2 Based on the Bowman reading, what are the relative pluses and minuses of a city government with a strong elected mayor versus an appointed city manager?
Mayors tend to be the most prominent figures in the city government primarily because their position automatically makes them the center of attention. A strong mayor structure establishes the mayor as the sole chief executive who exercises substantive policy responsible. The more of these powers a mayor has the stronger her or his position is and the easier it is for her to become a leader.
To achieve their goals, reformers advocated such fundamental structural change in local government as the abolition of partisan local elections the use of at large electoral government and the installation of a professional, trained city manager. Altering the structure of local government has had profound consequences for local government leadership. City managers the professional neutral experts whose job it is to run the day to day affairs of the city have become key leader.
Part Two: Answer six of the following eight 3-part questions.
1 Identify and briefly explain three functions of state legislatures with one example of each …show more content…
Secondly, there is an abiding belief that high state income taxes depress economic development. Equity: The sale tax is more aggressive when it is applied to all merchandise. Poor folks spend more of their income on food and clothing than rich folks, and because of that the sale tax place has a bigger impact on people with low income. Yield: The state can improve the yield of the sale tax by boarding the base to including services. In this way, more of the birded is passed on to the upper-income individuals, who are heavier users of services. Elasticity: Is not a strong point. Although its productivity falls when customers purchases slow and rises as consumers boost their
Mayors tend to be the most prominent figures in the city government primarily because their position automatically makes them the center of attention. A strong mayor structure establishes the mayor as the sole chief executive who exercises substantive policy responsible. The more of these powers a mayor has the stronger her or his position is and the easier it is for her to become a leader.
To achieve their goals, reformers advocated such fundamental structural change in local government as the abolition of partisan local elections the use of at large electoral government and the installation of a professional, trained city manager. Altering the structure of local government has had profound consequences for local government leadership. City managers the professional neutral experts whose job it is to run the day to day affairs of the city have become key leader.
Part Two: Answer six of the following eight 3-part questions.
1 Identify and briefly explain three functions of state legislatures with one example of each …show more content…
Secondly, there is an abiding belief that high state income taxes depress economic development. Equity: The sale tax is more aggressive when it is applied to all merchandise. Poor folks spend more of their income on food and clothing than rich folks, and because of that the sale tax place has a bigger impact on people with low income. Yield: The state can improve the yield of the sale tax by boarding the base to including services. In this way, more of the birded is passed on to the upper-income individuals, who are heavier users of services. Elasticity: Is not a strong point. Although its productivity falls when customers purchases slow and rises as consumers boost their