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...easy for the town manager to cave," says Edholm. "There's often no downside. He's not held accountable for the profitability of a firm. He's held accountable if the streets aren't swept, the roads aren't paved or the garbage isn't picked up. It's easier to cave in to union demands than to save $9 on everyone's local tax bill, if that's what it comes down...
...publication, has incorporated new media into its practices as well. “The idea behind [The Voice] is that it’s a multimedia publication in the true sense of the world multimedia,” says Derek M. Flanzraich ’10, who until recently held the title of Director of Multimedia at The Voice. Through reader comments on The Voice’s website and related blogs, the publication seeks to create a consistent dialogue between its print and digital forms, Flanzraich says. The Voice also recently began a partnership with Harvard-Radcliffe Television...
...since the Heritage Foundation helped guide Ronald Reagan's transition in 1981 has a single outside group held so much sway. Just as candidate Obama depended on CAP during the campaign for opposition research and talking points, President-elect Obama has effectively contracted out the management of his own government's formation to Podesta. "The Podesta group was formed to bring Democrats back into the presidency, that was its purpose of being," says Stephen Hess, an expert on presidential transitions at the Brookings Institution, a much more traditional think tank...
...November, the Alliance held a meeting in Washington, which was closed to the press. McKay described the mood as buoyant, in no small part because of how far progressive philanthropy has come from just several years ago. "A great victory happened sooner than any of us would have expected," McKay said, adding that the process of changing federal policies and programs has yet to begin. "Now the real work begins...
Royal, meanwhile, made her main entry into politics as an adviser to the late President François Mitterrand and later held cabinet positions in government where she drew attention by working during her pregnancy - and unapologetically defending family and education positions normally associated with conservatives. Following her presidential defeat, Royal stunned many observers by publicly dumping Socialist Party leader François Hollande - her companion and the father of her four children - and announcing she'd seek his post during the current election. To some, that made Royal the symbol of the strong, modern woman in politics; to others...