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When a group of citizens (in this case, scientists) decides that their government should do more to address some particular concern, they face a hard task. The citizens have only a limited amount of effort to spare, and officials are set in their bureaucratic ways. To accomplish anything — to bring about a new government program, in particular — people must mount a concerted push. For a few years concerned citizens must hammer at the issue, informing the public and finding allies among like-minded officials. These inside allies must form committees, draft reports, and shepherd legislation through the administration and Congress. Interests that feel threatened by change will put up roadblocks, and the whole process is liable to fail from exhaustion.
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The Town of Leesburg has been organized under the Council-Manager form of government since 1962. The Council-Manager form of government is a system of local government that combines strong political leadership of elected officials with strong managerial experience of an appointed local government manager. Because political power is concentrated in the entire seven-member Town Council, more citizens have an opportunity to be elected to a position in which they have significant influence over the future of their community.
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Contrary to sane people, supporters of government maintain that there are three kinds of people: Children, Really Big Children, and Government Officials. Government Officials are superior forms of life without whom the Really Big Children would all go insane and start killing each other.
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In this capacity, Kiga will be responsible for fostering and maintaining relationships with state and local government officials with respect to public policy affecting The Boeing Company in the states of Washington, Oregon, Montana and Hawaii. He will report to Bob Watt, vice president, Government Relations and Global Corporate Citizenship.
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