Then the snow fell, and Mr. Bloomberg — for all his finger-wagging at others — seemed unable to get one of the most basic of municipal tasks accomplished.
However, as the city's financial situation continued to spiral downward, it became a challenge to provide even the most basic of municipal services.
The inept municipal government was struggling to provide even the most basic service.
Victor Gotbaum, former executive director of District Council 37, the largest municipal union, criticized the mayor for ignoring the most basic step toward reaching an agreement with union leaders -- holding intensive meetings with them.
But that unsustainability is a result of years of neglect by Israel, which levies municipal taxes on residents but fails to provide the most basic services - sanitation, education, and planning, Ir Amim and Palestinians say.
The smallest and one of the most important units of administration in Ethiopia is the kebele, based in a village or neighborhood; kebeles are responsible for many basic municipal services.
Basic municipal services (water, electricity, and gas) were installed beginning in the late 1880s.
The most basic right of all.
The most basic is traditional corporate philanthropy.
