{"id":91,"date":"2006-09-11T10:58:00","date_gmt":"2006-09-11T14:58:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.realst8.crankpin.com\/?p=91"},"modified":"2006-09-11T10:59:42","modified_gmt":"2006-09-11T14:59:42","slug":"an-insiders-view-of-south-bend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.realst8.com\/staging\/9756\/south-bend\/an-insiders-view-of-south-bend\/","title":{"rendered":"An Insider&#8217;s View of South Bend"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>South Bend&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.southbendin.gov\/city\/departments\/legal\/local_government_academy.asp\" target=\"_blank\">Local Government Academy<\/a> is a shining example of open government policies at their best. It&#8217;s a series of\u00c2\u00a0ten weekly\u00c2\u00a0classes\u00c2\u00a0which takes you through the workings of the city government. I am enrolled in the current session and in the first two weeks have toured the Mayor&#8217;s office and the Main Street Fire Department. It is a friendly chance to see\u00c2\u00a0exactly\u00c2\u00a0what your tax dollars pay for and to ask top officials the questions you&#8217;ve always wondered &#8211; from &#8220;How long does it take to cut a car in half with the &#8216;Jaws of Life&#8217;?&#8221; to those regarding the finer points of tax policy.<\/p>\n<p>The class is open to everyone and draws an interesting mix of retirees, business-types and teachers. This session has about twenty participants but\u00c2\u00a0seems have room for more.\u00c2\u00a0If you&#8217;re interested in the next session, contact the Mayor&#8217;s Office at <span class=\"verdana-small-drk-grey\">574.235.9261 or <a href=\"http:\/\/www.southbendin.gov\/city\/departments\/legal\/local_government_academy.asp\" target=\"_blank\">apply online<\/a>. <\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>South Bend&#8217;s Local Government Academy is a shining example of open government policies at their best. It&#8217;s a series of\u00c2\u00a0ten weekly\u00c2\u00a0classes\u00c2\u00a0which takes you through the workings of the city government. I am enrolled in the current session and in the first two weeks have toured the Mayor&#8217;s office and the Main Street Fire Department. It [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-91","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-south-bend"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.realst8.com\/staging\/9756\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/91","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.realst8.com\/staging\/9756\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.realst8.com\/staging\/9756\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.realst8.com\/staging\/9756\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.realst8.com\/staging\/9756\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=91"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.realst8.com\/staging\/9756\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/91\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.realst8.com\/staging\/9756\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=91"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.realst8.com\/staging\/9756\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=91"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.realst8.com\/staging\/9756\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=91"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}