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Thank You, LA Times

Ron Carlee | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: LA Times, Bell Ca, Bell City Manager Salary, Icma, Jeff Gottlieb, Ruben Vives, Bell City Manager, Scandal, Los Angeles News
Ron Carlee

How did the poor people of Bell, California end up paying their assistant city administrator more than the LA County chief executive? Hubris and greed.

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How Deeply Can We Afford to Cut Library Budgets?

Ron Carlee | Posted 01.14.2012

Read More: Icma, University of Washington, Economy, Public Libraries, Libraries, State and Local Government, Libraries in Crisis, Healthy Living News
Ron Carlee

In today's economic state, families and individuals question services that are often labeled "discretionary," but are important to the quality of life in a community and to social equity.

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City/County Managers: More than Technocrats

Ron Carlee | Posted 05.25.2011

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Ron Carlee

In response to my last posting on the council-manager form of local government, one person expressed concern about "corporatizing" government. Another...

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