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• Lawmakers Should Encourage Prison Health Competition, Not Ban It
  Attempt to ban privatization of prison nurses is misguided
  Leonard Gilroy and Harris Kenny
  January 19, 2012
• University of Kentucky Smart to Explore Private Sector for New Campus Housing
  Public-private partnerships are saving taxpayers money and helping universities provide better services.
  Leonard Gilroy and Harris Kenny
  December 15, 2011
• Embrace Competition to Lower Costs, Improve Performance in Prisons
  Private sector can drive efficiency, improve offender rehabilitation and save taxpayer money
  Leonard Gilroy
  October 12, 2011
• Building a World-Class Infrastructure PPP Program in Puerto Rico
  Interview with David Alvarez, executive director of the Puerto Rico Public-Private Partnerships Authority
  Leonard Gilroy
  September 8, 2011
• Florida, U.K. Innovate in Corrections Partnerships
  Public-private partnerships target recidivism, rehabilitation
  Leonard Gilroy
  June 8, 2011
• 10 Myths and Facts on Transportation PPPs
  Leonard Gilroy
  May 31, 2011
• Getting Infrastructure Partnerships Right in Ohio
  Good start, but room for improvement in public-private partnership legislation
  Leonard Gilroy
  May 19, 2011
• Focus on Results for Smarter Government Budgeting
  Budgeting for Outcomes offers a major step forward
  Leonard Gilroy
  April 14, 2011
• Competition Brings Savings
  Competitive contracting a powerful tool to lower costs, help governments better serve taxpayers
  Leonard Gilroy
  April 4, 2011
• 2010 Highlights in State Government Privatization
  Reviewing privatization highlights in lotteries, child welfare, social infrastructure and more
  Leonard Gilroy
  March 23, 2011
• 2010 Highlights in Local Government Privatization
  Reviewing privatization highlights in parking assets, zoos, libraries and animal shelters
  Leonard Gilroy
  January 5, 2011
• PIRG Report Distorts Proposed Indy Parking Meter Lease
  PIRG report ignores facts, offers litany of myths and errors on proposed lease
  Leonard Gilroy
  November 9, 2010
• Election Night a Mixed Bag for ABC Privatization
  Washington State ballot measures fail, but Pennsylvania elects pro-privatization governor
  Leonard Gilroy
  November 5, 2010
• Reform, Transportation Trump Revenue-Neutrality: The Rationale for ABC Privatization, Part 2
  Streamlining the state, investing in needed transportation should be the focus, not revenue-neutrality
  Leonard Gilroy
  October 7, 2010
• Utah Report Gets it Wrong on Hospital Privatization
  Despite finding cost savings and expanded care through privatization, report relies on faulty logic to recommend against it
  Leonard Gilroy
  September 10, 2010
• Divesting Virginia’s Liquid Assets: The Rationale for ABC Privatization, Part 1
  Virginia doesn't need a "public option" in liquor
  Leonard Gilroy
  August 19, 2010
• Private Prisons a Smart Strategy for Kentucky
  Letter to the Editor submitted to the Louisville Courier-Journal
  Leonard Gilroy
  July 8, 2010
• Taking State Parks off the State's Books, Part 2
  Do we need a public sector monopoly on the operation of public lands?
  Leonard Gilroy
  June 24, 2010
• Amid Fiscal Pressures, States Move to Privatize Workers Compensation Programs
  Several states aiming to get government out of the workers compensation insurance business
  Leonard Gilroy
  June 21, 2010
• This Land is Your Land; This Land is My Land
  Why do the feds spend so much to make our Western wilderness theirs?
