She'd come to Ramsey Hill on what you might call a patronage-exchange program, having been a secretary to somebody high level in Hennepin County who moved her out of his district after he made her pregnant.
"The problem of Unesco is that successive heads have turned it into a personal patronage machine, neglecting programs and bloating the staffing," Mr. Malone said.
In the beginning, convicts, soldiers, governors and civil authorities attended the church; in the 21st century, regular patronage by, and programs for, governors, politicians, the legal community and the homeless create a similarly diverse mix.
Or will they revert to the traditional practice of regarding education as a kind of patronage or public jobs program for adults?
Using the word "failed" more than 100 times, Holland questioned the patronage inherent in the program: Instead of choosing grantees through an objective analysis, Chicago aldermen were allowed to recommend and select lead agencies to receive NRI cash.
Perhaps the best example is the New Deal Democrats, who created a patronage system of government programs that have spawned a 70-year constituency.
Though his efforts on their behalf are often more like political patronage than anti-poverty programs, poverty is slowly declining in Nicaragua, as it is in most countries of the global South.
Mr. Koch cut city services and patronage-laden antipoverty programs.
But it was his support of the Duke of Edinburgh awards, a youth development program, and his patronage of more than 800 community organisations, that the prime minister cited in awarding Prince Philip the title.
After approval, the EHF logo and the EHF patronage should appear clearly on the program.
These are some of the quirkier "rewards" devised by Belly, a start-up that creates customer-loyalty programs to encourage repeat patronage at small and medium-size businesses.
