Since Isla Vista has not been annexed by either Goleta or Santa Barbara, remaining unincorporated, only county funds are available for civic projects.

Since 1950, WaKeeney has hosted an ornate civic Christmas lighting display, which now includes over 6, 000 lights and a 35-foot man-made Christmas tree in the center of town.

Since Damascus Post 171 was founded after World War II, it has engaged in charitable and civic endeavors, ranging from installing Christmas decorations downtown to sponsoring high school scholarships.

Since the 1960s, Ontario has been a location of choice for residential development, due in part to its civic administration, its school system, and significant commercial and industrial development.

Since its opening, the Town Center has become an anchor of the community, housing city hall, the public library and chamber of commerce, along with civic and recreation centers.

:: Since its inception, Committee members and friends of the Committee have been continuously engaged in cultural and civic exchanges with their counterparts in Dobřichovice.

Since 1993, COPE has nominated candidates for all civic offices ( Mayor, City Councillor, School Board Trustee, and Parks Commissioner ) but its closer affiliation with an incumbent provincial NDP government and inability to negotiate a deal with the Greens, who began siphoning votes in increasing numbers, resulted in flagging performance.

Since the islands reverted to Japanese government control in 1972, the mayor of Ishigaki has been given civic authority over the territory.

Since 2003 when the French town's long serving mayor retired and there were changes to their committee no cultural exchanges or joint civic events have taken place.

Since 2009, the JNF has been helping the Palestinian Authority plan public parks and other civic amenities for the Palestinian city of Rawabi, north of Ramallah.

Since leaving elective office, Barnes has become a successful business executive and civic leader.

Since one of the most common discourses in the popular culture was about women having children, and many clergy believed that sexual intercourse within marriage should only be for purposes of procreation, Judge Lindsey ’ s essay aroused strong emotions ; a number of priests and ministers, as well as civic leaders accused him of promoting immorality, promiscuity and free love, charges that he denied (" Judge Lindsey Denies Advocating Free Love.

Since the 1960s, most proponents of Canadian nationalism have advocated a civic nationalism due to Canada's cultural diversity that specifically has sought to equalize citizenship, especially for Québécois, who historically faced assimilationist pressure from English Canadian-dominated governments.

Since leaving government service, he has become a successful businessman and civic leader.

Since her tree sit, Hill has become a motivational speaker ( holding some 250 events a year ), a best-selling author and the co-founder of the Circle of Life Foundation ( which helped organize We The Planet, an eco-friendly music tour ) and the Engage Network, a nonprofit that trains small groups of civic leaders to work toward social change.

Since Regatta Day is a civic holiday in St. John's, this means that the weather actually determines whether or not workers have the day off – a matter sometimes complicated by late-night partying associated with the end of the George Street Festival the night before.

Since 1907, it had been considering a site for a fine new technical school to be constructed as a purely civic enterprise.

Since the City of Tuscaloosa does not have a municipal civic center, the demand for events grew rapidly and the Coliseum doubled its capacity in the 1970s due to this.

Since Vancouver has an at large civic electoral system, there is no local representation on City Council.

Since its founding in 2003, the organization has expanded its focus to include churches and synagogues, local civic groups, PFLAG chapters, businesses, and other community groups and organizations.

Since then, Chipperfield has moved on to become one of the commanding figures in the design of cultural and civic buildings across Europe and in the United States.

Since 2005, the Lear Center ’ s Grand Avenue Intervention Project has been a driving force behind the civic outreach for the planning of a new park in the heart of downtown Los Angeles.

Since Johnson's proclamations allowed the Southern states to control the procedure and conduct of their elections in 1865, prominent former Confederate leaders were elected to the U. S. Congress ( but not seated ).

Since the Supreme Leader of Iran is the ultimate clerical authority, Hezbollah's leaders have appealed to him " for guidance and directives in cases when Hezbollah's collective leadership too divided over issues and fail to reach a consensus.

Since independence in 1962 there have been political and economic disturbances, as well as a number of strong political leaders.

