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Parks and Proposition 1: Oh, how to vote?
I've been of two minds about Proposition 1, the Seattle Parks District measure on the August 5 ballot. If it passes, it will bring in major changes in how parks are overseen and funded. A new taxing district would be created and managed by members of the Seattle City Council; the new district would dramatically increase the park system's budget and have the taxing authority to raise funds as needed.
Many are skeptical of the plan. The Seattle Times Editorial Board, the Seattle-King County League of Women Voters and many neighborhood activists I respect are opposed. They worry about creating a new, immortal public entity and taking away the right of voters to approve park funding via levies. Proponents argue that this is the best available way to get dedicated funds for parks to deal with maintenance backlogs, park expansion, and operation expenses. Supporters of the plan include The Stranger's editorial board, the Muni League and others I also respect, like City Councilmember Sally Bagshaw and the Seattle Parks Foundation president, Thatcher Bailey.
Seattle parks, which most of us think of as a good thing, are also controversial. Every neighborhood had a gripe against the parks department — bright lights on sports fields, crime, campsites for the homeless, inappropriate uses (remember the plan to put in a zip line in Lincoln Park?). Reel off park names — Magnuson, Westlake, Occidental, Discovery, Burke-Gilman — and you might as well be naming Civil War battlefields.
The parks department is a little like the school district in that we tend to think well of parks in the abstract — like schools — but we often have issues with the ones nearby. Lots of Seattleites believe their parks make problematic neighbors. Some of the roughest public meetings I've witnessed have been over parks.
Yet we also use and love them to death. The city has relied increasingly on citizen volunteers to clean, weed, protect and improve our parks, and Seattleites have pitched in with sweat equity and private donations to fill funding and labor gaps. I've been impressed with the passion that flows from the neighborhood into a park I've used all my life, Seward Park. The scale of work, dedication and funding from the community is impressive. Countless hours have been spent on pulling out ivy and marking trails. Some parks are like flourishing community P-Patches, with lots of local involvement, or as the jargon might have it, "stakeholder ownership."
I have concerns about both the parks district and parks decision-making in general. I don't particularly like the creation of the new taxing entity that will never go away. As a rule, such entities Balkanize government into too many funding silos and public authorities tend to get too little oversight as they act in their own self-interest. The Port of Seattle is a classic example of an entity that, despite much public attention, has proved hard to control, let alone reform. Still, the creation of a new district or entity can also be a pragmatic response to other legislative inaction and tapped-out funding sources.
I also don't like the fact that the new parks district's proposed budget assumes millions of dollars per year to operate a new waterfront park that doesn't exist yet, isn't designed, and, in my humble opinion, ought to be approved in a separate public vote once a plan is nearly final. I don't like voting money to fund operations and maintenance for a project that still has many questions to answer and where there is no final design or costs. We should be asking hard questions about adding a downtown park that requires millions of dollars a year to maintain.
I, too, question some parks decisions, such as the proposed mountain bike trail pilot project for the Cheasty Greenspace linking Beacon Hill with the Rainier Valley. Here you see a conflict between the neighbors, the parks department, and also city policy. This greenbelt has been designated as a natural area designed to re-emerge as healthy urban forest habitat. I remember a few years ago being taken on a tour of the greenbelt by city workers who were showing off the work they'd done restoring it to a more native state. I know the area well as I used to live nearby. I remember in the '60s when the winding boulevard had the reputation as a rape corridor, which caused my mother to declare that none of her children would be allowed to walk home solo from school (Asa Mercer) via Cheasty. It has come a long way since those days.
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Posted Mon, Jul 28, 8:25 a.m.
Removing Parks from levies also frees up tax dollars to be spent on other projects. (Remember there is a limit to how much City Government officials can ask voters to tax themselves.)
Secondly, there has been enough talk about the Parks maintenance backlog that a levy to do just that would pass voter muster.
There are too many unknowns associated with creating this particular Parks District for me to vote for this current proposition.
Posted Mon, Jul 28, 3:45 p.m.
I could not agree with you more and would go a step further. Anyone who is inclined to vote 'yes'...
PLEASE READ CHAPTER 35.61 RCW which gives the District its authority.
Once you find out the MPD would have the authority, among others, to buy, sell, and seize property, I guarantee you will VOTE NO!
Posted Mon, Jul 28, 8:29 a.m.
"Removing Parks from levies also frees up tax dollars to be spent on other projects. "
Whoo-hoo, what can we spend those tax dollars on? So much money, so little time!
Prop1 is going down. I reckon by at least 10 points.
Posted Mon, Jul 28, 8:46 a.m.
Thank you Knute. Your reasoned, fact-based analysis is a refreshing antidote to the biased approach other media outlets in town are taking. Not to mention the outright lies in the mail I received this weekend.
I'll be voting YES.
Posted Mon, Jul 28, 8:49 a.m.
This is a really strange article along the lines of 'Here are a bunch of really good reasons why this is not a well crafted plan (and a few bad ones I can discount) but I am going to vote for it anyway'!
The biggest reason to vote No on the Seattle Metropolitan Parks District measure is disgraceful misrepresentation and omission of important details in the Vote Yes material.
Any user of parks should also be highly skeptical of the "maintenance backlog" which seems to be largely a "desired improvement" backlog. The parks I use are mostly quite well maintained and where they are not the problems lie with a lack of community involvement or problems with undesired users (drug dealers, transients etc) whose solution extends beyond the mandate of the Parks Department.
Posted Mon, Jul 28, 9:47 a.m.
Wait...so, WSDW, can you name one? The anti-parks campaign has a mailer out (funded by conservative activist Faye Garneau) that straight up lies.
Fact: There have been only two levies in the history of the parks system - 2000 and 2008 - both of which were capital in nature (with 2000 including some O&M;). Not "one hundred years" of levies, as stated by the anti-parks campaign.
