Participatory budgeting (PB): Our hands on the purse strings
Five year olds in Newcastle use PB to design playgrounds, the alderman for Chicago's 49th ward hands his capital infrastructure budget to PB to implement the 14 of 36 community-designed projects voted up by his constituents, and the 10% of the citizens of La Plata, Argentina vote via paper, computer, and SMS to allocate over 30% of the city's budget.
Newcastle: http://bit.ly/bgyHfJ
La Plata: http://bit.ly/acM2Os
Chicago: http://bit.ly/cz4O35
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berendes
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elin whitney-smith
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I wanted to vote but it says it is too late - bummer. I've tweeted about it.
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elin whitney-smith
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it is 9:05 EDT and the voting is closed - I thought it was open till 11EDT