The problem was first uncovered in the summer of 2014
by a local citizen who conducted his own tests on the local water supply.
The romantic notion that local school boards are
elected by local citizens has been replaced with the reality that these elections are essentially rigged.
Portage Park was created in 1913 by the Old Portage Park District, an independent park board
formed by local citizens to enhance property values and improve their northwest side neighborhood.
Some of the numerous questions
raised by local citizens over the years include whether trees were improperly cleared, whether the plant encroached upon the habitat of an endangered bat and whether it destroyed wetlands.
Spectacles without Objects, which was produced by Centre Georges Pompidou and earlier has been exhibited at CNEAI in France, comes to Kunsthal Aarhus in an expanded version and in a form of an installation, including a book, a vinyl record and a
performance by local citizens.
The spit had been a quarry and gravel - loading pier and, after years of
efforts by local citizens, land - preservation groups and state government, now is simply a place to walk a dog and enjoy thickening, albeit viny, woods and extraordinary views of the Hudson Highlands.
Solutions that work in countries where there is faith in the wisdom of appointed civil servants are unlikely to work as well in systems where the chief officer of a local education authority is
elected by the local citizens every four years.