Fact: Property taxes will increase less than 1%, not 20%, as stated by the anti-parks campaign.
Fact: The City will own all of the parks in Seattle - and those can't be sold off or privatized because, you know - that's the law. Apparently the anti-parks campaign didn't read the memo.
Proposition 1 is, as the Muni League put it, the best option in the face of limited options from Olympia. It buys back limited taxing authority lost to the Eyman 1% rule, and a Legislature that re-enacted it in 2007. It gives our elected officials another tool to govern.
Clearly I have more faith in the ability of voters in Seattle to be competent and elect responsive leaders than the anti-parks campaign.
Vote YES for Parks, and YES for Proposition 1.
Posted Mon, Jul 28, 10:53 p.m.
I agree that the No material includes distortions - the 20% increase is in the Parks-directed property taxes not total property taxes and that is totally misleading in the No flyer I received. However, the statements about removing accountability and writing a blank check have a lot merit
Here are a few problems with Yes material
1. The parks faces a $267 million maintenance backlog. Look at the list and one will see that it includes many enhancements such as improving energy efficiency, improving disability access in facilities where they have not been mandated by the ADA, expanding capacity and leveraging external funding opportunities. While these are clearly all desirable they are not what most people would describe as part of a maintenance backlog.
2. Prop 1 is "our one and only option". Clearly rubbish since a MPA could be created with more accountability and a lower maximum cap or we could just have a new and increased Parks levy - Seattle has not yet hit the tax limits that have been curbed by the 1% rule, it just wants to spend the room under those limits on other things.
3. Although taxes will only go up $4 per month for a $400K home above the existing levy the MPA would be created with a tax cap that that allows taxes to be increased to a percentage of property values equal to 3 times the existing Parks levy. I cannot find this anywhere in the Yes material. This unreasonable and is a strong indication that the City intends to shift all the costs of running parks onto the MPA and/or embark on some very extravagant projects
4. The MPA has been deliberately created with minimal and indirect accountability. Why? The objections of the League of Women voters could have been anticipated and could have been addresses and hopefully will be if this proposition is rejected. There is no explanation of this in the Yes material.
Posted Mon, Jul 28, 10:03 a.m.
It's nice to read your reasoned argument for voting yes on Prop One. Seattle needs its parks to be cared for and maintained. We will all be voting YES in our household!
Posted Wed, Jul 30, 5:52 p.m.
I also went down about the same logical path as Knute: I'm not sure the mechanism is perfect, but I looked at the 6-year plan with about half devoted to major repair/maintenance of neighborhood parks and community centers. Overall, I think it's a reasonable plan that will improve my life, my family's life, and my community. Parks has had and will have controversies, even today's story about shutting off the beach showers, but nothing is perfect in the mortal lands. I don't see what purpose is served by starving the parks so that we can have a levy pageant every six to eight years. The General Fund already spends $89 million per year on Parks, and we don't seem to think that needs more accountability than is already present in the budget process, the Parks Board of Commissioners, the various citizen advisory and Friends groups, etc. Lastly, this is chump change! A $4 tax increase per month is $48 per year, the cost of a pizza, big salad, and a beer or two. Even at the maximum tax rate, which the Council will not dare to even discuss for a decade, the MPD tax on a $400,000 house would be $300. I get that much value out of Green Lake in a month. I am just not that interested in PRINCIPLES!!! when the money we are talking about is trivial to the average Seattle household.
Posted Mon, Jul 28, 10:08 a.m.
I would say major donors on both sides are conservatives. Foundation/Forterra and Zoo.and Aquarium supporters get tax deductions. And Charles Rogers waterfront group is also a charity, correct? And all threee of those are in the top 5 contributors. The MPD budget is a sweet deal.for the private Zoo, forterra, Aquarium...a nonTransparent Zoo gets to breed and cage animals.for thier profits while we finance. Aquarium will get in on new Waterfront. And Forterra brokers the private entrprise introductions of vendors and contractors, etc..Will the maintence backlog be addressed? I wish.
But it also is a package with a terribly cruel bent to it when it further funds the Zoo and shuts all the local activists up.
I'm voting No. Can't wait for the next one though!
Posted Mon, Jul 28, 6:26 p.m.
A great city requires great parks, including a great zoo and aquarium, and, yes, a world-class waterfront park. Investing in these resources will pay off in increased tourist spending, city revenues, and, yes, property values (well in excess of the property taxes paid). Allowing them to languish and decay, on the other hand, is penny-wise, but pound-foolish. The choice is between looking forward and looking backward.
City council members elected by districts, the voters in which care for and love their parks, will be far more accountable and responsive than a separately elected parks commission. There is no reason to believe a parks commission would be any more accountable or transparent, which means not at all, than the Port Commission.
Posted Mon, Jul 28, 10:27 a.m.
The reason so many Orgs support Prop 1 is because it takes away the Park Levy from Voters schedule. Please ask the Chair of the local Sierra Club board why she let John Muir's Sequoia emblem grace the posters for this political manuever? E.g., The coal train goes thru Carkeek. Is there a plan to lobby City Council to make Parks coal free by city mandate? Or do they just want parks levy to go.away to make room for their own levy?
Posted Mon, Jul 28, 11:08 a.m.
Skip is spot on.
The big argument against Prop. 1 is that the MPD will lack sufficient public oversight on future tax increases. The city council will largely be in charge of those funding/tax decisions---does anyone seriously think if future council's were to push for a large MPD tax increase it would not be a huge issue that would impact their re-election if the public was opposed? The opposition seems to be engaging in a bizarre big government/big taxes paranoia.
It is time for us to have smart, stable, long-term funding to assure we have great urban parks, community centers and green space for all of citizens for generations to come. Yes on Prop. 1.
