State and Local Government Paper POL/215 University of Phoenix January 15‚ 2006 Introduction The city of Fountain‚ Colorado is a full service municipality. Within the city‚ several actively responsive city boards see to the needs of the community and plan for the city’s future growth. One such board is the City Council‚ which holds regularly scheduled meetings on the 2nd and 4th Tuesday of every month. Each meeting follows the same basic structure and allows for input from local citizens
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Interest Group News Piece University of Phoenix State and Local Political Processes POL/215 Yolanda Nimmer-Williams July 27‚ 2011 Interest Group News Piece This is Elvina Scott reporting to you live from Channel 12. I am here in Baltimore‚ Maryland at the national headquarters investigating an interest group named the National Association of the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP). According to Merriam-Webster’s Dictionary an interest group can be defined as a group of persons having a
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Border Security in the State of Texas POL/215 August 30th‚ 2010 Border Security in the State of Texas A problem is brewing at the southern Texas borders and it appears to be growing bigger by the minute. The acceleration of people‚ weapons‚ and drugs from Mexico are taking a toll on the economy‚ citizens‚ and the job markets in Texas. Texas concerns with the rise of violent crimes presently pouring into its southern towns and quickly moving inland believes something needs to
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Multiple Governments and Intergovernmental Relationships Marlin P. McFate POL 215 July 1‚ 2013 Rochelle Allen Multiple Governments and Intergovernmental Relationships To be successful as a unified or United States‚ meaning a group with the same but often times different agendas‚ a few things had to become true. First the individual governments of these states had to feel that their best interests were represented within the united whole. Second that their powers within their borders would
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Constitution and Systems of Georgia CaSandra Edmonds POL 215 January 10‚ 2011 Rosalind McAdams Constitution and Systems of Georgia “To perpetuate the principles of free government‚ insure justice to all‚ preserve peace‚ promote the interest and happiness of the citizen and of the family” (Constitution of the state of Georgia‚ 2007‚ p. 4). These words begin the preamble of the Constitution of the State of Georgia. Within the realms of reality‚ every individual needs to believe that preserving
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Elements that Influence State Government Dannie Roettger POL/215 December 4‚ 2012 John Derie Elements that Influence State Government The special interest group we are going to look at is the Sierra Club. The sierra club is a body of volunteers that come together to fight for the environment. This interest group has offices in every state in the union. As we look at the Sierra Club in whole we will describe what this organization stands for and try to define its relationship two each of the
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Elements that Influence (GA) State Government Willis Moody State and Local Political Processes/POL 215 September 26‚ 2011 Elements that Influence State Government Politicians are elected because of the issues they stand for; however‚ interest groups hold or weaken their agenda once they have been elected. Interest groups make good use of every available resource when sponsoring or overpowering their concern. These interest groups are composed of a body of voters with a stake in major
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loyal to pol pot. Also In First They Killed My Father Loung and her family were invaded by the Khmer Rouge‚ who lied about the United States bombing Phonm Penh. Loung and her family had to leave to go to different villages and they stayed for a while but then they went to the camp. When they arrived to the camp they had to forget there old lives and obey Pol Pot laws. Furthermore the author demonstrates how the Khmer Rouge use techniques of brain washing‚ food ration in order to be loyal to Pol Pot
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This quarter of the population approximated to be 2 million people. Pol Pot managed to kill 2 million people without the United Nations or anyone noticing. Pol Pot killed these Cambodians through torture‚ starvation‚ and public execution‚ without anyone outside noticing the power of the Khmer Rouge Regime. This genocide was hidden so well that the government of Cambodia
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the rich (United to end Genocide). with Khmer Rouge taking over the government. The Prince of Cambodia at this time had sided with the Khmer Rouge. This giving them a lot of power since the leader of Cambodia was out of the country. Soon after the Pol Pot the leader of Khmer Rouge had total control over Cambodia. His
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