Sustainability a bad word in Kansas too

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-04-09/kansas-s-self-destruct-button-a-bill-to-outlaw-sustainability.html

Legal interpretation in action

http://www.foxnews.com/us/2013/04/11/motorist-cant-use-hand-held-map-california-court-rules/

Regional efforts equated to communism & serfdom... Do you agree?

http://www.freedomadvocates.org/articles/illegitimate_government/regionalism_-_the_blueprint_for_your_serfdom_20121201468/

Revised links/readings for April 1

April 1

Budgeting and service delivery in crisis.

DUE: Read articles about city and county level governments in

1) Stockton, California ( use the internet to find one or more articles about the pending Stockton bankruptcy ),

2) Highland Park, Michigan ( http://finance.yahoo.com/news/Unable-to-pay-bill-Mich-city-apf-2920161472.html ), and

3) Vallejo, California (use the internet to find one or more articles about the Vallejo bankruptcy).

Voting Rights Act debate

http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/the-voting-rights-acts-work-isnt-finished/2013/02/26/1892f490-8066-11e2-8074-b26a871b165a_story.html?hpid=z2

Save Wiyabi link

http://www.facebook.com/Save.Wiyabi.Project

Legalization on the Horizon?

http://www.politico.com/story/2013/02/pot-plan-pols-legalization-on-horizon-87227.html?hp=l7