Dallas County

35th president of the U.S and a democrat. Another famous name going around was Lee Harvey Oswald, who was the assassin of JFK. Lee would also kill officer J.D Tippit, who thought Oswald was very suspicious. This all took place in Dealey Plaza in Dallas, Texas. Inside of the Texas School Book Depository on the sixth floor, is where Oswald shot President Kennedy. Before so, JFK was deciding whether or not to campaign in Texas, even though he needed to if he want to reelect for president. He…

Dallas was late to build a municipal rail transport system, yet today its DART light rail system is the largest in the United States at a total system length of 85 miles. Troubled by a rocky start, the Dallas Area Rapid Transit authority was faced with the stubborn reluctance of voters to spend any taxpayer money on public transportation infrastructure. However, once the wheels of development started in motion, there was no chance of them stopping. Over the course of 30 years, Dallas went from…

Now Those Are Some Expensive Socks Mark Cuban is the owner of the Dallas Mavericks. He also owns a plethora of businesses such as Landmark Theaters and Magnolia Pictures. As a personality, he is likely best known for his role as an investor on the television show "Shark Tank." Cuban is also a multi-billionaire and can buy pretty much whatever he wants. Even so, $250,000 is a lot to spend on socks. To be fair, the investment was not for a single pair of high-end golden footies, but for a 20…

City-states of the ancient world were one of the first political entities with democratic governance. Part of the democratic process is authorizing individuals to make decisions, holding these individuals accountable, and for these individual to be responsive to the needs of the community (Pitkin, 1957). Today, cities have low levels of democratic participation that hold elected officials accountable and authorize them to have the power to make a decision. At the same time, a majority of the…

Is the New Jersey requirement for local municipalities to create a User-Friendly Budget really going to increase citizen engagement in local government? Are more citizens going to be interested in local government or local politics due to this new requirement by the division of local government services? The answer to this may not yet be known in the State of New Jersey, however, this literature review is going to review several different criteria’s that might answer these questions. First off,…

Types of external considerations within Rutherford County are related to natural disasters, political disasters and macroeconomic shifts, including inflation, rate of growth, and unemployment. As a measure to offset natural disasters, we have relationships with other counties across the state coordinate efforts with our Emergency Management team. Indeed, the county 's mitigation planning efforts consist of local, state, and federal assistance. Unfortunately…

Brief Contractors And Builders Association Of Pinellas County V. City Of Dunedin Background Context Until the 20th century, the general law in Florida stipulated that local governments could only obtain funds from public revenues as they had no authority to taxes. The local government made the realization that these funds were insufficient for running the everyday affairs of the growing county. For this reason, the county turned to private sources of revenue such as revenue…

Super Bowl 50 had the third largest audience of any television broadcast in the history of television, with only Super Bowl 49 and Super Bowl 48 having larger audiences. But how did the NFL grow to become this popular? There appear to be many factors in the constant growth of the popularity, power and profits of the NFL since the 1970s. Some of these factors include Monday Night Football, new technologies providing new ways to draw fans and the NFL’s monopoly on professional football. The…

Employment Uses for Social Media In today’s world, social networking sites allow people to connect with an unlimited number of people all around the world. Keeping in touch with family, friends and making new acquaintances. Social media such as Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram allows people to keep in touch with family and friends, and even make some new acquaintances without ever having to make a time to meet up in person. Other sites such as LinkedIn, Skype, Facetime, company blogs and…

according to shop’s website. The owners recognize that in order for their coffee shop to be distinctive, they needed to be different. With that in mind, they developed their own signature drink called “The Pearl Latte.” This latte later won Best Latte in Dallas. The Pearl Cup also pride itself to be a “community anchor that provides a friendly and inviting atmosphere” for its locals to work, study, and hang out in. With its strengths, Pearl Cup also has its weaknesses. As a relatively new…