Tag: politics
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Advocating Housing Policy: 2025 APA Congressional Fly In Recap
For two years now I’ve joined the American Planning Association in Washington D.C. to advocate for impactful housing policy at the federal level. Last year I felt out of my depth having never participated in our political system before. I wasn’t sure what to expect and instead was told to expect the unexpected–the meeting could…
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Boost the Historic Tax Credit
Despite all the evidence that historic tax credits, at either the state or federal level, easily pay for themselves and then some, they always seem to be under constant threat. With the current climate of cut funding as fast as possible, it’s no surprise that the economic driver for local communities that is the federal…
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Dark PR
Book Review In a recent episode of the Booked on Planning podcast, author Grant Ennis, discussed his book “Dark PR: How Corporate Disinformation Undermines Our Health and the Environment.” The book focuses on the world of corporate disinformation and its profound impact on public perception and political actions. Ennis exposes the sophisticated strategies that corporations…
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The Fight to Save the Town
Book Review In an era where the narrative of urban decay often overshadows tales of recovery, a recent podcast episode featuring Michelle Wild Anderson offers a refreshing counter-narrative. Anderson, author of “The Fight to Save the Town: Reimagining Discarded America,” shares a compelling account of resilience and renewal in America’s most overlooked towns. This episode…
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Mastering Advocacy: Key Strategies for Effective Policy Influence
The American Planning Association held it’s sixth State Legislative Summit in Des Moines, Iowa this past week. The two-day event began with a morning bootcamp covering strategies and information to successfully lobby and champion good legislation at the state level. By waiting for legislation to pass and report the results, we lose a valuable opportunity…
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Bureau Men Settlement Women: Constructing Public Administration in the Progressive Era
Book Review Today’s field of public administration is shaped largely by the events that transpired during the progressive era, a time when social justice and improving the lives of city dwellers began. This was also the era when rationalizing and regulating societal processes took hold. The field of public administration began as the former and…
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The World of the Policy Analyst
Book Review What I took away from the World of the Policy Analyst written by Heineman, Bluhm, Peterson, and Kearny was that as a policy analyst, you cannot escape politics. A policy analyst tries to be impartial, but it is hard to be completely unbiased which makes sense. The data is presented, but there are…
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The Company Town
Book Review My last blog post on company towns started me on a path to reading The Company Town by Hardy Green and a more in-depth look at one company town In Chocolate We Trust by Peter Kurie. Both were very interesting glimpses into the history and development of the company town. Kurie’s focused solely…
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The Role of Immigration in American Family Histories
I have been thinking a lot this week about my ancestry and where I came from. A while back I did the Ancestry DNA test to determine where I came from. I knew from tracing the lineage that I was Irish on my father’s side, but really had no idea on my moms. I heard…
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The Color of Law
Book Review When I started reading The Color of Law by Richard Rothstein I already knew about FHA’s discriminatory practices in lending and redlining from previous research for creating a local historic district in Lincoln, Nebraska. This is also how I found out about restrictive covenants that prohibited people from living in a house based…
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