1. The city chose existing citizen advisory boards and commissions as its vehicle for citizen participation. 2. But board member Carol Vance said abolishing the citizen board would be a mistake. 3. Clinton called today for creation of a set of citizen advisory boards and new initiatives that would give taxpayers new authority in their tax disputes. 4. It also would set up citizen review boards to monitor all IRS publications to ensure that they are easy to understand. 5. She showed early talent for celebrity public service a generation ago when she served as treasurer of the citizens board that saved New York City from bankruptcy. 6. Today, Roth welcomed the idea of a citizen board. 7. But members of the seven-member citizen board complain that the police do not communicate with them and that they lack authority to properly investigate complaints. 8. Fox hopes the new citizens review board will help investigators find out exactly what happened. 9. They created a citizen police review board and are considering a requirement that officers record the race of every driver during traffic stops as a hedge against racial profiling. |