Completely updated with new listings and statistics throughout, this comprehensive resource goes beyond the current literature on local government performance measurement and provides benchmarks on more than 40 key topics against which performance can be assessed in all areas of operation. "Ammons has assembled a remarkable volume of benchmark data for a comprehensive range of municipal government services. Municipal Benchmarks will be of considerable help for municipalities in laying the groundwork for an accountable government." - Harry Hatry, The Urban Institute "I am delighted to see that ideas for advancing our industry are alive and thriving. Ammons's collection does an incredible service to every municipal manager in the country, and perhaps the world. These benchmarks clearly set standardized ways of looking at measuring the performance of municipal service delivery." - Ted Gaebler, City Manager, Rancho Cordoba, CA (co-author of Reinventing Government)

Municipal Benchmarks: Assessing Local Performance and Establishing Community Standards

Business & Money

Ammons, David

Processes & Infrastructure

Routledge

General; Government; Non-Fiction; Political Process; Political Science; State &amp; Provincial; Washington

Governing Washington: Politics and Government in the Evergreen State

Politics & Social Sciences

Chávez, Mariá

DONOVAN, TODD

Appleton, Andrew

Benjamin, Francis

Day, Jacob

Edwards, Reneé

Elgar, Richard

Politics & Government

Washington State Univ Pr

Washington State is a place of political mavericks. Split tickets are a source of pride and independent voters outnumber Democrats and Republicans. Washington was first to have a voter-approved state Equal Rights Amendment, first to elect a woman as governor, and first to elect a Chinese-American to the position. Today, Washington’s open primary election system and voter registration process demonstrate it has not drifted far from its populist roots. 
Governing the Evergreen State provides an absorbing look at an ever-evolving state political and judicial system and presents intriguing case studies. With chapters on interest groups, the constitution, the environment, media coverage, the court system, the legislature, political parties, changing demographics, and more, this volume updates the popular Governing Washington. Fresh discussions and analysis written by academics from universities across the state, a senator, a pollster, a newspaper reporter/blogger, a former chief justice of the state Supreme Court, and a court administrator offer a springboard for further examination and discussion.

Governing the Evergreen State: Political Life in Washington

History

Alexander, Gerry

Camden, Jim

Elway, H Stuart

Americas

Washington State University Press

A sweeping novel taking place on three continents. A story of the impact of war on young love, set in a time of cultural upheaval in America. Whit Nelson and Claire “Scotty” McBride, college sweethearts caught up in an era that was not kind to young lovers. 1960’s America was a time of draft boards and riots, war and protest. This is a love story, told against the backdrop of that time, and of two tortured souls seeking a path to redemption, and the way they were. Its strong visualizations read like a movie script.

Once Upon a Time in the 60's

Biographies & Memoirs

Infinity Publishing

There are ghosts in the mountains, and whispers in the wind. Voices from the river are an invitation to journey through woods and canyons etched by time, to connect to purpose and truth and meaning. Sermons in Stones is a collection of eighteen beautifully-crafted short stories, anecdotes, and personal narratives offering thoughtful and profound reflection on the author's life experiences in a "mountain wilderness carved by a river". This memoir-of-sorts is a celebration of family, friends, and fly fishing from a man who is torn between the trials of the modern world and the simpler, serene ways of nature. With a poetic voice and pensive mood that invites the reader to step right into the scene, these essays reflect the same tranquility as one would find high in the Colorado mountains. Praise for Sermons in Stones "Anyone who enjoys the mountain rhapsodies of John Muir, the fly-fishing reveries of Maclean or McGuane, and the reflective memoir-fiction of Mark Spragg will love David Ammons' stories and sketches of inspired travel, outdoor revelation, and mountain splendor. Ammons has given us a great first book that makes you want to hike the Rockies or stand right there in the stream as he sends out another cast." ~ Bonney Macdonald, Professor of English, West Texas A&amp;M University "These essays are sublime, truly lovely and profoundly moving. Ammons' writing has much heart in it." ~ Chrissy C., Editor "Sermons in Stones is a delightful set of short stories that will fuel anyone's addiction to go fishing. It's an easy, enjoyable read that is nearly impossible to put down." ~ Pat Dorsey, Author and Fly-fishing Guide

Sermons in Stones: Tales of family, friends, & fly fishing

Science & Math

Nature & Ecology

BookBaby

It Is To Laugh

Literature & Fiction

Humor & Satire

Independently published

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