What are the evidences of a sound financial condition in a city?
9. Is the financial condition of your city sound?
10. When debts are incurred, are provisions made at the same time for
meeting them when due?
11. What are "sinking funds"?
12. What wants has a city that a town is free from?
13. Describe your system of public water works, making an analysis of
important points that may be presented.
14. Do the same for your park system or any other system that involves a
long time for its completion as well as a great outlay.
15. Are the principles of civil service reform recognized in your city?
If so, to what extent? Do they need to be extended further?
16. Describe the parties that contended for the supremacy in your last
city election and tell what questions were at issue between them.
17. What great corporations exact an influence in your city affairs? Is
such influence bad because it is great? What is a possible danger from
such influence?
18. In view of the vast number and range of city interests, what is the
most that the average citizen can reasonably be asked to know and to do
about them? What things is it indispensable for him to know and to do is
he is to contribute to good government?
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