Essays on Pocatello

Background

This case examines the political reasons and bargaining that goes into a decision to build a prison. There are many factors that go into play before the decision is made and many are political because of the money and employment capabilities that prisons bring to the community.

Key Issues

One of the issues is the logistics of the facility. The original plans called for the building on a federally protected watershed. The need though was multifold for the economic boast that a prison would bring to this rural area. So attempts to redistrict this area would be possible.

The numbers of women in prison were growing and in the state the other prisons were overcrowded.

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An efficient transportation system can be compared to the circulation system in human beings. Both are important aspects of human life. Transportation routes just like routes and attitudes are the life lines of economies. The economic growth is directly related to efficiency of its transportation structure. Many local governments are creating motivated plans to improve, maintain and expand their transportation structure. In the process, some have overestimated the benefits of such projects; tax payers have incurred huge expenses as a result.

The viability of the Metropolitan Transportation Plan 2035 for Pocatello, the contents of the plan, comparison with the facts ...

An efficient transportation system can be compared to the circulation system in human beings. Both are important aspects of human life. Transportation routes just like arteries and veins are the life lines of economies. The economic growth is directly proportional to efficiency of its transportation infrastructure. Many local governments are creating ambitious plans to improve, maintain and expand their transportation infrastructure. In the process, some have overestimated the benefits of such projects causing huge expenses to tax payers without comparable benefits.

The purpose of this paper will be to look at the viability of the Metropolitan Transportation Plan 2035 ...

The first settlements were established in Fort Hall. This center soon became an integral part of the Oregon Trail. It was mainly tasked with supplying travelers along the route. Even though many immigrants traveled through Idaho, most of them were not particularly interested in settling, at least not until in 1860 when the gold was discovered in large numbers at Idaho. This gold rush generated a profound need for services and goods among many subsequent towns as well as the Portneuf Valley making the home of Pocatello transform into a corridor, which was initially embraced by freight and stage lines. The ...