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• Cash-Strapped North Texas Cities Embrace Privatization
  Leonard Gilroy
  November 16, 2009, 1:45pm
• Following California Down the Path to Fiscal Ruin
  Leonard Gilroy
  November 13, 2009, 5:43pm
• Privatization News Roundup, Nov. 13, 2009
  Leonard Gilroy
  November 13, 2009, 8:12am
• Banner Year for State Budget Gimmicks
  Leonard Gilroy
  November 12, 2009, 7:51pm
• Renewed Interest in Midway Airport Lease?
  Leonard Gilroy
  November 11, 2009, 3:17pm
• Milwaukee County Board Chooses Tax Hikes Over Privatization
  Leonard Gilroy
  November 11, 2009, 2:48pm
• Privatization News Roundup, Nov. 5, 2009
  Leonard Gilroy
  November 5, 2009, 4:45pm
• San Diego County to Outsource 200 Health Service Jobs
  Adam Summers
  October 27, 2009, 11:33pm
• Chicago's Budget and the Prospects for Future Asset Leases
  Leonard Gilroy
  October 23, 2009, 8:01pm
• Fulton County Schools Reps Praise Outsourcing of Capital Program Management
  Leonard Gilroy
  October 23, 2009, 5:32pm
• Privatization News Roundup, Oct. 23, 2009
  Leonard Gilroy
  October 23, 2009, 3:16pm
• Milwaukee County Board Nixes Privatization, Again
  Leonard Gilroy
  October 22, 2009, 7:03pm
• Indianapolis Seeking Proposals for Convention Center, Sports Stadium Management
  Leonard Gilroy
  October 22, 2009, 3:32pm
• San Diego Needs Pension Reform, Managed Competition to Address Fiscal Problems
  Adam Summers
  October 21, 2009, 8:54pm
• More Georgia Officials Considering Local Government Privatization
  Leonard Gilroy
  October 21, 2009, 5:04pm
• Privatization News Roundup, 10/16/2009
  Leonard Gilroy
  October 16, 2009, 4:00pm
• Complimenting Chicago's Parking Meters
  Leonard Gilroy
  October 15, 2009, 4:38pm
• Through Privatization, Indy Seeks Funds for Infrastructure Program
  Leonard Gilroy
  October 11, 2009, 7:49pm
• Amid Budget Woes, Governments Turn to Technology to Drive Streamlining
  Leonard Gilroy
  October 11, 2009, 3:29pm
• Privatization News Roundup, 10/11/2009
  Leonard Gilroy
  October 11, 2009, 1:07pm
• 23 Firms Eyeing Indianapolis Superutility
  Leonard Gilroy
  October 6, 2009, 3:12pm
• Public Option for EMS in Salt Lake City?
  Leonard Gilroy
  October 5, 2009, 2:01pm
• Fitch on Using One-Time Proceeds from Asset Sales & Leases
  Leonard Gilroy
  October 2, 2009, 5:12pm
• Privatization News Roundup, 10/2/2009
  Leonard Gilroy
  October 2, 2009, 6:57am
• Novato, CA Sanitary Board Privatizes Wastewater Treatment Plant
  Adam Summers
  September 30, 2009, 5:50pm
• Milwaukee County Exec Proposes Zoo Privatization
  Leonard Gilroy
  September 22, 2009, 2:29pm
• Indy Airport Considering Parking, Shuttle Lease
  Leonard Gilroy
  September 18, 2009, 8:16pm
• FAA Gives New Orleans Go-Ahead on Airport Privatization
  Leonard Gilroy
  September 16, 2009, 9:45pm
• Time is Relative, Except to Chicago Parking Meter Lease Critics
  Leonard Gilroy
  September 16, 2009, 6:47pm
• Detroit Mayor Bing Opening the Door to Privatization
  Leonard Gilroy
  September 14, 2009, 8:41pm
• Taxpayer Group Sues Chicago Over Parking Meter Lease That Benefits Taxpayers
  Leonard Gilroy
  September 11, 2009, 7:53pm
• Georgia Contract Cities Update
  Leonard Gilroy
  September 10, 2009, 6:46pm
• Atlanta Announces Contract for City Tennis Court Operations
  Leonard Gilroy
  September 10, 2009, 5:39pm
• Privatization of School Support Services Continues to Expand in Michigan
  Leonard Gilroy
  September 9, 2009, 6:14pm
• San Fran Considers Contracting Out Environmental Review of Development Projects
  Leonard Gilroy
  September 9, 2009, 4:01pm
• Motown Comeback?