-Kenan Block
Posted Mon, Jul 28, 12:21 p.m.
Kenan, how many council members were voted out of office when the stadiums were approved over the objections of the public? How many were voted out when the tunnel was approved contrary to the public vote? The Council has a long history of doing what they want and ignoring public input because there is little, if any, consequence.
Posted Mon, Jul 28, 1:42 p.m.
Wouldn't that suggest, then, that voters actually accepted those decisions -- even if you didn't? Or are you just saying that voters are too stupid to vote people out of office?
In that case, I'm not sure how having a directly-elected MPD Board (as some have called for) or asking voters to pass levies is an improvement on the problem, either...
Posted Mon, Jul 28, 1:57 p.m.
It's not a matter of stupid, it's a matter of focus. Incumbents have a huge advantage and have to screw up pretty badly, and pretty close to election time, and have a decent opponent, in order to get the boot.
I tend to agree that the directly elected board option for an MPD is only somewhat better. It does provide more direct accountability to the specific tax and spend decisions for the increased property tax. My problem is more with the policy error of having a taxing body removed from most checks and balances. The MPD statute is a leaky sieve in that regard.
I believe the MPD structure is ripe for abuse: permanent; vast powers* including public-private partnerships (like the Zoo, like Building 11); no check by an executive; no direct check by voters under City law; major decision making by the regulated department and non-elected insider committees.
* Anticipating the Yes mantra--the ILA is not legally binding. The permanence of the structure means volunteer public oversight to prevent abuse will have to be permanent as well.
The mantra is not "perfect is the enemy of the good." It is "imperfect is the enemy of the good" because we'll have a heck of a time making good come out of the MPD over time. Vote NO.
Posted Mon, Jul 28, 6:58 p.m.
"no check by an executive; no direct check by voters under City law; major decision making by the regulated department and non-elected insider committees."
The Parks Department will continue to function as before, under the administration of the mayor. Most of the funding for parks will continue to come from the general fund. The role of the MPD (and city council operating as its commission) is solely to authorize tax rates sufficient to pay for the park department budget.
The notion that the MPD (which is simply the City Council) will become a Frankenstein monster is absurd. You'd almost think it was some kind of creeping Green Peril, for all of the hyperbole opponents have engaged in.
If you don't like the decisions of your directly elected representatives, vote them out. That's how democracy works.
Posted Tue, Jul 29, 7:15 p.m.
No, it suggests nothing of sort. You're assuming that all voters use factual information or historical knowledge in their voting decisions. That's doubtful.
Posted Tue, Jul 29, 7:15 p.m.
To Kenan, " if future council's were to push for a large MPD tax increase it would not be a huge issue that would impact their re-election if the public was opposed."
So, right, angry voters230 un-elect them after the damage is done? They might be gone; their decisions would not be still be with us.
Posted Mon, Jul 28, 12:16 p.m.
The frustrating part is that the MPD proposal _COULD_ have been written to include direct public oversight, but was not. The proponents also seem to gloss over objections with a simplistic "support our parks" mantra that is irritating to those of us who have invested thousands of hours supporting our parks.
The timing of the vote, in the summer when many are out of town, also seems sneaky. Finally, little is said that the Woodland Park Zoo, which was taken "private" many years ago and recently reminded us that they do not need to respond to public information request because they "are not a public institution", will be getting $3 million a year out of the pot.
Too much about Prop One simply smells funny. Vote NO.
Posted Mon, Jul 28, 12:46 p.m.
On Friday, Superior Court judge confirmed that the Zoo's use of public money is insulated from public disclosure: http://rescuenews.net/2014/07/25/judge-rules-woodland-park-zoo-can-keep-secrets/
Posted Mon, Jul 28, 2:55 p.m.
There is no need to make a forced choice at this time between a flawed MPD proposal and levies. Let's take time and get it right.
Voting NO in this election will allow a better designed MPD proposal to come forth. A good proportion of the present opponents would support a better structured MPD.
The port commision is poor comparison for how an independent MPD board would act because that electorate is larger and more diffuse. Most people don't know what the port commission does, but everyone knows about parks and the electorate being only Seattle would be more aware and responsive to performance of an independently elected board.
Those who monitor Seattle Parks closely know that the City Council doesn't have much time for it and that quality of its oversight is not great. Council members are judged on many issues other than parks and that makes it likely they would be less accountable for park issues than and independent board with member performance judged solely on park issues.
Posted Mon, Jul 28, 3:02 p.m.
If the MPD (aka Seattle Parks District) passes next week, any decisions made by the current Seattle City Council sitting as the MPD Board of Directors WILL BE PERMANENT. Sure, voters could toss out every single member of City Council in 2015 (but terribly unlikely that all would go, given the terrific advantages of incumbency, as louploup points out), but the decisions they will have made regarding a Metropolitan Parks District would not be undone by their exit. The MPD would be PERMANENT.
I'm voting NO on PROP 1, NOW.
Posted Mon, Jul 28, 3:29 p.m.
"Oh, how to vote?"
This is an extremely easy and extremely obvious vote: NO
Posted Mon, Jul 28, 4:06 p.m.
RCW 35.61.130 provides that:
"A metropolitan park district has the right of eminent domain, and may purchase, acquire and condemn lands lying within or without the boundaries of said park district, for public parks, parkways, boulevards, aviation landings and playgrounds, and may condemn such lands to widen, alter and extend streets, avenues, boulevards, parkways, aviation landings and playgrounds, to enlarge and extend existing parks, and to acquire lands for the establishment of new parks, boulevards, parkways, aviation landings and playgrounds.
"The board of park commissioners shall have power to employ counsel, and to regulate, manage and control the parks, parkways, boulevards, streets, avenues, aviation landings and playgrounds under its control, and to provide for park police, for a secretary of the board of park commissioners and for all necessary employees..."
