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Look on the Bright Side: Competing Values of Daylight Saving Time
What do golfers, trick-or-treaters and BBQers have in common? They all support daylight saving time or at least the industries that represent their interests do.…
Collaboration is the Key!
One of the most arduous tasks for 21st century management is emergency management. While many local, city and state governments have seen budget cuts in an effort to make government…
Environmental Justice is a Shared Public Sector Burden
The man-made disaster unfolding in Flint, Michigan is one example of environmental injustice. The decisions made by public officials to move from healthy, treated water to unhealthy, untreated water in…
International Trends in Disaster Assistance
In the Caribbean, for Small Island Developing States (SIDS), there is a substantial risk and vulnerability to natural disasters such as severe storms and hurricanes. SIDS face a range of…
Written in Stone: The Daunting Inflexibility of Public Policy
Public policy is hard to make. It can take months, years or even decades. Passing the necessary statutes and writing the regulations bring both exhilaration and exhaustion on the part…
Financial Planning for Local Disasters
Disasters can come as either natural or man-made occurrences. Most certainly, disasters often happen without prior notice to the victims. In 2014, the United States witnessed more than 45 natural…
Inside the 2016 Presidential Elections
The dozen or so debates that candidates from both the Democratic and Republican parties have participated in give Americans a chance to get to know the candidates, their prospective agendas,…
Budget Relief from Controversial Sources
Local law enforcement agencies may have found that asset seizure laws effectively supplement their regular budget allotments. The scope and frequency of criminal and civil seizures has increased since 1970.…
Why Customer Driven Government is Unrealistic
I believe it is wrong to think that everything would be fine if government agencies just emphasized the needs of their customers as opposed to the needs of the bureaucracy.…
Freddie Gray and Lead Poisoning?
Prior to his death in April 2015, Freddie Gray survived on a “pennies on the dollar” lump sum lead poisoning payment. Gray's death, due to injuries sustained while in police…
Three Reasons Why Black Lives Matter Movement is Fueling a Revolution
Discussions about race in America are often difficult—not because of the historic insult, the lasting legacy or continuing oppression—but because many question whether any or all of these exist. Wherever…