Case Study Exercise One Part One SWOT Analysis of adopting a new form of governance for Colorado Springs Utilities: Strengths (internal): • Politically insulates elected officials from unpopular‚ but necessary utility decisions • Reduces risk and legal liability to elected officials • Allows for greater subject matter expertise and focused attention on public utility issues by members of new utility board • Frees council members to focus their attention on other constituency issues • Allows for
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For my freshman interim‚ I learned about the wildlife and ecology in Colorado. While we were staying at Keystone Science School we learned about the Colorado water rights and how every drop of water in Colorado belong to someone or something. Water to Coloradans is incredibly important in a sense that everyone needs it and has to find it or get it in some way. In India‚ water is also very important especially regarding the Ganges. The Ganges is seen as an important symbol for Indians‚ it is a place
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Evan Cholak English 15 Soyoung Burke Lowering the Voting Age to 16 This proposal will lower the current voting age from 18 to 16. The purpose of the proposal is to give American youth citizens their freedom and right to vote. Voting has been around for a very long time. New Zealand was the first major country to gain universal voting rights or suffrage. The United States has six Amendments the are based on voting laws. For example the 26th Amendment was presented to give 18 year olds the
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To what extent has Greece been Affected by Globalization‚ Socially‚ Politically‚ Environmentally‚ Economically and Culturally? (above is a picture of the Greek flag) Greece is a relatively small country situated in the Southern East part of Europe. It is made up of many different islands and is mostly surrounded by the Mediterranean Sea. The picture on the right is the current flag of Greece. The capital of Greece is Athens‚ situated in the middle of the country and on the edge of the country’s
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History at Cornell University‚ situated in Ithaca‚ New York‚ where he specializes in the history of 19th-century United States in the South. The book I read written by him was The Half Has Never Been Told: Slavery and the Making of American Capitalism. As historian Edward Baptist uncovers in The Half Has Never Been Told‚ the extension of slavery in the initial eight decades after American independence drove the advancement and modernization of the United States. In the range of a solitary lifetime
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Essay Outline It has often been claimed that photography displaced painting. Evaluate the arguments for and against this position. * Arguments of Photography displaced painting For: * As technologies improve simultaneously‚ photography become more easy to use and common * In 19th Century when Camera Obscura improved‚ photography became a preferred alternative for portrait because it is less time consuming manner with minimal financial expenses. * A better documentation tool
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“There once lived a man named Oedipus Rex You may have heard about his odd complex. His name appears in Freud’s index ‘Cause he loved his mother.” To what extent do you think the tragedy of Oedipus Rex has been simplified over time? The way in which the tragedy of Oedipus Rex is interpreted has changed significantly since its first presentation to audiences in ancient Greece. The ways in which audiences over many years have interpreted it have changed because of changes to society in matters such
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Lower class Americans do not often discuss the class separation that exists in today’s society‚ but we all know there is something going on. The government helps supports the lower class‚ so that the lower class can also enjoy their lives without having to work. Dr. Daniel’s analysis about the underclass and its relationship to the government is accurate based on poverty‚ criminality‚ and family fluidity. One of the aspects that allow the lower class to remain in their specific position is because
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Access to affordable and nutritious food has become an issue of interest to the residents of Colorado. According to the Nutrition Digest‚ ‘food deserts’ are “parts of the country vapid of fresh fruit‚ vegetables‚ and other healthful whole foods‚ usually found in impoverished areas” (Gallagher). Areas of Colorado such as this exist in largely rural and urban or low-income neighborhoods throughout the state. In these underserved communities‚ the issue lies with the ability to realistically travel
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Brief Fact Summary. Police officers sought a bombing suspect and evidence of the bombing at the petitioner‚ Miss Mapp’s (the “petitioner”) house. After failing to gain entry on an initial visit‚ the officers returned with what purported to be a search warrant‚ forcibly entered the residence‚ and conducted a search in which obscene materials were discovered. The petitioner was tried and convicted for these materials. Rule of Law. All evidence discovered as a result of a search and seizure conducted
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