[okfn-labs] Spending story: US city bankruptcies

[Gregor Aisch]

Hi Rufus

Maybe you can help me out, but isn't this:

  http://timeliner.reclinejs.com/

an exact copy of this:

  http://timeline.verite.co/#embed

?

Why do we spend effort in copying this instead of helping Zach to connect his tool to data stored in CKAN in the same easy way as it can connect to Google Docs?

–Gregor



Am 09.08.2012 um 20:21 schrieb Rufus Pollock <rufus.pollock at okfn.org>:

> As a follow-up to my email yesterday with the US City Bankruptcy
> timeline [1], here's some accompanying "research" post (in progress!)
> (Note the hack embed of the timeline! Better embedding coming soon
> [2]):
> 
> <http://notebook.okfn.org/2012/08/05/spending-story-california-city-bankruptcies/>
> 
> One quote for me stands out (this is regarding the city of Stockton
> (the largest city in the US since Cleveland in 1979 to file for
> Bankruptcy):
> 
> <quote>
> Since FY08-09, the City has been forced through lack of funds to
> reduce sworn General Fund Police staffing by 25%, Fire staffing by 30%
> and all other staffing by 43%. Programs and services have been reduced
> to minimum – or below minimum – levels. Sworn Police staffing per
> 1,000 residents has dropped from a high of 1.52 per 1,000 residents in
> 2005 to 1.16 currently, and in the face of a rising local crime rate.
> While violent crime rates dropped 5.5% nationwide in 2010, they were
> up in Stockton, which ranked 10th in the U.S. with 13.81 violent
> crimes per 1,000 residents.
> </quote>
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Rufus
> 
> [1]: <http://timeliner.reclinejs.com/?backend=gdocs&url=https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0Aon3JiuouxLUdDQ3QlJhOHJnS2x0NkxibUp1YnYwR1E%23gid=0#explorer>
> [2]: https://github.com/okfn/timeliner/issues/4
> 
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