The FCCâ??s Broadband Plan: The Devil Will Be in the Details
Politico’s Playbook earlier today released what is described as “a late draft” of the executive summary of the FCC’s Broadband Plan, due to be delivered to Congress Wednesday. The document is long on...
View ArticleReason Saves Cleveland With Drew Carey Episode Guide
Cleveland was one of America’s 10 largest cities in 1950. By the 2000 Census it wasn’t in the top 30. And from 2000 to 2007, only New Orleans - devastated by Hurricane Katrina - lost more of its...
View ArticleThe Decline of Cleveland: Episode 1 of Reason Saves Cleveland With Drew Carey
In the opening Reason Saves Cleveland video, Drew Carey describes his love for the city, its history, its woes and why he launched this project: “As you know, I’m from Cleveland, Ohio. I love...
View ArticleFixing Cleveland's Public Schools: Reason Saves Cleveland With Drew Carey...
The Cleveland Municipal School District spends over $14,000 per student. Yet only 54 percent of students graduate from high school and the district is failing to meet 27 out of 30 Ohio performance...
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Local Government Privatization 101
"It is not a government's obligation to provide services, but to see that they are provided."â??former New York Governor Mario Cuomo"Privatize everything you can."â??Chicago Mayor Richard Daley (advice...
View ArticleTen Privatization Opportunities for Cleveland
Cleveland policymakers need all of the policy tools at their disposal as they grapple with the lingering fiscal effects of the recession and the challenge of repositioning the city to better compete in...
View ArticlePre-Crime Policing
To hear them tell it, the five police agencies who apprehended 39-year-old Oregonian David Pyles early on the morning of March 8 thwarted another lone wolf mass murderer. The police "were able to...
View Articleâ??You Cut Spendingâ??
In 1999, a year after winning a second and final term as Republican governor of New Mexico, Gary Johnson became the most prominent politician in the United States to call for legalizing marijuana. He...
View ArticleThe Wrong Kind of Toyotathon
Tales of runaway cars have a long history. The first sudden acceleration study by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) was done in 1978 and the agency had conducted more than 100...
View ArticlePrivatize It: Episode 3 of Reason Saves Cleveland With Drew Carey
With all of its problems should Cleveland’s government be running shopping markets and golf courses? “No, of course not,” Drew Carey says.Selling off golf courses, contracting out parking concessions,...
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Services That Local Governments Can Privatize
An excerpt of Leonard Gilroy's new policy brief Local Government Privatization 101:Where Can—or Can't—Local Governments Apply Privatization?Local policymakers often ask a very simple question: "where...
View ArticleCalifornia Teachers Association $212 Million Political Spending Spree
The Sacramento Bee'sCapitol Alert reports that the California Teacher's Association is the number one political spender in the state of California.The California Fair Political Practices Commission...
View ArticleLouisiana Announces Privatization of Insurance Program
In what's shaped up as a "Privatization Day" of sorts at Reasonâ??with our new Reason.tv "Privatize It!" video and two new privatization policy briefs here and hereâ??it seems fitting to report some...
View ArticleTen Steps to Brings Jobs and Businesses Back to Cleveland and Other Big Cities
Cleveland is one of the best examples of a big American city struggling with the economic transitions and transformations brought about by today’s globally competitive services-based economy. As...
View ArticleRejuvenating Urban America Through Land Use and Housing Policy Reform
Traditional cities in the U.S. suffer from an older, less desirable housing stock. Redeveloping housing will be central to their revitalization and rejuvenation. Unfortunately, the very policies...
View ArticleHow Cities Can Take Care of Businesses
The Internet and globalization have both made it possible to operate a business from virtually anywhere and still serve a wide range of customers. Most firms no longer need to be located in downtowns...
View ArticleDeath in Juarez
few weeks ago, I debated drug policy with Ron Brooks, president of the National Narcotics Officers Association, on John Stossel's Fox Business show. When Stossel asked him about the violence fostered...
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The Death of Fiscal Federalism
Last May the Obama administration forced South Carolina not just to take its share of federal stimulus funds, but to spend the money on new programs rather than paying down the state’s debt. I was...
View ArticleCalifornia Pink Slip Mania 2010: Quality-Based Layoff Edition
As the AP reports this week, California's budget crisis could cost nearly 22,000 teachers their jobs this year.State school districts had issued 21,905 pink slips to teachers and other school employees...
View ArticleImproving the Economies and Business Climates In Struggling Cities
Policies that focus on making entrepreneurship easy and affordable will be milestones in leading a city to a thriving economy. Reducing the tax burden on small businesses will encourage new types of...
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