Pension And Medical Benefits
In my last blog, I commented on a July 11 article by Mary Walsh of the New York Times on the crisis relative to horrifically large pension and retiree medical obligations for government
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Transportation Finance
As a person who has been involved in providing advocacy and advisory services as a volunteer for over two decades, I find that public and political decision making relative to transportation shows our
Voting Machines
In the August 16 New York Times, in an article entitled “Officials Saw Flaws at Polls will Remain in November,” [https://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/16/us/politics/16vote.html?_r=2&
Wasted Assets - August 2008
Recently, I saw a reference to a book entitled The High Cost of Free Parking by Donald Shoup [https://www.amazon.com/High-Cost-Free-Parking/dp/1884829988]. I bought the book, which is lengthy, and
Transportation Financing - August 2008
The September 6 issue of The New York Times carried a lengthy article by reporters David Stout and Matthew Wald entitled “Highway Fund Shortfall May Halt Road Projects.” [https://www.nytimes.com/2008/
Ability Of Governments To Make Bad Long-Term Decisions - August 2008
On the September 13 New York Post, columnist George Will wrote a column entitled “Pension Perils,” which made the same point I have made in several blogs: governments at all levels have made