Portland Urban Renewal Scam
The Antiplanner’s former hometown of Portland, Oregon, is proposing to create a new urban renewal district that is so gerrymandered that blogger Jack Bogdanski suspects it must cover at least 50 scams. Most of Portland’s previous urban renewal districts are pretty regular, following roughly rectangular boundaries. The proposed new district has fingers going in all […]
Promoting Amendment 63
Here’s the latest message from Jon Caldara on how to promote Amendment 63, complete with the logo: Dear Friends of Healthcare Choice, Don’t be afraid, be a part of the movement to bring health care freedom to Colorado! Voting on Amendment 63 is less than 2 weeks away. Voters are starting to pay attention to […]
State Board of Education Transformers: A Colorado Election Season (After)Thought?
‘Tis the political campaign season, fa la la la la…. Yesterday the Denver Post published its endorsements of Colorado State Board of Education candidates. This year 3 of the 7 seats are up for election — two open after Board members are retiring and one held by an appointed Board member who stepped in to […]
Independent Women’s Lunch with Mary Katharine Ham
View the event photos Keynote Speaker: Mary Katharine Ham Make a tax-deductible contribution SOLD OUT! Join Us For The Independent Women’s Luncheon With Special Guest Mary Katharine Ham Thursday, October 21, 2010 11:30 a.m. – 1:30 p.m. Denver Country Club 1700 E. First Avenue, Denver Tickets: $40 For more information, please call 303-279-6536
How Many Subsidies Can Dance on the Head of a TOD?
Rail transit advocates often claim that new rail lines increase the value of properties near rail stations. While the Antiplanner is skeptical of many of these claims, a new report casts a dark light on such increased property values. According to this report from the Dukakis Center for Urban Policy (yes, that Dukakis), increased property […]
So… “How Much Does NEA Spend on Politics?”
Of course, the answer to the question is: Depends what you mean. Some issues to consider:
Are we talking about the national union headquarters, state union affiliates and/or local union offices?
Are we only discussing “PAC money” or all the kinds of independent expenditures that regular dues money may be spent on?
Are we looking at spending only […]
Amendment 63 vs. the Unlicensed Vampire Alarmists
Huffington Post: Does the Colorado Constitution guarantee the rights of violent criminals to be armed in prison or when released on parole? You might think so if you believe criticisms of Amendment 63. Amendment 63 would prohibit the state from forcing you to buy a politician-approved health plan and protect your right to pay for medical care […]
Protests in Stuttgart
From 5,000 miles away, it is difficult to tell what is going on in Stuttgart, Germany, where tens of thousands of people have taken to the streets in protest against a $6 billion plan to replace the city’s World War I-vintage train station. Is the main concern the cost? The loss of a historic structure? […]
Ben DeGrow Covers Indiana, Rhode Island Charters for School Reform News
In his role as writer and contributing editor for School Reform News, my Education Policy Center friend Ben DeGrow recently came out with two articles on charter school developments in other states. First up is a research-based boost for nontraditional public school excellence in one of the Heartland’s cities:
Researchers at Vanderbilt University’s National Center on […]
DC Unions Bankroll Colorado Campaign Against Health Care Choice
By Linda Gorman People who need to spend $100,000 to interpret 90 words of a ballot initiative, that the Blue Book interprets for free, shouldn’t have much credibility when it comes to controlling health care costs. That’s how much the campaign against the health care choice amendment, Amendment 63, spent on fancy campaign consultants. The […]
Amendment 63 vs. The Unlicensed Vampire Alarmists
Does the Colorado Constitution guarantee the rights of violent criminals to be armed in prison or when released on parole? You might think so if you believe criticisms of Amendment 63. Amendment 63 would prohibit the state from forcing you to buy a politician-approved health plan and protect your right to pay for medical care […]
Amendment 63 protects your individual rights
A and virtually fact-free editorial in the Aurora Sentinel says Amendment 63 “has nothing to do with rights and everything to do with legislative wrongs.” Wrong. It has everything to with rights and preventing legislative wrongs.