"Th e board of park commissioners shall have power to improve, acquire, extend and maintain, open and lay out, parks, parkways, boulevards, avenues, aviation landings and playgrounds, within or without the park district, and to authorize, conduct and manage the letting of boats, or other amusement apparatus, the operation of bath houses, the purchase and sale of foodstuffs or other merchandise, the giving of vocal or instrumental concerts or other entertainments, the establishment and maintenance of aviation landings and playgrounds, and generally the management and conduct of such forms of recreation or business as it shall judge desirable or beneficial for the public, or for the production of revenue for expenditure for park purposes...
Posted Mon, Jul 28, 4:35 p.m.
Berger has tried to write a balanced article that in the end is superficial and simplifies the matter of how to fund our parks without really investigating where the $267 million is going to be spent and who will really benefit.
This has not been a democratic process. There should have been a levy on the ballot as well so the people would have a choice. There has also been alot of misrepresentation, misinformation and manipulation in the political process.
Even though over 80% of the citizens who attended the 3 public meetings about how the parks should be funded voted for a levy, the advisory committee, appointed by Sally Bagshaw, chose to support a park district. The blueprint for a park district was drawn up by Ken Bounds in a 2012 report funded by the major supporters of a parks district (the Parks Foundation, Zoo and aquarium), all of whom will benefit financially if Prop 1 passes.
Proponents of Prop 1 "Save or Parks" mantra is an exaggerated scare tactic. Over half the money they claim they need to address deferred maintenance and restore parks to it's former glory. is going to buy more land, develop more parks, hire more people and create new programs.
The reason parks has fallen so far behind on maintenance is they chose to spend the money elsewhere. Nobody is asking "What happened to the $135 million they get annually from the general fund, fees and donations?"
Parks needs to be audited before we give them twice as much money as they got from the last levy.
How about the ethics complaint filed against promoters of Prop 1 for releasing a phoney telephone survey to the media supporting prop 1 that they paid for.
How about the fact that opponents of Prop 1 had to take the city to court to clarify the ballot explanation so voters would know that a park district could "levy an annual property tax of 75 cents per $1,000" which is a lot more than the 33 cents they are starting with, and " as a separate taxing authority from the city of Seattle, they could levy additional property tax above the current "lid" restrictions that state law imposes on Seattle."This is about a new stream of revenue for the city that citizens have no control over.
And no one is talking about the million and a half dollars the city is going to get in interest because parks has to borrow $10 million from the city in 2015 because the new property taxes do not go into effect until 2016.
The Seattle Times caught Ken Bounds telling a little lie last week when he said if Prop 1 failed there was no recourse for funding the parks. Citizens can advocate to put a levy on the ballot in February.
I commend Berger for being against putting mountain bike trails in Cheasty Park. (See article in today's Seattle Times.) I wonder if he knows the same organizations promoting Prop ! are donating money that will turn this beautiful natural habitat into a playground for mountain bike enthusiasts.
Posted Mon, Jul 28, 9:25 p.m.
You have given a wonderful summary of several reasons to vote NO on Prop 1. I want to add emphasis to the need for an audit of our Parks Department. As one who loves our Parks and has contributed thousands of hours and thousands of dollars to Parks in the last 10 years I believe our Parks Dept has far too many planners and far too few maintenance persons.
Having a surplus of planners in the Parks department creates the need to acquire more land for them to utilize their planning skills. We need fewer planners and far more workers!
And, since you mentioned former Parks Supt Ken Bounds, every voter should know that Ken Bounds played a major role in creating the Parks Foundation (which is a good idea), but he has also has a conflict of interest because he has more recently been contracted and paid by the Foundation to advise them/us.
Posted Mon, Jul 28, 4:41 p.m.
If you are still undecided see what the League of Women Voters has to say. Their Board voted unanimously to recommend a NO vote because the MPD is not good government. They write that while the League has long supported parks and appropriate funding for parks, the current proposal goes beyond a simple funding mechanism and creates a separate governmental entity that lacks adequate accountability and citizen participation and oversight.
Posted Mon, Jul 28, 7:42 p.m.
1. Too much power, not enough accountability and 2. Maintenance must be budgeted in real time, not deferred for future generations nor reliant on whopper taxes to occur at all. We're going to have to put some pressure on electeds to make that happen, needless to say. Vote NO on Prop 1. Vote NO because you love parks. Ask for accountability. Keep your voice in the system. Check out the Port of Seattle and Seattle Public Schools, both taxing districts like this would be. How's that working for us? I'm not satisfied, myself.
Posted Tue, Jul 29, 10:38 p.m.
At least we get to vote for a School Board and Port Commission!
Posted Mon, Jul 28, 11:54 p.m.
It doesn't make sense-to me- that there is some Union support for the MPD measure.
There are not likely to be many more union jobs created by Proposition 1 unless the unions are hoping to get contracts to build "the fabulous, waterfront park" that rich, downtown property and business owners advocate.
City Council has already indicated they'll appropriate several million dollars for maintenance of the grand, waterfront park that hasn't been built.
Since it's unlikely that "average" property owners would tax themselves to build a park that will mostly benefit tourists and downtown landowners, the MPD will be used as the "vehicle" to subsidize park construction (estimated to be about $500 million dollars).
City officials must have made some promises to Union Leaders to assure them that they would benefit.
Maybe someone can explain those details.
It has been reported that some "City Officials" have attended meetings of various groups and indicated that money from the MPD will be dedicated (in a few years) to the creation of that new, waterfront park that will enhance property values nearby.
Back to jobs-------
For example, if hours are restored to community centers, the employees will work for "ARC" (the non-profit, Associated Recreation Council). I believe those would be non-union jobs.
