Independence Institute

Teachers Union and Tea Party Agree 0
- TRANSPORTATION - Miscellaneous
- March 21, 2011
After the dispute in Wisconsin, it is hard to believe that school teachers and Tea Party members would ever agree on anything. But 150 teachers and other school advocates held a protest march in Chicago demanding an end to tax-increment financing (TIF)–something that most Tea Partiers would readily agree to. The protesters noted that half […]
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New Comments Policy 0
- TRANSPORTATION - Miscellaneous
- March 19, 2011
The Antiplanner has traditionally allowed anyone to post anything they want as a comment. Although I dislike namecalling and ad hominem attacks, I regard them as more reflections on the commenter. A couple of commenters — you know who they are — primarily engage in namecalling and I’ve urged others to simply ignore them. But […]
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GOOD News: Douglas County Adopts Groundbreaking Pilot Voucher Program 0
- EDUCATION - Blogs
- March 18, 2011
What a week for parental choice and school reform in Colorado. As reported at Ed Is Watching, the Board of Education for Colorado’s third largest school district voted unanimously on Tuesday, March 15, to enact a first-of-its-kind Choice Scholars…
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Antiplanner’s Library: Triumph of the Cities 0
- TRANSPORTATION - Miscellaneous
- March 17, 2011
The ideas of many urbanologists are heavily influenced by the cities in which they lived or grew up. To defend her mid-rise Greenwich Village neighborhood from “urban renewal,” Jane Jacobs extolled the virtues of such neighborhoods and excoriated both high-rises and suburbs. Many urban planners today, fresh out of college, remember the lively streets of […]
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