I found a link to a great article at FreeColorado.com. It doesn’t apply to urbanism specifically, but conceptually deals with privatization of publicly owned land.
Free Colorado - Should Government Own Wilderness?
The original article was from Grand Junction Free Press - Armstrong Column: Should the government own, manage wilderness?
here’s a few quotes I enjoyed:
Just how [...]
Welcome to the final post in the series discussing the consequences of rent control. Thank you to the subscribers who have patiently awaited each new post. I hope everyone found it enlightening.
If you haven’t read the entire series, you can catch up with these links:
Rent Control Part One: Microeconomics Lesson and Hording
Rent Control Part Two: Black [...]
NBC5 has an update listing the people involved and video here: New Corruption Charges Hit Building, Zoning Departments
Chicago Tribune: U.S. to announce charges against 15 in city bribe-taking probe
(thanks to Dan M. for the tip)
Federal authorities are set to announce charges Thursday against 15 people, including seven City of Chicago employees, after an investigation into [...]
John McCain and Hillary Clinton have both supported the idea of a “Gas Tax Holiday“. The whole idea of a Holy Day to celebrate the worship of socialized transportation catered by Santa Clinton/McCain seems pretty absurd to me. Nonetheless, they expect pandering to gas-addicted voters to pay off in their election hopes.
Unfortunately, such a [...]
Watch it right here:
And also, Kunstler on oil & suburbia:
I tend to agree that there is some hypocrisy in the conservative/libertarian world when it comes to transportation, which is part of the reason I started this blog. A more free-market transporation system would certainly lead to a more urban land use pattern; something between pre-auto, transit-reliant density and current auto-reliant sprawling suburbs. Regardless, market-based [...]
The Antiplanner discusses how well-intentioned agencies become wasteful government-planning bureaucracies.
The mal-investment in our socialist highway system and the resulting congestion, pollution, disrepair, and sprawl come to mind. Using smart growth, modern day planners are trying to correct the lack of foresight of the planners and politicians of past generations who brought us [...]
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