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		<title>Where Did Jacksonville Go Wrong?</title>
		<link>http://smithofthelongfield.wordpress.com/2009/03/08/where-did-jacksonville-go-wrong/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 08 Mar 2009 16:42:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[We got it wrong in 2003.  We elected someone as mayor due to his name, and the belief that he would continue to improve the image of Jacksonville as the Bold New City of the South.  Not since the days of Jake Godbold were there such high expectations for our city.  To me, the differences [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=smithofthelongfield.wordpress.com&blog=264751&post=180&subd=smithofthelongfield&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Ronald Reagan was More of a Socialist than Obama!</title>
		<link>http://smithofthelongfield.wordpress.com/2009/03/06/ronald-reagan-was-more-of-a-socialist-than-obama/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Mar 2009 15:46:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ From 1980 to 1988 the top tax rate was 50%!  How on earth did we survive?  Take a look at the rates during the Nixon/Ford years (69-76), or better yet the Eisenhower years (52-60)&#8230;  Notice what the rates were in the Republican years of 1921-1932, immediately preceding the great depression.  Looks like what the fat [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=smithofthelongfield.wordpress.com&blog=264751&post=235&subd=smithofthelongfield&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Prison Spending Outpaces All but Medicaid</title>
		<link>http://smithofthelongfield.wordpress.com/2009/03/02/prison-spending-outpaces-all-but-medicaid/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Mar 2009 21:43:15 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Correctional Health Care]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[March 3, 2009
By SOLOMON MOORE
 
One in every 31 adults, or 7.3 million Americans, is in prison, on parole or probation, at a cost to the states of $47 billion in 2008, according to a new study.
Correction spending is outpacing budget growth in education, transportation and public assistance, based on state and federal data.
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		<title>You Can’t Be Neutral All the Time…</title>
		<link>http://smithofthelongfield.wordpress.com/2009/03/02/224/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Mar 2009 18:19:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I recently found a blog that has some great content, it&#8217;s called &#8220;Slow Leadership&#8221; and it contains articles on effective leadership, to include things such as ethics and morals in the office setting.
The following article is similar to one I wrote about the importance of honesty in the workplace, you can read it here. This [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=smithofthelongfield.wordpress.com&blog=264751&post=224&subd=smithofthelongfield&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Department of Justice Provides $109M for Prisoner Reentry Programs.</title>
		<link>http://smithofthelongfield.wordpress.com/2009/02/27/department-of-justice-provides-109m-for-prisoner-reentry-programs/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Feb 2009 20:11:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON, Feb. 26 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ &#8212; The President released the Administration&#8217;s FY 2010 top-line budget proposal today which includes $26.5 billion for the Department of Justice (DOJ), a 3.5 percent increase more than the FY 2009 budget. The Department&#8217;s budget includes enhanced funding for: national security and intelligence; combating financial fraud; hiring additional police officers; civil [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=smithofthelongfield.wordpress.com&blog=264751&post=219&subd=smithofthelongfield&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Finding out Who’s Naughty and Nice.</title>
		<link>http://smithofthelongfield.wordpress.com/2009/02/24/finding-out-whos-naughty-and-nice/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Feb 2009 15:58:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://smithofthelongfield.wordpress.com/?p=215</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Glassdoor.com, a site that lets employees anonymously review their employers and share salary information, is out with a list of the naughtiest and nicest chief executives of 2008, based on those reviews.
Check it out, and see where your boss ranks&#8230;
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		<title>Bid The Landfill!!!</title>
		<link>http://smithofthelongfield.wordpress.com/2009/02/24/bid-the-landfill/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Feb 2009 15:00:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://smithofthelongfield.wordpress.com/?p=212</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Through City Council Bill 2008-0538, Jacksonville Mayor John Peyton is proposing a 35-year, $750 million no-bid contract with Waste Management Inc. to continue the management of our city&#8217;s Trail Ridge Landfill. This is a NO-BID contract – meaning he won’t allow any other companies to bid for such an expensive and long-term deal with the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=smithofthelongfield.wordpress.com&blog=264751&post=212&subd=smithofthelongfield&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Working for Dr. Evil?  Been There, Done That…</title>
		<link>http://smithofthelongfield.wordpress.com/2009/02/09/working-for-dr-evil-been-there-done-that/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Feb 2009 16:35:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://smithofthelongfield.wordpress.com/?p=206</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[What kind of leader do you work for?  Is your corporate ship being steered by someone of good moral fiber, or someone willing to do whatever it takes to get ahead.
Why do you work there?  Are you inspired, or is it to just get a pay check?  If its just for the paycheck, go somewhere [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=smithofthelongfield.wordpress.com&blog=264751&post=206&subd=smithofthelongfield&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Virginia Jail Health Care Policies in Question</title>
		<link>http://smithofthelongfield.wordpress.com/2009/01/29/virginia-jail-health-care-policies-in-question/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Jan 2009 18:10:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In a recurring theme, another inmate has died from a virulent staph infection.  He spent the final ten days of his life complaining to guards about the pain he was suffering, only to be ignored, and dragged into isolation to die all alone.
Granted, this man was a criminal, and the crime he was accused of is [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=smithofthelongfield.wordpress.com&blog=264751&post=204&subd=smithofthelongfield&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>More of the Same in the California Department of Corrections.</title>
		<link>http://smithofthelongfield.wordpress.com/2008/11/21/more-of-the-same-in-the-california-department-of-corrections/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 21 Nov 2008 21:02:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[After thirteen  years, and two federal receivers, the California prison system is still a mess.
If this was another country, we&#8217;d be screaming about these human rights abuses.  But this is America, and not just America, the most progressive state in the Union!  We should be ashamed of the way we have let bureaucracy and [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=smithofthelongfield.wordpress.com&blog=264751&post=194&subd=smithofthelongfield&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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