  Leonard Gilroy
  April 26, 2010
• Taking State Parks off the State's Books
  Tap the private sector to take over operations, management of state parks
  Leonard Gilroy
  April 14, 2010
• Cutting Costs for State's Prisons
  Transferring 25,000 inmates to out-of-state private prisons would save California $1.8 billion over five years
  Jon Coupal and Leonard Gilroy
  April 7, 2010
• Getting Government Out of the Parking Business
  D.C., Richmond and other cities can benefit from parking privatization, as Chicago has
  Leonard Gilroy
  February 17, 2010
• Let the Private Sector Compete to Provide Public Services and Watch the Savings Roll In
  Outsourcing and managed competition are proven common-sense, nonpartisan strategies for reducing costs and improving services
  Leonard Gilroy and Adam Summers
  February 14, 2010
• Streamlining Louisiana: Driving Government Reform in an Era of Fiscal Crisis
  Interview with Angele Davis, Louisiana Commissioner of Administration
  Leonard Gilroy
  January 29, 2010
• Look Before You Leap Into Privatization: Florida's Council on Efficient Government Sets a New Standard in Transparency, Due Diligence in Privatization and Contracting Decisions
  Interview with Henry Garrigo, former Director, Florida Council on Efficient Government
  Leonard Gilroy
  January 29, 2010
• We Have to Do Better: Fiscal Challenges Demand Creative Government
  Interview with Indianapolis Mayor Gregory Ballard
  Leonard Gilroy
  January 29, 2010
• Proposed City Water Grab Draining Scottsdale Tax Dollars
  Unnecessary move bad for taxpayers
  Leonard Gilroy
  January 15, 2010
• Laissez Les Bon Reforms Roulez
  Government reform, Louisiana-style
  Leonard Gilroy
  December 16, 2009
• Was Parking Meter Privatization a Good Deal for the Windy City? Chicago CFO Gene Saffold Responds
  Reason interview with Chicago Chief Financial Officer Gene Saffold
  Leonard Gilroy
  December 11, 2009
• Private Prisons a Smart Strategy for Arizona
  Prison privatization opponents rely on myths, not facts
  Leonard Gilroy
  November 17, 2009
• Louisiana Provides Model for Closing Budget Deficit
  Given the scale of Arizona's fiscal crisis, there's no way to avoid government downsizing
  Leonard Gilroy
  November 17, 2009
• IT Controversy Shouldn't Spoil Public-Private Partnerships in Virginia
  Focus should be on resolving implementation issues, not politicizing them
  Leonard Gilroy
  October 14, 2009
• "Selling" State Buildings in Arizona, California
  Sale-leasebacks can play a role in easing fiscal woes, but shouldn't replace budget cutting and government streamlining
  Leonard Gilroy
  September 30, 2009
• Public Options Are Ill-Conceived
  Government should leave commercial activities to the private sector
  John Palatiello and Leonard Gilroy
  August 26, 2009
• Time to Step It Up on Privatization in Virginia
  Even seemingly privatization-resistant states turning to the private sector to help solve major fiscal, capital investment challenges
  Leonard Gilroy
  August 11, 2009
• Setting the Record Straight on Chicago Parking Meter Privatization
  Early implementation challenges subside; L.A., Indianapolis and other cities consider similar proposals
  Leonard Gilroy
  August 7, 2009
• Policymakers Turn to Privatization Amid Prolonged Government Fiscal Crises
  Privatization, public-private partnerships increasingly prominent in fiscal policy debates
  Leonard Gilroy
  August 6, 2009
• Airport Privatization Can Fly Despite Midway Collapse
  Deal collapse doesn't spell doom for private-sector infrastructure investment
  Robert Poole and Leonard Gilroy
  August 3, 2009
• Virginia Needs a Fiscal Makeover
  Federal stimulus dollars won't last forever
  Leonard Gilroy
  July 14, 2009
• (Un)Happy New Fiscal Year
  States need fundamental budget/spending reforms to weather the fiscal storm
  Leonard Gilroy
  July 6, 2009
• How to Reduce Atlanta's Budget Deficit
  Budget makeover should include outcome-based budgeting, privatization and asset leases
  Leonard Gilroy
  June 21, 2009
• Put the Patients' Welfare First in Hospital Privatization Dispute
  Legislature sacrificed psychiatric patients' well-being to retain legacy jobs on state payroll
  Leonard Gilroy and Anthony Randazzo
  May 14, 2009
• Collapse of Midway Deal "Not a Setback for Privatization"
  MuniNet Guide Interview with Reason's Leonard Gilroy
  Leonard Gilroy
  April 30, 2009
• Hospital Privatization Isn't a Scary Proposition, Patients Should Come First
  Letter to the Editor
  Leonard Gilroy
  April 23, 2009
• Roanoke Schools Embrace Privatization to Cut Costs, Focus on Education
  Privatizing transportation will free up money for classroom
  Leonard Gilroy
  April 14, 2009
• Illinois Government Should Shop Around
  Council on efficient government would bring common-sense budgeting to state
  Leonard Gilroy and Kate Campaigne
  April 9, 2009
• Sharpening the Budget Saw in Virginia
  Arizona bill offers a blueprint for right-sizing state government
  Leonard Gilroy
  February 17, 2009
• Florida Benefitting from Prison Privatization
  Applying competition to corrections delivers cost savings, accountability
  Leonard Gilroy
  January 16, 2009
• Privatization Can Transform the Delivery of State Psychiatric Services
  Innovative policymakers increasingly turning to privatization to dramatically improve the quality of mental health services while holding down costs
  Leonard Gilroy
  December 29, 2008

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