Independence Institute

Biketopia Is Mantopia 0
- TRANSPORTATION - Miscellaneous
- July 27, 2011
Cyclists want to spend millions of dollars out of highway user fees to build new bicycle infrastructure, including bike paths and lanes. But a recent survey by a bicycle advocacy group found that the most important reason women don’t bike is not lack of infrastructure, but because it is not convenient for them to do […]
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Senate Bill DOA 0
- TRANSPORTATION - Miscellaneous
- July 27, 2011
Continue spending money at current levels that are far greater than revenues. Drain the Highway Trust Fund. Make a few token changes in the law to make it look like you are doing something. Then revisit all the issues in just two years because you are too chicken to make the hard decisions today. That’s […]
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National Educ. Assoc. Doubles Fee on All Member Teachers, Funds “Progressive” Media Group 0
- EDUCATION - Blogs, EDUCATION - Labor, EDUCATION - Teachers
- July 26, 2011
Teachers and other education employees who belong to a union affiliated with the Colorado Education Association automatically contribute a portion of their dues to the NEA headquarters in Washington, D.C. ($166 per full-time member in 2010-11). As the Education Intelligence Agency reports in the latest edition of the Communique, it looks like that figure is […]
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Henry J. Is Spinning in His Grave 0
- TRANSPORTATION - Miscellaneous
- July 26, 2011
To find everything that is wrong with American transportation, you only need to look at the process for replacing the Interstate 5 crossing of the Columbia River. Planning for a new bridge or bridges between Portland and Vancouver began at least six years ago, and planners have so far spent well over $130 million without […]
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