It's my understanding that zoo and aquarium employees work for those non-profits in non-union jobs.
The Seattle Parks Department-I believe- would be obligated to go to bid for major maintenance contracts like roofs and plumbing. Most of those contracts are unlikely to go to union members.
There must be reasons that are not transparent why some Unions have endorsed this measure that is detrimental to the majority of Seattle's property owners.
.....just some more issues to consider.
Posted Tue, Jul 29, 6:41 a.m.
Everyone hired will be an employee of the City, and thus eligible to join City unions. This is a jobs measure, which is why the unions support it. It also provides stable revenue for jobs, which is another reason unions support.
Posted Tue, Jul 29, 6 p.m.
good analysis and discussion...... I keep hearing about only two parks levies in the last hundred years? I can remember four in my short life already: 1991 for about 70 million, 1999 for 80 million, 2000 for 200 million and 2008 for around 150 million.
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Peak Positioning Technologies Inc. (TSX VENTURE: PKK), is a Canadian software developer for mobile smart devices, and application provider to mobile network operators (MNO) worldwide. In association with its partner, LongKey-Hong Kong Ltd, the company has developed the AiNi Mobile Cloud platform. AiNi is an enhanced version of the mobile smart device O/S equally designed for the benefit of consumers and MNOs, and marketed to MNOs as a solution to increase and maintain their mobile subscriber bases. AiNi comes with a suite of standard applications and features and offers MNOs the possibility to have additional custom applications and features developed and integrated to the platform. For more information: http://www.peakpositioning.com
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Penn State Hershey Inflammatory Bowel Disease Center (IBD Center) is a nationally-recognized facility dedicated solely to the diagnosis, treatment and eventual cure of patients suffering with inflammatory bowel diseases including Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis.
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Highlights from the Special Advisory Bulletin include:
1. The Special Advisory Bulletin indicates that providers should check the OIG List of Excluded Individuals and Entities (LEIE) upon hire and periodically for employees and contractors. The OIG notes that there is no statutory requirement to search the LEIE exclusion list, but that the OIG updates the LEIE exclusion list monthly "so screening employees and contractors each month best minimizes potential overpayment and Civil and Monetary Fines".
2. The Advisory recommends that Providers review job descriptions, categories of care, and contractual relationships to determine whether an item or service being provided is "directly or indirectly, in whole or in part, payable by a Federal health care program. If the answer is yes, the best mechanism for limiting CMP liability is to screen all persons that perform under that contract or that are in that job category".
3. The Special Advisory Bulletin explains that no Federal health care program payment can be made for items or services beyond patient care, and includes those for administrative, transportation, filling prescriptions, inputting prescription information, preparation of surgical trays or reviewing treatment plans, regardless of whether such services are separately billed or are included in bundled payment.
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4 The sound of a tumult is on the mountains as of a great multitude! The sound of an uproar of kingdoms, of nations gathering together! The LORD of hosts is mustering a host for battle. | 4 Listen, a noise on the mountains, like that of a great multitude! Listen, an uproar among the kingdoms, like nations massing together! The LORD Almighty is mustering an army for war. |
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Feral Muscovy were all over this cemetery.
I observed this in Ft Lauderdale, Florida. At first I thought it was a Cuban Tree Frog (invasive species). I'm not so sure now of the ID.
Zebra Helconian
Doing a photo shoot at the Bonnet House, Fort Lauderdale, FL we saw a few Anhinga...
Doing a photo shoot at the Bonnet House, Fort Lauderdale, FL we saw a few herons...
Doing a photo shoot at the Bonnet House, Fort Lauderdale, FL we saw butterflies...
Established population in Dania Beach, Florida
Black-throated Blue Warbler, Setophaga caerulescens (Gmelin, 1789). Male. Evergreen Cemetery, Ft. Lauderdale, Florida. USA. Photo by David L. Govoni ©2012
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A skate in the sand off Ft Lauderdale
Red phase N. floridana on the crawl along a canal in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.
Appears to have replaced the native species, as I have not seen a single green anole in Ft Lauderdale.
Common endemic species. 3 of them living around the back porch of our resort.
This moth is a very good mimic of a stinging wasp.
I have been somewhat disappointed to see that brown anoles are ubiquitous in this region of Florida, but I have not seen a single green anole. It's sad to realize that this invasive species has apparently successfully replaced the native species in this region.
This lone ibis picked its way carefully through the mangroves, and was the only bird that we saw during our visit to the nature center, apart from a pair of high-flying hawks, and one unknown seabird that flew by off in the distance. Once in a more open area where we could photograph it, it began making its strange honking call, which reminded us of those children's toys that are supposed to moo like a cow when you turn them over.
These tiny little crabs were everywhere, including in the trees, which they nimbly scuttled through as easily as if they were on the ground. They were very intelligent and reactive, quick to dart away if they noticed you staring at them.
Anne Kolb Nature Center
A large, healthy-looking colony of these robust and alert lizards have colonized the fenceline and walls behind a row of houses, where they met up with a church parking lot. Also present in smaller numbers were brown anoles. I did not see any native species, however.
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Two top lightweight contenders will meet in the UFC's July return to network television.
Listen to or download today's edition of MMAjunkie Radio with guests Dan Spohn, John Makdessi, Joey Oddessa and Jeremy Botter.
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Scott Jorgensen will now wait on his third different flyweight opponent, as the former bantamweight has seen first Ian McCall and now John Dodson have been forced to withdraw from the matchup.
John Dodson will officially welcome former bantamweight Scott Jorgensen to the flyweight division when the 125-pounders clash at UFC on FOX 9.
The recently announced title fight between UFC welterweight champion Georges St-Pierre and top contender Johny Hendricks now has a date.
