May state legislative applications limit an Article V convention? Subject, yes; specific language, probably not
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- September 12, 2013
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Life in the WUI, 20110
- TRANSPORTATION - Miscellaneous
- September 12, 2011
Unlike much of the rest of the country, the Northwest has had a mild summer. But at the end of August we finally had a few thunderstorms, and they naturally lit some wildfires. So we are getting another lesson in modern wild land fire suppression. Mary Bernsen photo of backfires started by a helicopter. Click […]
READ MOREArizona Judge Orders More Transit Subsidies0
- TRANSPORTATION - Miscellaneous
- September 9, 2011
When the Arizona legislature cut state subsidies to urban transit, an environmental group challenged the cuts in court. The federal judge agreed with the environmentalists and ordered the state to restore the subsidies. How can a judge order a legislature to spend money that the legislators felt they didn’t have? Apparently, the state had written […]
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Deadline Headaches0
- TRANSPORTATION - Miscellaneous
- September 8, 2011
The Antiplanner is working on a big project with a tight deadline, so postings may be thin for awhile.
READ MOREU.K. HSR Questioned0
- TRANSPORTATION - Miscellaneous
- September 6, 2011
The venerable Economist has come out in opposition to a $52 billion plan to build high-speed rail from London to Manchester and Leeds. As the magazine-that-calls-itself-a-newspaper explains in an accompanying article, the new line would take two decades to build and produce questionable benefits for the nation. While rail proponents claim that new train lines […]
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