  Shikha Dalmia
  September 9, 2009, 12:42pm
• Let Free Markets Guide Fire Protection Services
  Adam Summers
  September 4, 2009, 10:48pm
• Use Private Firefighters to Improve Wildfire Protection
  Adam Summers
  September 2, 2009, 4:47pm
• Providence Officials Considering Asset Sale/Lease Proposals
  Leonard Gilroy
  September 1, 2009, 9:41pm
• Privatization News Roundup, 8/28/2009
  Leonard Gilroy
  August 28, 2009, 2:04pm
• New at Reason: Public Options Are Ill-Conceived
  Leonard Gilroy
  August 26, 2009, 8:43pm
• Report Calls for More Privatization in Redding and Shasta County, CA
  Leonard Gilroy
  August 25, 2009, 1:44pm
• World Bank Touts Public-Private Partnerships in Education
  Leonard Gilroy
  August 24, 2009, 3:16pm
• School District Calls Out MEA on Bogus Privatization Claims
  Leonard Gilroy
  August 23, 2009, 10:10am
• San Diego Pols Still Ignoring Voters' Managed Competition Mandate
  Leonard Gilroy
  August 22, 2009, 4:37pm
• Leveraging Denver's Parking Meters
  Leonard Gilroy
  August 21, 2009, 8:57pm
• Pierce County, WA Mental Health Services Privatization Moves Forward
  Leonard Gilroy
  August 21, 2009, 6:18pm
• Privatization News Roundup, 8/21/2009
  Leonard Gilroy
  August 21, 2009, 3:53pm
• Want a Real Stimulus? Privatize.
  Leonard Gilroy
  August 20, 2009, 4:24pm
• Detroit Mayor Proposes Privatization of City Finance Functions
  Leonard Gilroy
  August 17, 2009, 1:40pm
• Privatization News Roundup, 8/14/2009
  Leonard Gilroy
  August 14, 2009, 2:52pm
• Arizona Communities Preparing to Tap Private Sector for Major Water Project
  Leonard Gilroy
  August 13, 2009, 5:31pm
• Dallas to Privatize Zoo, Save Millions
  Leonard Gilroy
  August 12, 2009, 10:19pm
• New at Reason: Time to Step It Up on Privatization in Virginia
  Leonard Gilroy
  August 11, 2009, 2:10pm
• Setting the Record Straight on Chicago Parking Meter Privatization
  Leonard Gilroy
  August 7, 2009, 4:35pm
• Privatization News Roundup, 8/7/2009
  Leonard Gilroy
  August 7, 2009, 2:02pm
• Costa Mesa, CA Prepares to Dig Pension Hole Deeper
  Leonard Gilroy
  August 6, 2009, 2:52pm
• Annual Privatization Report Examines Latest Trends At All Levels of Government
  August 6, 2009, 11:15am
• Pembroke Pines, FL Privatizes Adult Day Care Services
  Leonard Gilroy
  August 5, 2009, 6:30pm
• California Still Hiring, Despite Epic Fiscal Crunch
  Leonard Gilroy
  August 4, 2009, 5:35pm
• Privatization Trends In Local Government
  Adrian Moore
  August 4, 2009, 10:58am
• Seeking Stimulus: Lobbying Spared from State and Local Budget Cuts
  Leonard Gilroy
  August 3, 2009, 7:18pm
• Dallas Officials Consider Privatization Proposal for Zoo, Aquarium
  Leonard Gilroy
  August 3, 2009, 4:27pm
• Parking Meter Lease Proceeds Playing Critical Role in Chicago Budgets
  Leonard Gilroy
  July 31, 2009, 8:26pm
• Privatization News Roundup, 7/31/2009
  Leonard Gilroy
  July 31, 2009, 4:57pm
• Pembroke Pines, FL Privatizes Building & Zoning Department
  Leonard Gilroy
  July 29, 2009, 10:45pm
• Heads Up, States: Arizona Poised to Monetize Assets to Help Close Budget Deficit
  Leonard Gilroy
  July 29, 2009, 4:48pm
• Privatization, Fiscal Responsibility Keep Sandy Springs on Strong Footing, Despite Recession
