Write a summary on The Founding and Early History of the Houston-Galveston Area Council.

Write a summary on The Founding and Early History of the Houston-Galveston Area Council.

Develop the topic into a well-organized essay, following the
guidelines below. Correct spelling and grammar will be considered during
grading. Part of your grade will depend upon including the four required block
quotes. If you do not include the 4 required block quotes to support your
position, your paper will lose one letter grade.

Be sure to answer all parts of the question. Three pages is
the minimum, but you may go a page or two beyond that, if needed. Students will generally compose the essay
inside their word processor and then COPY and PASTE (using CONTROL V) the text
into the space provided below. Note that the deadline for this paper is several
days prior to the Final Exam. Late
papers or papers not submitted in the proper area will lose one letter grade
(10 points).

Finally, do not use material from any source other than The
Founding and Early History of the Houston-Galveston Area Council. DO NOT copy
material from another source and paste it into this essay response box,
representing it as your own work. Doing this will result in a grade of 0, and
it is not difficult for instructors to detect.

Section 1: (From Chapter 1) Trace the development of the
reform impulse within the federal government during the John Kennedy and Lyndon
Johnson administrations. In other words,
how did the federal government come to be more interested in helping local
governments solve their problems? Give
examples from both the Kennedy and Johnson administrations.

Section 2: (From Chapter 2) Explain the historical roots as
to why the state of Texas traditionally choose not to get overly involved in
the problems facing local governments. Whywas Texas also reluctant to accept
help from the federal government? What
were some of the forces that brought about a change in these attitudes?

Section 3: (From Chapters 3–8) Discuss two important
projects that H-GAC implemented for the region or discuss two situations within
its service region that H-GAC helped to improve (or one of each).

Section 4: (From Chapter 8) Analyze how the Financial
Controller (Bill Prince) and his co-conspirators managed to embezzle or
misspend nearly $2 million from H-GAC in the 1980’s.

All sections are equally weighted.

Include at least four direct, multi-sentence block quotes
from The Founding and Early History of the Houston-Galveston Area Council to
support your position. Use one block
quotation per section.

Please note that the greater part of this assignment will be
your own analysis, in your own words.
The quotations from the book can provide detail and “flavor”
to your essay, but they are not intended to make up the majority of your
answer.

Be sure to put your citation for these quotations in
parentheses and in all caps. For example, your citation might look like
this: “The most persuasive argument
in favor of forming a regional council was the federal government’s requirement
for sub-state review and comment.”
(PATTERSON, p. 26)

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