Posts Tagged public safety
Disturbing Questions
Posted by Sheila Kennedy in Local Government on March 18th, 2012
We woke this morning to news reports that five teenagers had been shot while walking along Indianapolis’ downtown canal. The shots evidently came from the parking lot of the Historical Society–where a wedding was taking place at the time. As I write this, little is known except that two of the teens are in critical [...]
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I Guess Their Safety Doesn’t Count…
Posted by Sheila Kennedy in Random Blogging on January 3rd, 2012
According to this morning’s Indianapolis Star, “A prayer group is getting special access to the Statehouse for the opening day of the 2012 session. People attending Capitol Commission Indiana’s prayer day at the Statehouse can show a copy of an email message to skirt an expected large crowd of union members protesting the so-called “right [...]
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A Seemingly Simple Question
Posted by Sheila Kennedy in Public Policy and Governance on June 28th, 2011
The job of the School of Public and Environmental Affairs, where I teach, is to produce thoughtful public and nonprofit managers—people who can deal with the increasing complexities of public and regulatory policy. That requires spending a good deal of time analyzing what rules government should and should not enact. Rulemaking is an especially important [...]
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