  Leonard Gilroy
  July 24, 2009, 2:47pm
• Privatization News Roundup, 7/24/2009
  Leonard Gilroy
  July 24, 2009, 1:43pm
• Atlanta Should Embrace Privatization, Competition to Cure Fiscal Woes
  Leonard Gilroy
  July 22, 2009, 1:20pm
• Redding, CA Considering New Privatization Committee
  Leonard Gilroy
  July 20, 2009, 1:14pm
• Indianapolis Considering Parking Meter System Lease
  Leonard Gilroy
  July 14, 2009, 3:58pm
• WSJ on What's Hot and What's Not in Infrastructure Investment
  Leonard Gilroy
  July 10, 2009, 6:38pm
• Chicago Hiring Private Bill Collectors to Boost Revenue
  Leonard Gilroy
  July 10, 2009, 11:22am
• New at Reason: (Un)Happy New Fiscal Year
  Leonard Gilroy
  July 6, 2009, 5:02pm
• Privatization Leader Sandy Springs, GA Continues to Innovate
  Leonard Gilroy
  July 2, 2009, 2:30pm
• Pittsburgh to Privatize City Parking Garages
  Leonard Gilroy
  July 1, 2009, 4:27pm
• Chicago Responds to Parking Meter Privatization Critics
  Leonard Gilroy
  June 26, 2009, 4:14pm
• How to Reduce Atlanta's Budget Deficit
  Leonard Gilroy
  June 22, 2009, 12:34pm
• Looking Into Airport Parking Privatization in Pittsburgh
  Robert Poole
  June 18, 2009, 1:50pm
• Santa Barbara County Jail to Privatize Mental Health Services
  Leonard Gilroy
  June 17, 2009, 12:50pm
• Public Support for Private Infrastructure Investment On the Rise
  Leonard Gilroy
  June 9, 2009, 7:47am
• Reality Check on Chicago Parking Meter Privatization
  Leonard Gilroy
  June 8, 2009, 2:51pm
• Queensland, Australia Selling $15 Billion in Assets to Address Fiscal Crisis
  Leonard Gilroy
  June 3, 2009, 2:57pm
• Milwaukee Puts Water Privatization Study on Hold
  Leonard Gilroy
  June 1, 2009, 6:35pm
• Through Asset Inventory, Kitsap County, WA Discovers Parks It Didn't Know It Owned
  Leonard Gilroy
  May 29, 2009, 5:36pm
• New Report Challenges Economic "Benefits" of Labor Unions
  Leonard Gilroy
  May 28, 2009, 5:33pm
• Private Infrastructure Investment Alive and Kicking
  Leonard Gilroy
  May 27, 2009, 1:45pm
• Reason Talks Privatization on CNN's Lou Dobbs
  Leonard Gilroy
  May 22, 2009, 9:49pm
• Learning Lessons from Chicago's Parking Meter Privatization
  Leonard Gilroy
  May 21, 2009, 4:52pm
• Privatizing L.A.'s Parking Assets
  Leonard Gilroy
  May 18, 2009, 7:25pm
• Privatization Gaining Steam Among Broward Cities
  Leonard Gilroy
  May 18, 2009, 1:21pm
• The Rationale for Parking Asset Privatization
  Leonard Gilroy
  May 11, 2009, 11:29am
• Chicago Exploring Alternative Privatization Models for Midway Airport
  Leonard Gilroy
  May 8, 2009, 7:37pm
• Guam to Privatize 13,000 Streetlights
  Leonard Gilroy
  May 7, 2009, 7:27am
• Texas Exploring Privatization for Vehicle Fleet and Fuel Management Services
  Leonard Gilroy
  May 5, 2009, 5:59pm
• Building on International Success Tapping Private Sector to Build New Roads
  Leonard Gilroy
  May 5, 2009, 4:32pm
• Running Up Government's Credit Card Bill
  Leonard Gilroy
  May 4, 2009, 4:46pm
• L.A. City Council Votes to Study Parking Meter, Garage Privatization
  Leonard Gilroy
  May 1, 2009, 5:28pm
• Taxpayer-Subsidized Golf in Minnesota: Can We Get a Mulligan?