MMAjunkie.com Radio today welcomes to the show World Series of Fighting's John Gunderson, XFC 24's Scott Holtzman, Cage Warriors' Ronnie Mann and Brazilian jiu-jitsu legend Eddie Bravo.
With Nick Newell's well-publicized split from the promotion and his scratch for a planned title fight, Scott Holtzman instead will fight John Mahlow for the vacant Xtreme Fighting Championships lightweight belt.
SEATTLE – John Albert needed to wait just a second. But under the squeeze of Scott Jorgensen's rear-naked choke, he couldn't hold on and tapped right at the horn, giving Jorgensen a thrilling submission victory.
A flyweight bout between John Moraga and Chris Cariaso is the latest addition to next month's UFC 155 event. It's the 12th fight for the year-end fight ca
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EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. – "The Ultimate Fighter 14″ winner John Dodson earned a victory over Tim Elliott, but it certainly didn't come as easy as oddsmakers predicted.
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For regulated organisations, it's not as 'Easy' as contending with the market forces in this case; they also need to maintain regulatory compliance to reduce risk. For many organisations cutting training costs is generally the first course of action in difficult financial times. For the regulated market it is not so easy. Regulated organisations must constantly prove that staff members are proficient in their responsibilities, understand their roles and execute those roles in a manner consistent with corporate and regulative instruction. This paper explores the ways in which automating compliance training can help regulated organisations achieve both, a cost-effective method to aid adherence to compliance standards, a process to encourage organisational flexibility to adapt to market changes, particularly in economic hard-times.
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I ordered a pair of the Restoration Hardware Sutton Grand Sconce. I bought them 2 months ago with the promise of them being delivered in October. Just today I got an email that says they won't be available until March. Is there something out there similar? I've looked at freaking thousands of them and haven't turned up much. I need this for a project I'm wrapping up in a few weeks and can't wait for anything on back order. Thanks |
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Robert Abby Roderick is similar to the double, but with a rectangular backplate. The single version of the Roderick has a rectangular backplate as well so looks a bit heavier than the Sutton, but has the same cylindrical shade as the Sutton. |
Here is a link that might be useful: Robert Abbey Roderick
palimpsest: thanks for the idea. Unfortunately it says they are made to order, which probably could take a while... |
Have you looked at the Minka Lavery website? There are quite a few of similar style and possibly in stock. |
Here is a link that might be useful: Similar Minka light fixture
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Congressional hearing just as much about Mitchell as Clemens
As titillating, tawdry and undignified as the blood feud between Roger Clemens and Brian McNamee has been, the real showdown Wednesday before Congress is not between Clemens and McNamee, but between Clemens and former U.S. Sen. George Mitchell.
If members of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee ask the important, probing questions regarding Clemens' alleged use of performance-enhancing drugs that this latest hearing deserves, it is unlikely the testimony will result in a stalemate.
Each participant in the drama, from Mitchell to Clemens to McNamee, has been too absolute in his position for the day to end with any gray areas. Mitchell has steadfastly stood by his report on performance-enhancing drugs in baseball, not allowing the possibility of error. For his report to be accurate and truthful means McNamee has been telling the truth, which by extension means Clemens is not. For Clemens to be telling the truth means McNamee is not. And if that's the case, Mitchell and the law enforcement agencies that produced the information from McNamee will have been guilty of serious incompetence and possible misconduct, and any shred of credibility the Mitchell report once had would go up in smoke.
There is no way each entity can walk out of Wednesday's hearing with his story intact. Somebody is going to take a career-ending, legacy-destroying fall.
The integrity of committee members, who undermined their own standing by acting like star-struck teenagers when Clemens visited their offices last week, is also at stake. And if committee members now play patty-cake with Clemens instead of asking hard questions, they will be indirectly discrediting Mitchell's report. Do not forget that the only reason this hearing is being conducted is that Clemens had the nerve to challenge Mitchell's findings after the report was released Dec. 13.
When Mitchell, union head Donald Fehr and baseball commissioner Bud Selig testified in Room 2154 of the Rayburn Building on Jan. 15, Mitchell was praised for his "fair and impartial" report, produced under the difficult circumstances of not having the players' cooperation. Mitchell's approach, methodology, findings and conclusions went unchallenged. No member of the committee probed with specific questions about the information gathering process on Clemens, even though each knew within a month that Clemens, and McNamee, would testify before them.
When Rep. Stephen Lynch, D-Mass., asked Mitchell about releasing additional documents he used to corroborate his report, Mitchell refused, saying the material belonged to Major League Baseball. No one on the committee followed up with Selig asking him about making the documents public. Mitchell's reputation was enough. The committee members assumed McNamee was credible because Mitchell was credible. They assumed this with the knowledge that even as the Jan. 15 hearing had taken place, Clemens already had appeared on "60 Minutes" and had held a passionate -- if not bizarre -- news conference defending himself against McNamee's charges.
After all the deference, if Mitchell was wrong, that would mean the Mitchell report was wrong and the committee showed great naivete by not questioning a highly controversial document. It would mean the report cannot be trusted and that Mitchell could not, to a large extent, be trusted. If Clemens, the biggest name in the report, was wrongly accused, Mitchell would have to come forward and explain himself and repudiate his work. Scheeler's testimony would be viewed carefully by the baseball hierarchy.
Clemens has dug in so deeply and with such angry conviction that these proceedings can only result in his vindication. If he wavers, he will have destroyed himself. Since the report's release, there has been nothing equivocal about his defense. Therefore, he cannot plead the Fifth Amendment if he is cornered. One of his lawyers, Rusty Hardin, already has said Clemens will not take the Fifth on any questions. It will be interesting to see if that extends to the question as to McNamee's latest grenade, that he injected Clemens' wife, Debbie, with growth hormone. It's a charge that so far has not been denied by anyone in the Clemens camp.
