Sentence examples for citizen interests from inspiring English sources
Another approach would be to develop a matching system for a new class of "citizen lobbying" organizations that advocate on behalf of diffuse citizen interests.
In forums and platforms, politicians, consultants and academics regularly meet to rework ideas from Glaeser or Florida into a new marketing message through which each city can promote itself, and indirectly serve citizen interests.
Increasing the number of specialized elected offices promotes issue unbundling, reducing slack between citizen preferences and government policy; but the costs of monitoring a larger number of officials may offset these benefits, producing greater latitude for politicians to pursue their own goals at the expense of citizen interests.
Never mind that trading money is inflationary, speculative, and unproductive, in the midst of anemic job growth and stagnating wages, budgetary discipline has been given top priority on the demands of market logic, not the demands of citizen interests or of broader national interest.
It shows there is a lot of citizen interest in this.
"You see a higher degree of citizen interest in preservation and more understanding of its economic value to the community," Ms. Bolton said.
By contrast, citizen interest groups with broad-based support and significant organizational resources have proven to be extremely effective in using direct legislation to pass new laws.
Among the good practices are: bringing city hall to the community (physically and online), allowing access to city services through smartphones, embracing storytelling in communications as a way to attract citizen interest or mapping community assets.
"In the case of projects competing for public funding, crowdfunding is a measure of citizen interest and could be used to help decision-makers and experts in their final choice," he said.
The incriminating information may still be obtained through use of the subpoena power, and in many instances of course it will be voluntarily revealed by the citizen interested in the enforcement of the laws.
