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Downtown North Neighborhood Association (DTNNA). 06/20/2004 - Follow up letter. By Jeff Levinsky of the Friends of the Palo Alto Library. Noting that there was no extra money in the budget for extra Down Town Library hours). 06/17/2004 - Library Advisory Commission Hosts Community Meeting on July 8th. 06/07/2004 - The city council is still not opening the library evening or Saturdays as reported by Jeff Levinsky of the Friends of the Palo Alto Library letter. See: the Blog comment. Date: June 30, 2003.
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WeMatter.com (Blog): Links-26
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An Internet town meeting. To assist interacting with our government. Online Education. (Wikipedia). Online Universities: Why They Still Don't Measure Up. Cormac Foster November 9th, 2012. Online universities like the University of Phoenix. Are fully accredited, and thanks to heavy marketing pushes, they're becoming household names. The most common, most quantifiable criticisms lobbed at online universities concern lackluster graduation rates. Test scores and post-graduation employment statistics. Is deve...
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WeMatter.com (Blog): Dover (Kitzmiller v. Dover Area School District)
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An Internet town meeting. To assist interacting with our government. Dover (Kitzmiller v. Dover Area School District). T]he first direct challenge brought in the United States federal courts. Testing a public school district policy that required the teaching of intelligent design. In October 2004 the Dover Area School District. Teaching curriculum to require that intelligent design be presented as an alternative to evolution. Theory, and that Of Pandas and People. As is true with any theory, students are...
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WeMatter.com (Blog): Government (and federal) employment
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An Internet town meeting. To assist interacting with our government. Government (and federal) employment. G]overnment employment is down under Obama. Here’s what has happened to government employment per capita:. Total and federal government employment per capita over time 1990-2012;. US Office of Personnel Management. Total Government Employment Since 1962. But Federal government has gone up. Year Executive Military Legislative . Total Federal personnel (thousands). 1962 2,485 2,840 30 5,354.
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WeMatter.com (Blog): 08, August sites
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An Internet town meeting. To assist interacting with our government. 08, August sites. A History Of US Defense Spending Since FDR. And Where Obama And Romney Differ. US Federal Budget Visualized. Your Tax Dollars at Work. World governments have borrowed massive amounts of money. To live beyond their means. Here are the world's largest economies, and how much they borrowed. The Veil of Opulence. Vs veil of ignorance. ) By BENJAMIN HALE. Partisan Polarization Surges in Bush, Obama Year. How To Enable 2-Fac...
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WeMatter.com (Blog): HealthCareUS-3
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An Internet town meeting. To assist interacting with our government. 1) VOUCHERS - Each person gets a yearly voucher to pay for the actuarial cost of their basic Health Care that can be used to purchase Health Insurance from any conforming health care insurance vendor. The actuarial cost = The median cost based on the risk factors, e.g. Age, Weight, Gender. for the person and the area in which the person lives, to provide the health care for that individual. 2) SAVINGS - Any savings in treatment costs wi...
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WeMatter.com (Blog): Second Ammendment
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An Internet town meeting. To assist interacting with our government. A well regulated militia, being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms, shall not be infringed. Gun-Rights Advocates Should Fear History of Second Amendment. Saul Cornell unravels the tangled history of one of our most misunderstood Amendments. Perhaps even more damning, J. Harvie Wilkinson, a federal judge appointed by Ronald Reagan, compared Heller to. Palo Alto, CA, United States.
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WeMatter.com (Blog): Budget Proposals
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An Internet town meeting. To assist interacting with our government. CBO Updated Budget Projections:, Fiscal Years 2012 to 2022. Baseline (2013-2022) = -1.4% of GDP. Alternative Fiscal Scenario = -5.3% of GDP (2.5% change due to taxes, and 1.4% due to outlays). Debt, Taxes and Politics. The President's Budget for 2013" Note the DEBT/GDP:. Decreased from WW II till FORD. A flat-ish period under FORD and CARTER. Increased under REAGAN and BUSH I,. Started to Decrease under Clinton, and then. Jan 2010, Repu...
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WeMatter.com (Blog): 09 Sept sites
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An Internet town meeting. To assist interacting with our government. The Weatherman Is Not a Moron. By NATE SILVER NYT, September 7, 2012. The World Future Society. A Better Predictor of Technological Progress than Moore's Law. Too Many Choices for the Future. Consumers Want Fewer "Flavors". The Heart of the US Election. CBO on 'fiscal cliff': newest estimate is gloomiest yet ( Christian Science Monitor. I]f current tax laws are extended and spending cuts are eliminated. Two charts explain why. By Matt T...
