telling stories of the past generations and following the careers of the past volunteer and full time Chiefs of the Colton Fire Department. Engineer Dennis Bickers that retired in 2009 had been taking pictures and video since his hire date in 1982. He eventually took the lead as the Historian of the department and promised to tell Colton's story.

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Lulu.com

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1300321091

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9781300321095

City Politics

Cities and Suburbs in 21st Century America

By: Annika Marlen Hinze,Dennis R. Judd

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City Politics

Cities and Suburbs in 21st Century America

By: Annika Marlen Hinze,Dennis R. Judd

City Politics has received praise for the clarity of its writing, careful research, and distinctive theme – that urban politics in the United States has evolved as a dynamic interaction between governmental power, private actors, and a politics of identity. The book’s enduring appeal lies in its persuasive explanation, careful attention to historical detail, and accessible and elegant way of teaching the complexity and breadth of urban and regional politics which unfold at the intersection of spatial, cultural, economic, and policy dynamics. This 11th edition has been thoroughly updated while retaining the popular structure of past editions. Key updates include: • Individual chapters introducing students to pressing urban issues such as race and racism, gentrification, sustainability and the environment, urban crises, shrinking cities, immigration, and suburbanization, political polarization, and the COVID-19 pandemic's impact on cities • The most recent census data integrated throughout to provide current figures for analysis, discussion, and a more nuanced understanding of current trends. • The effects of the events of 2020 on cities – namely the Coronavirus pandemic; the murder of George Floyd and its aftermath, and the growth of the Black Lives Matter Movement; and the U.S. presidential election in November • The new and present challenges of the climate crisis, and its growing significance for cities. Taught on its own, or supplemented with the optional reader American Urban Politics in a Global Age for more advanced readers, City Politics remains the definitive text on urban politics – and how they have evolved in the United States over time. This is a comprehensive resource for a new generation of undergraduate and graduate students, as well as established researchers in the discipline. This book is accompanied by Support Material online: www.routledge.com/9781032006352

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1000600920

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City Politics

The Political Economy of Urban America

By: Annika M. Hinze,Dennis R. Judd

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City Politics

The Political Economy of Urban America

By: Annika M. Hinze,Dennis R. Judd

Praised for the clarity of its writing, careful research, and distinctive theme – that urban politics in the United States has evolved as a dynamic interaction between governmental power, private actors, and a politics of identity – City Politics remains a classic study of urban politics. Its enduring appeal lies in its persuasive explanation, careful attention to historical detail, and accessible and elegant way of teaching the complexity and breadth of urban and regional politics which unfold at the intersection of spatial, cultural, economic, and policy dynamics. Now in a thoroughly revised tenth edition, this comprehensive resource for undergraduate and graduate students, as well as well-established researchers in the discipline, retains the effective structure of past editions while offering important updates, including: All-new sections on immigration, the Black Lives Matter Movement, the downtown condo boom, and the impact of the sharing economy on urban neighborhoods (especially the rise of Airbnb). Individual chapters introducing students to pressing urban issues such as gentrification, sustainability, metropolitanization, urban crises, the creative class, shrinking cities, racial politics, and suburbanization. The most recent census data integrated throughout to provide current figures for analysis, discussion, and a more nuanced understanding of current trends. Taught on its own, or supplemented with the optional reader American Urban Politics in a Global Age for more advanced readers, City Politics remains the definitive text on urban politics – and how they have evolved in the US over time – for a new generation of students and researchers.

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1351678817

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Budgeting for Local Governments and Communities

By: Douglas Morgan,Kent S. Robinson,Dennis Strachota,James A. Hough

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By: Douglas Morgan,Kent S. Robinson,Dennis Strachota,James A. Hough

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1317507282

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Standards of Excellence in Budget Presentation

By: Dennis Strachota

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Standards of Excellence in Budget Presentation

By: Dennis Strachota

The Association of School Business Officials International (ASBO) inaugurated the Meritorious Budget Awards Program (MBA) in July 1995. ASBO specifically created this program to help school business administrators achieve a standard of excellence in budget presentation. This book is intended to serve as a practical guide to the MBA program and help school business officials prepare an outstanding budget document. The book explains how to apply the MBA criteria and offers real-life examples from exemplary school system budget documents. The first chapter provides background information on the program and offers tips for preparing a successful document and submitting it. Chapter 1 explains the program's general requirements. The remaining four chapters are devoted to each of the four major groupings of award criteria--the introductory, the organizational, the financial, and the informational sections. Each chapter is followed by a checklist and examples from actual budget documents that satisfy those specific criteria. Forty exhibits are included. Appendices list criteria for the meritorious budget award. (LMI)

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0910170711

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9780910170710

Get the Facts on Anyone

By: Dennis King

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Get the Facts on Anyone

By: Dennis King

Provides information and advice on tracking down individuals and organizations through public records, published sources, and other techniques, including missing persons, background checks, and investigating cults and extremist groups

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0028628217

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Budgeting for Local Governments and Communities

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Standards of Excellence in Budget Presentation

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