  Leonard Gilroy
  May 1, 2009, 6:42am
• Privatized Georgia City Dunwoody Off to a Good Fiscal Start
  Leonard Gilroy
  April 28, 2009, 4:49pm
• Chicago Keeps $126 Million from Canceled Midway Airport Privatization
  Leonard Gilroy
  April 22, 2009, 7:08am
• Chicago's Midway Airport Privatization Deal Collapses
  Robert Poole
  April 21, 2009, 11:20am
• Parking Meter Privatization in the Spotlight, Part II
  Leonard Gilroy
  April 16, 2009, 11:06am
• County Shelves Library Privatization Proposal
  Leonard Gilroy
  April 15, 2009, 11:54pm
• Parking Meter Privatization in the Spotlight, Part I
  Leonard Gilroy
  April 15, 2009, 9:32pm
• Bad Times, Good Times for State & Local Budgets
  Leonard Gilroy
  April 14, 2009, 4:51pm
• Moody's: Negative Outlook for U.S. Local Governments
  Leonard Gilroy
  April 8, 2009, 9:41pm
• Roanoke, VA to Privatize School Transportation Services
  Leonard Gilroy
  April 8, 2009, 8:11pm
• Midway Airport Lease Deal Is Too Important to Fall Through
  Robert Poole
  April 8, 2009, 3:11pm
• Indianapolis Announces New Privatization Initiatives
  Leonard Gilroy
  April 7, 2009, 3:13pm
• Pittsburgh Mayor Proposes Privatizing City Tow Pound
  Leonard Gilroy
  April 2, 2009, 3:06pm
• Kentucky Fried Chicken Fixing Your Potholes
  Leonard Gilroy
  March 31, 2009, 4:54pm
• Hernando County, FL Explores Privatizing Courthouse Security, Libraries
  Leonard Gilroy
  March 23, 2009, 7:19pm
• Airport Privatization Being Proposed In A Soft Market
  Robert Poole
  March 19, 2009, 5:15pm
• Getting Government Out of the Golf Business
  Leonard Gilroy
  March 12, 2009, 3:40pm
• Private Investment Upgrades Oakland Port
  Shirley Ybarra
  March 5, 2009, 10:37am
• Merging Local Governments Usually Doesn't Make Economic Sense
  Samuel Staley
  March 5, 2009, 6:38am
• L.A. Eyeing Privatization, Asset Leases to Close $983 Million Budget Shortfall
  Leonard Gilroy
  March 4, 2009, 5:05pm
• Privatization in Virginia Hampered by Government-to-Government Contracting
  Leonard Gilroy
  March 3, 2009, 8:12pm
• Houston Considering Privatization of Convention Center and Marketing Activities
  Leonard Gilroy
  March 2, 2009, 6:58pm
• Poll: San Francisco Voters Wary of New Taxes, Open to Privatization
  Leonard Gilroy
  February 23, 2009, 2:33pm
• Kansas City Outsourcing Animal Shelter Operations
  Leonard Gilroy
  February 16, 2009, 7:33pm
• Fiber to Public Housing
  Steven Titch
  October 8, 2008, 10:10am
• Financial Crisis Bodes Ill for Muni Bonds & Budgets (and PPPs to the Rescue)
  Leonard Gilroy
  September 30, 2008, 6:55pm
• San Diego Toll Road Wins Design Innovation Awards
  Adam Summers
  July 20, 2008, 11:25am
• Harassing the Bloggers
  Steven Titch
  January 23, 2008, 2:20pm
• Eliot Pitbull Spitzer's New Target
  Shikha Dalmia
  January 9, 2008, 7:44am
• Broadband in the Sticks
  Steven Titch
  September 12, 2007, 9:22pm
• Now there's four...
  Geoffrey Segal
  August 13, 2007, 5:50am
• Another New Sandy Springs?
  Geoffrey Segal
  June 19, 2007, 12:35pm
• Montgomery, MD 1st County to Ban Trans Fat
  Amanda K. Hydro
  May 15, 2007, 5:03am
• NLC Koolaid--personal debt edition
  Adrian Moore
  April 17, 2007, 5:19pm
• Arizona Subsidy Backlash
  Geoffrey Segal
  April 3, 2007, 1:02pm
• Municipalities pooh-poohed this one, too
  Steven Titch
  March 21, 2007, 2:31pm
• "One of the best ways to find funds is to look in other people's pockets"
  Geoffrey Segal
  January 9, 2007, 1:29pm
• LA Present Edges Out LA Past
  Ted Balaker
  August 7, 2006, 11:38am
• Americaís Sweatiest City
  Ted Balaker
  July 9, 2006, 3:01pm
• Want to subsidize that stadium? Donít forget the ìhunker-downî and ìskedaddleî factors
  Ted Balaker
  June 26, 2006, 4:46pm
• WeHo (trying) to Free Weed
  Ted Balaker
  June 19, 2006, 7:55pm
• San Fran Studies Congestion Charge
  Ted Balaker
  March 28, 2006, 9:30am
• Major League Boondoggles
  Leonard Gilroy
  March 21, 2006, 9:39am
• ìSmoking is prohibited everywhere in the cityî
  Ted Balaker
  March 9, 2006, 12:28pm
• What Price Free WiFi?
  Steven Titch
  March 2, 2006, 12:46pm
• More Dominoes Fall
  Geoffrey Segal
  February 22, 2006, 7:51pm
• Pension Reform and Managed Competition in San Diego (& Houston?)
