Capt. Tom Snyder, who oversees the Madison, Wis., Police Department's Special Events Team, talks about the way Madison handles protests and large crowds, and its preference to avoid confrontation....More
Joplin, Mo., Mayor Mike Woolston talks about the city's recovery from a massive tornado and reports that the strain on the FEMA's budget had threatened recovery funds for the city....More
As Congress once again is locked in a contest of wills that threatens to hold up disaster recovery money needed by states hit by Hurricane Irene and a series of recent disasters, some local government associations are calling for a resolution to the conflict....More
...[Most] of our political jurisdictions have collective bargaining agreements in place that prevent these jurisdictions from looking “government redundancy straight in the eye” and taking the common-sense steps that you mention to reduce those layers of unnecessary infrastructure...
...[Most] of our political jurisdictions have collective bargaining agreements in place that prevent these jurisdictions from looking “government redundancy straight in the eye” and taking the common-sense steps that you mention to reduce those layers of unnecessary infrastructure...
on Feb. 1, 2012