Since the emergence of the post-1943 state and after the destruction of the Ottoman Caliphate, national policy has been determined largely by a relatively restricted group of traditional regional and sectarian leaders.

Since the time of the destruction of the Temple of Jerusalem, the religious leaders of Judaism have often been rabbis, who are technically scholars in Jewish law empowered to act as judges in a rabbinical court.

Since 2002, some leaders in Fatah have reportedly tried to get the brigades to stop attacking civilians.

Since the modern manufacturing process is unknown to them, members, leaders, and prophets of the cults maintain that the manufactured goods of the non-native culture have been created by spiritual means, such as through their deities and ancestors, and are intended for the local indigenous people, but that the foreigners have unfairly gained control of these objects through malice or mistake.

Since its launch in Paris in December 2008, Global Zero ( campaign ) has grown to 300 leaders, including current and former heads of state, national security officials and military commanders, and 400, 000 citizens worldwide ; developed a practical step-by-step plan to eliminate nuclear weapons ; launched an international student campaign with 75 campus chapters in eight countries ; and produced an acclaimed documentary film, Countdown to Zero, in partnership with Lawrence Bender and Participant Media.

Since employee behavior and productivity are directly affected by their emotional states, it is imperative to consider employee emotional responses to organizational leaders.

Since the early 20th century, the section of unincorporated Charleston County that later became the city of North Charleston had been designated by Charleston business and community leaders as a place for development of industry, military and other business sites.

Since smaller parties are likely, in compensatory systems, to win a larger number of proportional seats, such additional member systems hand additional political power to the leaders of these parties at the expense of regional directly elected representatives, unless the additional members are elected on an open regional list or a closed regional list as in Scotland and Wales.

Since 1719, when the influence of the few great territorial families had been merged in a multitude of needy gentlemen, the first estate had become the nursery and afterwards the stronghold of an opposition at once noble and democratic which found its natural leaders in such men as Count Carl Gyllenborg and Count Carl Gustaf Tessin.

Since it never had a national membership form or national dues, and local chapters were quite autonomous, historians suggest that the organization's leaders had no idea how many " members " it had.

Since a substantial amount of wealth and land was usually associated with the office of a bishop or abbot, the sale of Church offices ( a practice known as simony ) was an important source of income for nobility leaders, who themselves owned the land and by charity allowed the building of churches.

Since then, he has been fairly better remembered than heroes such as Bingen, Jean Cavaillès or Berty Albrecht or important leaders such as Henri Frenay, but overall eclipsed by Moulin's popularity.

Since the completion of the present Winchester High School in 1972, with population growth leveling off, town leaders have had more time and funds to devote to maintaining rather than molding Winchester's character.

Since that time, Andrews has seen the arrival of other fallen leaders, but no other death has caused such national attention.

Since 1975, more than 130 Jewish Renewal spiritual leaders have been ordained.

Since there were not as many Japanese troops in south China as in the north, the local leaders assisted the Japanese in administering the areas.

Since he lacked viable heirs ( the next in line was his daughter Isabel, and both Pedro II and the ruling classes considered a female monarch unacceptable ) the Empire's political leaders believed that there was no reason to defend the monarchy.

Since 2000, the Center for Civic Innovation has awarded the annual Urban Innovator Award to urban leaders with " effective approaches to improving life in America ’ s cities ".

Since 2003, Peterson has been contracted by the federal government to be its chief negotiator in talks with the government of the Northwest Territories and aboriginal leaders to transfer federal powers over lands and resources.

Since the 2001 General Election, the party's religious point of view has been largely shifted against inclusion of religious minorities, and it went with an alliance with Islamic party Jamaat, although a number of leaders representing the minority communities were nominated for the election.

Since its inception in 2000, the Herzliya Conference has become an annual summit of the most influential Israeli and international leaders.

Since the leaders of Chōshū were unable-and unwilling-to change the social structure of the domain, limited use of peasants and commoners enabled them to form a new type of military without disturbing the traditional society.