State And Local

By emphasizing discussion of real-world examples, the case method is an ideal solution for training public leaders. The cases in our “Government” categories focus in particular on the workings and interactions of government agencies and entities at the local, national, and international level.

  • Teaching Case - Saving the Tuolumne (Sequel)

    Saving the Tuolumne (Sequel)

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    Publication Date: January 01, 1986

    In April 1983, the City and County of San Francisco and two irrigation districts in Merced and Stanislaus counties commissioned a feasibility study of their long-standing proposal to dam the Tuolumne River for power and water. At the same time,...

  • Teaching Case - Saving the Tuolumne

    Saving the Tuolumne

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    Publication Date: January 01, 1986

    In April 1983, the City and County of San Francisco and two irrigation districts in Merced and Stanislaus counties commissioned a feasibility study of their long-standing proposal to dam the Tuolumne River for power and water. At the same time,...

  • Classic Case - Goals For Dallas (C): The Program

    Goals For Dallas (C): The Program

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    Publication Date: January 01, 1985

    This series of cases focuses on three related phenomena: "Goals for Dallas," a program that engaged a cross-section of Dallas leadership in assessing the state of the city and establishing goals for the community; Erik Jonsson, a founder and...

  • Classic Case - Goals For Dallas (B): Background

    Goals For Dallas (B): Background

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    Publication Date: January 01, 1985

    This series of cases focuses on three related phenomena: "Goals for Dallas," a program that engaged a cross-section of Dallas leadership in assessing the state of the city and establishing goals for the community; Erik Jonsson, a founder and...

  • Classic Case - Goals For Dallas (A): Setting the Scene

    Goals For Dallas (A): Setting the Scene

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    Publication Date: January 01, 1985

    This series of cases focuses on three related phenomena: "Goals for Dallas," a program that engaged a cross-section of Dallas leadership in assessing the state of the city and establishing goals for the community; Erik Jonsson, a founder and...

  • Classic Case - Future of Los Alamos City Electric Utility System (Sequel)

    Future of Los Alamos City Electric Utility System (Sequel)

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    Publication Date: January 01, 1984

    The county of Los Alamos operates a small electric utility. Its largest customer, a national laboratory, faces intense pressure to reduce its payments-in-lieu-of-taxes to the county while at the same time it needs electricity at low cost to...

  • Classic Case - Future of Los Alamos City Electric Utility System

    Future of Los Alamos City Electric Utility System

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    Publication Date: January 01, 1984

    The county of Los Alamos operates a small electric utility. Its largest customer, a national laboratory, faces intense pressure to reduce its payments-in-lieu-of-taxes to the county while at the same time it needs electricity at low cost to...

  • Classic Case - Bailing Out Boston: The Tregor Legislation (Sequel)

    Bailing Out Boston: The Tregor Legislation (Sequel)

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    Publication Date: January 01, 1984

    In November 1980, voters in Massachusetts overwhelmingly approved a tax limitation referendum called Proposition 2 l/2, which restricted the property tax levy for each Massachusetts city and town to 2 l/2 percent of the fair market value of all...

  • Classic Case - Bailing Out Boston: The Tregor Legislation

    Bailing Out Boston: The Tregor Legislation

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    Publication Date: January 01, 1984

    In November 1980, voters in Massachusetts overwhelmingly approved a tax limitation referendum called Proposition 2 1/2, which restricted the property tax levy for each Massachusetts city and town to 2 1/2 percent of the fair market value of all...

  • Classic Case - Meeting NYC's Asphalt Needs (B)

    Meeting NYC's Asphalt Needs (B)

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    Publication Date: January 01, 1984

    In Part A of this case, Henry Fulton, the head of New York City's Bureau of Highway Operations proposes that, as a cost saving measure, the city build and operate its own asphalt plant to produce some of the paving material needed each year to...