Estimate and provide justification for the issue position, power and priority for each player listed on Worksheet #11:
Name of Player One: | Dr. Neil Cohen | Issue Position: | +4 | Dr. Neil Cohen feels that the Asthma Education Program would be a good way to combat the asthma problem in the Bronx. |
Power: | 4 | His power is high because, as Commissioner of the Health Department he is in charge of administering the program. |
Priority: | 3 | Although he is concerned with the asthma problem in the Bronx there are other health initiatives that take priority. |
Name of Player Two: | Herbert Berman | Issue Position: | -4 | Herbert Berman position is negative, as City Council Finance Chair he is concerned with other issues. |
Power: | 5 | He has a lot of power because approves funding for the program. |
Priority: | 1 | His priority is low because the Asthma Education Program is one of many programs he has to approve funding for. |
Name of Player Three: | Victor Robles | Issue Position: | -3 | He opposes this program because he is concerned with passing health programs that will get him re-elected. |
Power: | 5 | His power is high he approves health programs on the City Council. |
Priority: | 2 | His priority is 2 because the he is concerned with the asthma problem in the Bronx, but has many other health issues he has to deal with. |
Name of Player Four: | Joel Klein | Issue Position: | +2 | Joel Klein as head of the Department of Education is concerned with school absenteeism related to asthma. |
Power: | 4 | As head of the Department of Education, Klein has authority and influence in local schools and the community and can affect the implementation of the Asthma Education Program. |
Priority: | 0 | He has many other educational issues with which to deal on his job. |
Name of Player Five: | Lucille Swarns | Issue Position: | +3 | Lucille Swarns issue position is high because she witnesses firsthand the effects of asthma on student in the Bronx. |
Power: | 2 | The implementation of the program depends on her cooperation as she is Superintendent of the Bronx Public Schools. |
Priority: | 1 | SShe gives some priority to asthma and its effects on students, but also is concerned with other educational issues. |