Clemens is asking the public to believe that his once-trusted personal trainer obtained and distributed growth hormone; that his friend and most loyal protégé, Pettitte, admitted using growth hormone administered by McNamee; and that Clemens' wife used growth hormone, also administered by McNamee but Clemens himself did not.
Clemens is asking the public and his government to believe this. What's riding on it is a potential indictment for perjury and certainly a congressional investigation of the sort that is currently zeroed in on Miguel Tejada.
And then there is Pettitte, who will not attend the hearing but remains key. Pettitte already has been deposed, and if he said he believes Clemens used growth hormone, Clemens is finished. If Pettitte lied to the committee, then he soon will be finished. And if he knew Clemens did not use and said so, then the veracity of the Mitchell report again goes on trial.
Regardless of the collateral damage to baseball or Clemens, the most important outcome of these proceedings is if McNamee has told the truth. If he has not, then every citizen in this country has reason to fear the motives and competence of the justice system. For when authorities in New York snared McNamee last year, the goal was not to produce false confessions, but to compel McNamee to tell the truth about what he knew and his part in this scandal. The Mitchell report, which is heavily based on information provided by federal law enforcement agencies, would be one such example of the consequences of government impropriety.
Wednesday will be a day of reckoning with numerous reputations at stake. Interpreting the significance of the steroid era has always been about the integrity of the institutions and individuals involved. It is only fitting that after months of defiance from Clemens and haughtiness from Mitchell, one will be forced to admit he isn't exactly what he's seemed.
Howard Bryant is a senior writer for ESPN.com and ESPN the Magazine. He is the author of "Juicing the Game: Drugs, Power and the Fight for the Soul of Major League Baseball," and "Shut Out: A Story of Race and Baseball in Boston." He can be reached at email@example.com.
- Senior Writer, ESPN.com and ESPN The Magazine
- Author of "The Last Hero: A Life of Henry Aaron"
- Author of "Juicing the Game"
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Round 2
News• Pettitte admits additional use of HGH in 2004
• McNamee: I injected Clemens more than I claimed
• Jeter says hearings "a bad time for the game"
• Canseco affidavit backs Clemens' denials
• Congress hears from PED experts
• Report: Pettitte affidavit supports McNamee
• Pettitte, 2 others won't testify at hearing
• Selig: Third party not needed for drug testing
• Waxman: Hardin 'attempt to intimidate' a concern
• Waxman's letter (PDF)
• Report: Professors refute Clemens' stats analysis
• Lawyer: Clemens wasn't at Canseco's 1998 party
• Radomski convinced McNamee holds truth
• Clemens continues informal hearings on Hill
• McNamee deposed; Clemens back on Hill
• McNamee gives evidence to investigators
• Bryant: Hearing about Mitchell and Clemens
• Helyar: What's at stake for Clemens? Plenty
• Fish: Radomski made Mitchell report sing
• Wojciechowski: Congress, take this seriously
• Munson: Stats professors have Clemens' number
• Munson Q&A on McNamee evidence
• Olney: Pettitte tiebreaker between McNamee, Clemens
Round 1
News• Congress mixes praise for Selig, criticism of MLB
• Congress asks for inquiry into Tejada testimony
• WADA blasts MLB for drug-testing loopholes
• Report: Mitchell tried to contact Clemens twice
• McNamee attorney defends immunity request
• Source: Clemens hedges on giving deposition
• Source: Clemens not expected to receive immunity
• Trainer's lawyers alert Congress to second tape
• Bryant: Congress believes MLB getting it
• Munson: The losers, Tejada, Magowan and Sabean
• Jayson Stark's day-long hearings blog
• Quinn/Fainaru-Wade: Selig's legacy in balance
• Bryant: Hold others accountable, too
• Munson: Who knew what, and when
The Mitchell report
• Mitchell delivers his report | Read it (pdf)• Players: Who's named in the report
• Recommendations from the report
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- Petriello: Red Sox don't need an ace now
- Olney: Banning defensive shifts a bad idea
- Bowden: Best fits for top remaining free agents
- Karabell (fantasy): Closer situations to watch


text: [[quoteright:299:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/Head_Of_The_Class_7106.jpg]]A highly successful SitCom of TheEighties. Imagine ''SavedByTheBell'' (with MUCH smarter students) for primetime.Howard Hesseman (of ''WKRPInCincinnati'' fame) starred as Charlie Moore, a substitute teacher who is hired to teach history to a class of gifted students at a Manhattan high school. He is not gifted himself, but he thinks outside the box and is full of epiphanies, and so he has much to teach his class even as he finds himself clashing with the school's stuffy, by-the-book principal. Three months later, the VerySpecialEpisode came in which the original teacher returned from his medical leave. This being a successful American sitcom, after spending most of the episode trying to impress the guy, Charlie finally succeeds by being himself; the guy was looking for a worthy replacement so that he could retire. This naturally infuriated the principal further, but it finally ensured that there could be a [[StatusQuoIsGod stable status quo.]]The series ran for five years with almost no cast turnover. This did stretch credulity after a time, but it didn't cause problems until the network was forced to replace the teacher with a SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute in the fifth year.Oh, and Robin Givens [[RetroactiveRecognition played a student here before she married Mike Tyson]]. Also launched the likes of DanSchneider, responsible in some way for [[Series/AllThat most]] [[TheAmandaShow every]] [[DrakeAndJosh recent]] [[{{Zoey101}} live-]][[ICarly action]] [[{{Victorious}} hit]] on {{Nickelodeon}}, and Brian Robbins, who went on to produce and direct shows [[TheAmandaShow with]] [[Series/AllThat Schneider]] [[{{Smallville}} and]] [[OneTreeHill without]] (as well as work with [[DisneyChannel the enemy]] [[SonnyWithAChance sometimes]]). Unlike Brian Robbins, Dan Schneider has yet to direct a big-screen movie, [[Film/{{Norbit}} which may be a wise move.]] ----'''Tropes found in this classroom include:'''* AesopAmnesia* AnAesop: Done {{once an episode}}.