From one perspective, a series of executive and ownership changes at The Daily News and elsewhere in the publishing and printing empire of Mortimer B. Zuckerman and Fred Drasner is nothing special -- just a normal realignment of responsibilities by two executives around the age of 60.
In a candid and surprisingly blunt presentation, she announced a realignment of management responsibilities to force more cooperation among HPs four divisions, as well as other changes in the way the nations second-largest computer company does business.
To that end, realignment of state and local revenue and responsibilities is key to renovating a system that has become over-centralized in the years since Proposition 13.
Lines of responsibility are fuzzy.
Clarity of responsibility.
Politically, they are in the midst of a realignment of power -- with greater influence, but also greater responsibility".
In what the state calls a realignment of the criminal justice system, the plan places more responsibilities on the counties, and some local officials say they are unprepared and underfinanced to get the job done.
Both candidates said they would focus on public safety, looking for ways to manage jail overcrowding and the implementation of state prison realignment, which shifted responsibility for many prisoners from state prisons to county jails.
Structural changes in policy such as a realignment of spending priorities, debt relief, equitable trade policies and a commitment to global corporate responsibility must complement other economic aid mechanisms for improving public health in the future.
