Essays on Councilman

Meeting Context Summary

A regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Port St. Lucie on May 12, 2014; the meeting started at 7:00 PM at Port St. Lucie City Hall, 121 SW Port St. Lucie Boulevard, Port St. Lucie, Florida, United States of America. Present during the meeting were Vice Mayor Linda Bartz of District 1, Council Member Michelle Lee Berger of District 2, Council Member Shannon M. Martin of District 3, Councilman Ron Bowen of District 4, Jeff Bremer the City Manager, the City Clerk, committees, and the public. The agendas of the regular meeting are the ...

Political corruption refers to impurity that occurs when an office holder or any other government employee acts in a manner aimed at enriching him/herself while in office. This has been a rampant case in New York with many allegations being leveled to different personalities within the state. One such case is that of Senator Malcolm Smith who was recently accused of plotting with officials at Rockland County and New York City to switch parties so that he could run for a Mayoral post. He, together with his counterparts, was to raise funds to facilitate this move and as such has been the ...

Introduction

Different crisis be they natural, environmental or civic have an impact on the social relations of the residents of an area. Sometimes, the happening of a disaster or a crisis reveal an otherwise soft or hard underbelly that would never have been manifest in ordinary circumstances. This paper seeks to examine the account of the fire crisis in Malibu, Los Angeles which is a common phenomenon in the area. Further, the paper seeks to explore various aspects of social relations among inhabitants that the fire crisis usually brings. In this quest, the paper examines causes of the crisis, predictions of their happenings, ...