* AndKnowingIsHalfTheBattle* BeYourself* BollywoodNerd: Jawaharlal.* BottleEpisode: Pretty much every episode took place in that one classroom and the hallway just outside it; occasionally they also used the school theater.* BrilliantButLazy: Applies to various characters, depending on how you define brilliance.* TheBusCameBack: Janice shows up again in the series finale to get her high school diploma; she had just graduated from Harvard.* DeanBitterman: Dr. Samuels.* DevilsAdvocate: In a school debate club meet, Alan has to extemporaneously defend a position he is personally against. He wins the debate. * EggSitting* EnemyMine: {{Invoked|Trope}} by Mr. Moore on one occasion. The students were fighting each other, so he became a bad teacher, giving them a greater enemy that would force them to put aside their own differences. * FamousAncestor: In one episode, Mr. Moore has the class research their family trees, and Darlene discovers that she is a direct descendant of Thomas Jefferson.* FamousNamedForeigner: Jawaharlal Choudhury is obviously named after India's first prime minister, Jawaharlal Nehru. It is very unlikely that an Indian or an Indian-American in his teens in the mid-1980s would have a name like Jawaharlal.* FinalSeasonCasting: See SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute below -- but not similar enough to keep the show going beyond that point.* TheFool: Because the teacher himself didn't always seem to know what he was doing.* FrozenInTime: If these kids are so smart, why have they been in high school for five years?** WordOfGod was that the final two seasons took place their senior year - season 4 was 1st semester, season 5 was 2nd semester.* GrewASpine: In one episode, Jawarhalal is suddenly well known for agreeing with everyone about everything. Then the class goes to see Mr. Moore's off-off-off-Broadway post-[[{{Postmodernism}} post-Modern]] production of ''{{Hamlet}}''. Everybody hates it except Jawarhalal, who defends it to everyone. They're so caught up in trying to prove him wrong that until the end of the episode they never ask him why he likes it and don't notice that he's disagreeing with them, counter to his personality.* HighSchool* HighSchoolSweethearts: Eventually, Eric and Simone; the final season shows them getting briefly engaged, then deciding to wait until after college.* [[HotTeacher Hot Vice Principal]]: Miss Meara.* IvyLeagueForEveryone: Justified in that it was a show centered around geniuses.* ''Magazine/{{MAD}}'': "Head Of The Crass," which - "Chatty Bore" excepted - broke with tradition of having the characters introduce themselves to the readers in the first panel ("We're too bright and sophisticated for such stereotyping and drivel!").* OneDegreeOfSeparation: Howard Hesseman <-> Dan Schneider, provides the link between everyone connected to ''WKRPInCincinnati'' (and by extension Loni Anderson's longtime husband Burt Reynolds), and approximately 40% of all currently-working comic actors of the millenial generation.** Note that Schneider himself worked with KevinBacon (in ''The Big Picture''), as did Hesseman (in an '80s TV remake of ''Film/MisterRoberts'').* PekingDuckChristmas: Both Mr. Moore (alone for Christmas) and Dr. Samuels (escaping his in-laws) find themselves at the same Chinese place on Thanksgiving. They bond.* PutOnABus: After the third season Janice graduated, Jawaharlal's family moved back to India, and Maria transferred to [[Film/{{Fame}} the New York High School of Performing Arts]]; Mr. Moore quit teaching after Season 4 to pursue an acting career full time ([[RetCon despite]] a VerySpecialEpisode earlier in the run where he decided to stop acting and dedicate his life to teaching).* RealLifeWritesThePlot: More than once.* ReplacementScrappy: Both Mr. Moore and Mr. [=MacGregor=] were {{In-Universe}} examples, at least for specific people.** Dr. Samuels didn't like Mr. Moore, worried that he'd ruin the IHP with his unorthodox teaching style, but only put up with him because he was a substitute teacher merely holding down the fort until their real teacher returned. ** When Mr. [=MacGregor=] took over, the class took some time to get used to Billy, but Dennis and Arvid had the most extreme opinions of him. To Dennis, Billy was a replacement scrappy, while Arvid felt betrayed by Mr. Moore and latched onto Mr. [=MacGregor=] out of spite.* SaveOurStudents: Somewhat of an inversion, in that Mr. Moore's kids are academically gifted and high-achieving but socially and emotionally underdeveloped.* SchoolPlay: ''Theatre/LittleShopOfHorrors'', ''{{Grease}}'', and ''{{Hair}}''* UsefulNotes/{{Scotland}}: The replacement replacement teacher came from there, which made for an interesting Revolutionary War episode.* SnapBack* SpinOff: The eminently forgettable ''Billy'', which ran for half a season in 1992.* StatusQuoIsGod* StrawmanPolitical: Of various flavors. And it's just not a [[TheEighties 1980s]] sitcom without a blatant [[FamilyTies Alex P. Keaton]] ripoff, er, neo-conservative among the students. * SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: After Howard Hesseman quit the show, his Charlie Moore was replaced with Creator/BillyConnolly as new teacher Billy [=MacGregor=]. * TeenGenius: The majority of the teenage cast, although arguably Janice (who was really a ''pre-''teen genius) and Arvid in particular.* VacationEpisode: The class went to Moscow, the first American show to film there.* VerySpecialEpisode* ViewersAreMorons: And executives want to assure them that it's okay.* WhoopiEpiphanySpeech: This too was done {{once an episode}}.* WorkingThroughTheCold: Arvid, in the episode where he has the flu and refuses to stay home from school.* YouAreInCommandNow----<<|AmericanSeries|>>