#Funding

the city giveth with one hand: free landthe city taketh with the other: forced downsizing & jacked up parking requirements (40 parking spots at $40k a piece is $1.6M in
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This is so rich ... with this one lie, he can just sit back & watch the sheep believe they're participating in a battle against evil for voting for him.
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At #NPCignites @NPCthinks this morning, my key points (as I left a few off!) were as follows. The longer time horizon and complex nature of this emergency means that we
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Being engaged in local politics is part of practicing anti-racism. Reading the books is good, but it's also not enough: Hold your city council accountable for expanding affordable housing. Demand
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Lots of talk about funding sources. One argument I’ve heard many times is,”if someone is going to benefit from the $$$ it might as well be me.” I have a
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What do Arts Emergency mentees think about the latest proposed cuts to arts education? Here is a thread fresh from our inbox for all of you, and especially @GavinWilliamson to
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Either through stupidity or spite, the Liberal/National Government's inaction during #COVID-19 will devastate universities. Higher ed drives innovation & growth and will underpin our economic recovery in a changing post-COVID
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In a series of interviews and gaggles this morning, @KellyannePolls took regular aim at the WHO and spoke rhetorically about the name of the illness, Covid-19, caused by the coronavirus.
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People reviewing products from Black Owned Businesses on Youtube be like: “They’re good, BUT... now I’m going to jump through this ring of fire to see if the fabric burns”
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Starting what I hope to be a regular thread, inspired by a recent exchange with @meghan_mcgrady concerning experiences with rejection in the academy. #facultyfailtale 1/ We hear from others-and we
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There is a crisis in funding for shelters for women in Kenya. Domestic violence is the most pervasive form of violence in this country- according to one DHS at least
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1. Delighted to confirm that @Edinburgh_CC has been awarded £5m funding from Spaces for People @scotgov fund to help reallocate road space for active travel facilities & safer physical distancing.
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Why don't we have a vaccine for SARS? MERS? HIV? These viruses have been around longer than SARS-CoV-2. A mini-thread to provide some perspective and even a little dose of
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Dec 2019: Coronavirus in China14 Jan 2020: WHO says NO human to human spread (despite Taiwan warning)31 Jan 2020: Trump bans travel from China3 Feb 2020: WHO Chief criticises travel
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WTAF @WHO?https://twitter.com/thewhof/status/1379841393452023808 For years, Nestle has been looking for ways to burrow into the World Health Organization so it can finally shake its pariah status. (Recall the baby formula makers
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I've spoken to nurses at dozens of hospitals who have told me they are classifying every death they can as coronavirus in order to get more funding from the government.They
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