1. CSLI Advisory Board Feb. 11, 2010 Agenda Call to order Committee reports Review of ongoing activities Review/discuss Fall 2009 survey Review/discuss proposed Spring 2010 Survey Any other new/old business Adjournment Center for the Study of Local Issues Anne Arundel Community College 101 College Parkway Arnold, MD 21012-1895 http:www2.aacc.edu/csli ddnataf@aacc.edu 410.777.2733

2. CSLI Recent Activities Current Client Projects 1. Housing Commission of Anne Arundel County – ongoing for 2010 – Client: Provides housing for low income families and seniors in eight communities – Type of survey: Resident satisfaction and facility condition – used for planning, oversight and HUD accreditation purposes – Methodology: Self-administered at each community. Residents fill them out at the time of contract renewal, producing a quarterly stream of completed surveys for CSLI to use for data entry and report generation. – N=Varies by community – Current status: Waiting for next quarter’s questionnaires. – Income generated: Overall $5100, retained for CSLI operations: $5100. – Students employed: 0-1

3. CSLI Recent Activities Current Student-related Activities 1. CSLI student interns – Spring 2009: One student – Hours: vary depending on projects and needs of the moment but goal is to average five hours per week per intern – Duties: range from data entry, student supervision, telephone interviewing and light report editing. – Facebook presence Created jointly by CSLI director and student intern See CSLIAACC on Facebook – become a friend 2. Legislative Interns – Maryland General Assembly

4. CSLI Recent Activities Current Student-related Activities 3. CSLI student club – Inception: 2006 – designated an official student club. – Organizational structure: Officers include president, vice president, secretary and treasurer, elected at beginning of fall semester. – Budget: Varies annual – obtained for 2009-10: $1470 from student association. – 2009-10 Activities: Brown bag lunches with candidates for 2010 state and local elections, other field trips.

5. CSLI Recent Activities Recent Public Outreach Radio: WNAV – director was interviewed about CSLI fall research findings. Television: Comcast Local Edition – director discussed CSLI fall research findings. Presentations: Director made presentations to Leadership Anne Arundel, 33 rd District Democratic Club, Elephants Club, Civitan Club, Almost 7:30 Dem Club. CSLI Web site: Posted all new presentations and updates to searchable database (see http://www2.aacc.edu/csli).

6. CSLI Semi-annual Survey Semi-annual Survey and Web Panel Web panel: We have accumulated a total of around 575 possibly valid email addresses. – About 1/3 of respondents accept request to give email addresses. – Need more student and faculty input to designing online surveys

7. CSLI Semi-annual Survey Semi-annual Survey – Overview of Fall 2009 Results

8. County – Right/Wrong Direction: Spring ‘99 to Fall ‘09

9. The economy…rate economic conditions How would you rate economic conditions in… excellent, good, only fair or poor?

10. The economy…compare AAC/USA excellent+good

11. The economy…rate economic conditions How would you rate economic conditions by “does X condition apply” - % saying excellent or good Anne Arundel County

12. The economy…does this apply?

13. When will the economy improve? Economic ConditionThis year Next year Future year Median year N.A. A stabilization of housing values8355120127 A return to steady growth of the economy 5325920125 A major reduction in the unemployment rate 4316120124 A return to a better balance between revenues and expenditures for state and local government budgets 31668201413 A return to a better balance between revenues and expenditures for the federal government’s budget 31073201514

14. Perceptions of 2020

15. Perceptions of 2020: Health Care by Ideology and Party Health Care Quality/Access

16. Confidence in federal govt. 2008/2009

17. “Very” plus “somewhat confident” by party, 2009/08

18. Problems facing federal government: What concerns you the most by party Main problem… OverallDemRepUnaffil.D-R Deficit/Debt107157-8 Budget/Overspending85118-6 Defense/Homeland Sec./Terrorism4270-5 Economy21202217-2 Unemployment43380 Taxes2233 Wars in Afghan/Iraq9124158 Health care182015195 Environment/Climate change23003 Education13003

19. Budget Issues: Are Cuts “about right,” “too big” or “too small” Budget cutting measure About right Too big Too small N.A. The governor’s policy of making state employees take three to 10 days of unpaid leave 513776 Laying off 200 state employees384579 The proposal to cut $210 million in state aid to localities in Maryland 3241819 The proposal to cut $15 million in local aid to Anne Arundel County 3147913 Cutting a combined $30 million in health-related funding 2360611

20. Budget Issues: Support or Oppose various Proposals” SupportOpposeUnsure N.A. Maintaining the tuition freeze at the University of Maryland 791551 Maintaining the level of state funding for public schools 781741 Requiring school employees to take several unpaid days off 365941 Shifting the cost of teachers’ pensions to local governments 2458154

21. Budget Issues: Party and Ideology AllDemRepInd.D-R Maintaining the tuition freeze at the University of Maryland79 850 Maintaining the level of state funding for public schools788176775 Requiring school employees to take several unpaid days off363936303 Shifting the cost of teachers’ pensions to local governments24232820-5 AllDemRepInd.D-R The governor’s policy of making state employees take three to 10 days of unpaid leave 515550475 Laying off 200 state employees 38374046-3 The proposal to cut $210 million in state aid to localities in Maryland 32293936-10 The proposal to cut $15 million in local aid to Anne Arundel County 31303627-6 Cutting a combined $30 million in health-related funding 23173028-13 O’Malley doing poor job % Ideology Conservative55 Moderate33 Liberal10 Conservative-Liberal45 Party Democrat21 Republican62 Independent38 Democrat-Republican-41 % saying “support” % saying “about right”O’Malley’s job balancing budget Good=13%; Okay=42%; Poor=38%

22. : National Issues: Presidential job approval Bush Obama

23. % approving of president’s job by party