Feb 12, 2008
Municipal Creditworthiness
Tonight, I'll be talking to the Public Financial Management class at the University of Baltimore about municipal creditworthiness. Here are the slides: Municipal Creditworthiness from James Howard
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Feb 10, 2008
Empire on the Hudson: Entrepreneurial Vision and Political Power at the Port of New York Authority
Jameson W. Doig, Empire on the Hudson: Entrepreneurial Vision and Political Power at the Port of New York Authority (New York: Columbia University Press, 2001). Doig presents a history of the Port…
Feb 9, 2008
Engaging the Public Through Technology
As I mentioned before, William Erskine has created a blog for the Public Engagement in Land Use Planning Task Force. This blog posts the comments of Task Force members but also allows…
Feb 8, 2008
A Brief Note on Feeds
As you may have noticed, there are a number of feeds available on the right hand sidebar of this page. These feeds come from several sources. The Blog feed is generated internally…
Feb 7, 2008
2008 Budget Committee Final Reports
The final reports for the Budget Committee were presented to the CA at a budget work session last night: The Capital and Operating Budget Format Village Share Allocations
Feb 2, 2008
2008 Budget Committee Wrapup
The Budget Committee will wrap up its work this year with a final meeting scheduled for February 6, 2008 at 1830, and will present its reports later that night at the Planning…
Feb 1, 2008
New City Upon a Hill: A History of Columbia, Maryland
Joseph R. Mitchell and David L. Stebenne, New City Upon a Hill: A History of Columbia, Maryland (Charleston, SC: History Press, 2007). The authors of this book have prepared the first major…
Jan 29, 2008
Correction, Budget Meeting on 1/30
The Budget Committee meeting is on January 30, 2008 at 19:30, not January 31.
Jan 29, 2008
Broadcasting Howard County's Governmental Meetings
Earlier this month, the Howard County government announced it would shut down Gtv, the government's cable access channel.[^carson] Gtv broadcasts civic interest programs, such as County Council meetings. These services will be…
Jan 24, 2008
Intense Debate at JamesHoward.us
For really no reason whatsoever, I have added new commenting features to JamesHoward.us based on Intense Debate. The commenting is automated and links your comments with posts at blogs and bulletin board…
Jan 20, 2008
Budget Committee meeting for 1/23 rescheduled
The Budget Committee meeting previously scheduled for January 23, 2008 has been rescheduled for January 31, 2008.