  Leonard Gilroy
  February 20, 2006, 5:39am
• Areas Follow in Sandy Springs Footsteps
  Geoffrey Segal
  February 13, 2006, 6:20am
• Recycled Recycling Myths in Seattle
  Leonard Gilroy
  February 5, 2006, 10:22am
• Follow the Leader: Sandy Springs
  Geoffrey Segal
  January 23, 2006, 6:37am
• Houston City Council Drops Municipal League Membership
  Leonard Gilroy
  January 19, 2006, 10:19am
• District Court Sides With Houston's TABOR
  Leonard Gilroy
  January 10, 2006, 6:53pm
• Look whoís slimming down
  Ted Balaker
  December 8, 2005, 11:02am
• The important business of governance
  Ted Balaker
  September 28, 2005, 7:25pm
• Sandy Springs Selects Contractor
  Geoffrey Segal
  September 14, 2005, 3:08pm
• Why didnít they leave?
  Ted Balaker
  August 31, 2005, 1:06pm
• Wall Street Journal readers
  Ted Balaker
  August 31, 2005, 12:40pm
• NAACP wants slavery tests for contractors
  Ted Balaker
  July 11, 2005, 10:43am
• Is getting wired no longer enough?
  Ted Balaker
  June 14, 2005, 5:34pm
• Government wonít get out of the john
  Ted Balaker
  May 25, 2005, 5:15pm
• "Whatever" wins in landslide
  Ted Balaker
  May 18, 2005, 10:32am
• Scoring the mayors
  Ted Balaker
  April 17, 2005, 9:50am
• Variable Rate Pricing Boosts Waste Diversion Rates
  Leonard Gilroy
  April 8, 2005, 2:51pm
• Big Bellwood is Watching You
  Leonard Gilroy
  April 3, 2005, 10:41am
• Greedy Governments III
  Ted Balaker
  March 13, 2005, 6:34pm
• An efficient big city?
  Ted Balaker
  February 27, 2005, 10:12am
• Priorities
  Ted Balaker
  February 17, 2005, 2:20pm
• Chicago to Privatize Paving
  Geoffrey Segal
  November 21, 2004, 8:02am
• LA sticks it to ìsweatshopsî
  Ted Balaker
  November 10, 2004, 9:41am
• The poorest big city
  Ted Balaker
  September 23, 2004, 10:24am
• Pot Progress?
  Ted Balaker
  September 21, 2004, 1:48pm
• The real sucker bet in sports. . . a new publicly funded stadium!
  Adrian Moore
  August 29, 2004, 7:17am
• Vote for me, I'll give you 1/2 penny!
  Geoffrey Segal
  August 10, 2004, 3:31pm
• Who ever said the process was rational?
  Ted Balaker
  July 6, 2004, 11:26am
• Good newsóno wait, scratch that.
  Ted Balaker
  June 7, 2004, 4:56pm
• Hip to be square?
  Ted Balaker
  March 8, 2004, 6:02pm
• Strike ends, now what?
  Ted Balaker
  February 29, 2004, 2:32pm
• Common ground on Wal-Mart wars?
  Ted Balaker
  February 26, 2004, 3:25pm
• Board OK's Privatization
  Geoffrey Segal
  February 21, 2004, 10:22am
• Privatization Supporter Receives Threats
  Geoffrey Segal
  February 16, 2004, 6:18am
• Car Wash: Core Function of Government?
  Geoffrey Segal
  February 14, 2004, 7:24am
• Now theyíve gone too far!
  Ted Balaker
  January 29, 2004, 3:44pm
• More on Wal-Mart Debate
  Ted Balaker
  January 27, 2004, 5:03pm
• No $482 coupon?
  Ted Balaker
  January 26, 2004, 6:51pm
• Restructuring California's School Finance System
  Adam Summers
  January 25, 2004, 9:55am
• the ugly truth about public project costs
  Adrian Moore
  January 19, 2004, 6:28am
• Urban Realism
  Ted Balaker
  January 11, 2004, 10:03am
• Via Center for Education Reform
  Adam Summers
  January 5, 2004, 4:00pm
• Preference vs. Planning
  Ted Balaker
  December 30, 2003, 11:27am
• An end of year "Bad Idea" contest
  Adrian Moore
  December 25, 2003, 12:22pm
• Citiesí financial mess
  Ted Balaker
  December 3, 2003, 9:17am
• Golfers Fight Privatization
  Geoffrey Segal
  November 30, 2003, 9:45am
• Milwaukee County Exec Proposes Zoo Privatization
  Leonard Gilroy
  November 30, 1999, 12:00am

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