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    head boss, who is the elected official, his secretary, and the secretary’s daughter, who was one of the county commissioners for fifteen years. Sadly, the county commissioner spouse accepted money, gifts and bribes in exchange for favors, with the awareness of his wife as the acting commissioner and her acquaintances. The unpleasant and unethical story published after the first commissioner got caught in a scandal and found guilty for selling and gambling the county property. Shortly after,…

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    extreme. It doesn’t seem as if it could all come from one cause, which is why he then goes into depth on his experiences and others to help the audience understand the arguments in what caused of the secession and war. Dew follows many secession commissioners their experience, primary documents and speeches to create the research provided in the book to conclude the many causes of the secession. Since the secession lead quickly to many other conflicts, there was sort a domino effect of…

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    of the Abolitionists because of their frustration. Also, This Fugitive Slave Law of 1850 contributed to the tension between the North and the South causing the North to oppose the law and accuse Southern slaveowners of receiving more money from commissioners (“Fugitive Slave Acts”). Overall, the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 led to many disputes and sparked many changes in abolitionist movements such as the Underground…

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    Victoria The commissioner of China, Lin Zexu wrote a letter to Queen Victoria of England regarding the opium crisis in 1839. This opium was delivered through trade. Men of England would sail to China with the purpose of giving and receiveing needed goods for themselves. It came to a point in time where this trade became illegal and dangerous, this is the point in time that the drug of opium came in to the mix. As the fatalities and sufferings of China natives grew exponentially, the…

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    manpower hours. Please refer to the Incident Run Log for further details. Chief Farmer stated several member were contaminated by a solution inside the building of 780 Cottage Grove Road. Chief Farmer is working with another District Chief Bill Riley and the Fire Marshall Bill Lewis to find out if the gear should be terminated. The solution is Creosote, which could produce cancer. The gear has been taken out of service for right now, waiting to see, what to do with it. The house is…

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    these corruption cases, the Keefe Group seems to be the go-to partner for most Correction Commissioners. In fact, the scandal led to the indictment of Florida's Correction Commissioner Christopher Epps and business person Cecil McCrory. Taxpayers Should Speak Up As a tax paying citizen, I'm appalled by the lack of transparency within our correction facilities. Under no circumstances should Correction Commissioners be allowed to appoint their "friends" to contracts that have the potential to pay…

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    downturn for the village. The District Commissioner and the new court system begins judging cases but have no knowledge or respect for the traditional village customs and beliefs. When Okonkwo returns to Umuofia he disapproves of the extent of the power the white men have over the villagers and rebels by killing a court messenger. Knowing that his village won’t go to war with the white man as he has suggested he kills himself before the District Commissioner comes to persecute him.…

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    The Texas constitution was revised for many different reasons over the course of 40 years. There are many key com-ponents of considerations that went into the forming of the current Texas Constitution. However, the most influential components that were considered in the forming of the Texas Constitution was Legitimacy, organizing government, provide power and to limit the power of the government. The origin and development of the Texas constitution occurred in 1836 when Texas declared its…

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    The tax court case U.S. Freightways Corp. V. Commissioner from November 2, 1999 is a good example of another court case where the “12-month rule” applies. In this court case the commissioner concluded that Freightways should have capitalized its 1993 FLIP expenses and deducted them over the 1993 and 1994 tax years. The tax court eventually sided with the commissioner with the reason being that since Freightways is an accrual method taxpayer they were required…

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    According to Police Commissioner William Bratton, New York City crime has continuous dropped in the past years (Fleischer, 1). Crimes that have been an act or omission that was forbidden by a public law that makes the offender liable for punishment by that law (Merriam-Webster). New York City overall crime rate has drop 1.7% compared to last year and it has been in its safest in history. According to The New York Times, crimes were broken down into categories by “seven major felonies that are…

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