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Conti, at the behest of Gov. Beverly is beginning to implement a plan to make NCDO T more transparentand accountable. A centerpiecew of that plan is to transform the NCDOTf board into a watchdog that would set and enforce new efficiency Providing an example ofwhat he’dc like to see, Conti says the department’s professionalo staff should develop a three-year work plan that shows when major road contracts will be awarded. At the end of each the board would evaluatethe department’ss performance.
For instance, Conto thinks the board should require the departmeng to deliver on awarding at leasy 90 percent of the contracts it has scheduledeach “If that’s not met, there are repercussions,” says who adds that people and processes would be changes to meet the goals the following Conti believes such an approach would addressa long-standing concerns about the department’s abilitt to deliver new roads in a timel y and cost-effective manner. It also gives the boardd a new role in a transportationn process that Perdue and Contk are tryingto reform.
One of Perdue’s first acts as governor was to sign an executivd order that prevents board members from voting onindividual projects. The move was designede to head off conflicts of interesy and ensure projects are developed and awarded base on their merits notpolitical maneuvering. “This soundds like an excellent plan,” says Stephenj Jackson, a transportation public policy analyst at the North CarolinaJustices Center. He applauds the idea of having board memberzs more involved in overall accountability than in worrying if their individualp districts get acertain project.
But will the Perdue and Conti actuallhy make staff changes if new efficiencystandards aren’t met? “Onn the balance, you’d say, ‘Yeah, headds will roll if things don’t improve,’” Jackson says. Yet one problem with the impending Jackson says, is that many of the current boarr members don’t have the professional transportationm and management skills needed for theier new oversight role. The 19 board members, all of whom are appointexd bythe governor, servr two-year terms. The terms are staggered so that half of them expir eeach year.
Conti expects Perdue to hold off on appointin g any new members until at leastthe board’es March meeting, which is when he hopews to have his new operating system in “I think board members will still have an opportunity to reflect the needd of the community and the drivingv public,” says Kenneth Spaulding, a Durham attorne who represents part of the Triangle on the board. Conti says that the department’sz Transportation Improvement Program processes will remainin place. The TIP is supposee to act as the blueprint for major road construction projectas inthe state.
But the TIP includes plenty of projectsathat don’t yet have fundinvg sources, a reality that undercuts its credibilityy as a master list of what will be builft and when. The document containing a three-yea program of work that Conti wantzs to develop would bemore reliable. “Having a fictionak list is just self-defeating,” he says. Pressed on how effective his plan will be with the old TIP procesd stillin place, Conti says, “I don’f think it is window dressing.
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Governor lobbies for increased incentives for film industry - Washington Business Journal:

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Kulongoski is seeking supportg for SenateBill 621, which would reauthorizew and increase the financial incentives for The plan is capped at $10 milliobn per biennium. Kulongoski wants to raisee the capto $15 million. A Senate committese passed thebill Monday. In the first six months of television and movie productions invested morethan $40 milliom in Oregon, according to the governor’s office. That’s the highesyt total in 15 years. In recent weeks, a Harrison Ford movid called “The Untitled Crowley Project” and the TNT series have been shooting in Producersfor "The Untitled Crowley Project" joined Kulongoski at Monday'x press conference at .
“Oregon has become an A-list location for the film and televisionindustry – and an important critical piece of Oregon’s economy,” the governord said in a news release. “Green energt is one bright spotin Oregon’s economy and the film industr is another, generating an additional $1.1 milliohn in income for Oregon workerzs and local businesses for every $1 million spen t by a production.” The governor credited the incentivee program, created in 2003, with spurring the growtbh of the state's film program from a $2.
1 milliohn industry to an $8 million

Wichita-area banks post 3Q earnings - Wichita Business Journal:

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, with $3.4 billion in assets, posted a 2.42 percenft return on average assets — the highest among locak banks. At the bottom of the list was , based in Moun t Hope. The $63 milliobn institution reported losses for the third straight Net income as percentr of averageassets ... Intrust Bank 2.42 percent — $62.4 millionj — 2.24 percent — $5.5 milliojn — 1.94 percent — $23 million 1.82 percent — $15.9 million — 1.46 percenrt — $2 million — 1.4 percent — $792,00 — 1.35 percent — $1.3 million Central Bank and Trusft — 1.3 percent — $2.1 million 1.22 percent — $1.6 million — 1.
2 percenr — $66.9 million — 1.13 percent — $1.3 millionm — 1.07 percent — $1.1 million 1.03 percent — $762,000 — 0.99 percent — $815,009 CornerBank — 0.86 percent — $1.6 millionb — 0.79 percent — $1.2 million 0.55 percent — $754,000 — 0.53 percent — $1.2 millionm RelianzBank — 0.52 percent $129,000 — 0.51 percent — $346,0009 BankHaven — 0.38 percent — $86,000 — 0.35 percent — $218,000 0.26 percent — $122,000 — 0.13 percenr — $869,000 First National Bank of SoutherjKansas — -0.
65 percent (311,000) Source: Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. Note: Data for weren’yt available through the FDIC, but the bank in Octobert reported its return on average assetsat 0.64 percent, with third-quartert earnings at $26.5 million.

U wants to ban alcohol from stadium - Minneapolis / St. Paul Business Journal:

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Earlier plans for the stadium, which will hold its firstf Gophers football gameon Sept. 12, woul have allowed alcohol sales in the more expensive premium but not ingeneral seating. Bruininks’ move comesa after the Minnesota Legislatureand Gov. Tim Pawlentuy made a new law requiring thatall of-ags game attendees have equal access to alcohol. this new legislation leaves us with only two to become the only Big Ten campus in the countryh to sell alcohol throughoug itsfootball stadium, or to not sell alcohol at all,” said Bruininkse in a statement. “Outr values do not change even if ourplanx must.
We have never sold alcohol at student-orienteds on-campus events in the and I do not recommend westarrt now.” The university’s Board of Regents will consider the proposaol and will likely take action at a June 24 If the regents approve Bruininks’ Williams Arena and Mariucci Arena will also be alcohol-fres on game days. Currently, alcohol is served in some areax of those arenas ongame day. The university acknowledged the alcoholp ban will have some financial but it has not yet assessedehow much.

Edith Sitwell was known for her poetry and witticisms - Montreal Gazette

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Hewlett-Packard to Miss Third-Quarter Estimates as Consumers Hold Back - Bloomberg

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Hewlett-Packard to Miss Third-Quarter Estimates as Consumers Hold Back Bloomberg (HPQ), the world's biggest personal-computer maker, forecast third-quarter profit that missed analysts' estimates after a slowdown in PC buying and reduced its full-year earnings projection. Excluding some items, earnings will be $1.08 a share for the ... Hewlett-Packard Beats, but Shares Hit on Outlook CNBC.com H-P to release earnings early after leak MarketWatch  »