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Commentaries


  • Effective Sprawl Solutions Found in Market, Not Regional Planning
    Effective Sprawl Solutions Found in Market, Not Regional Planning

    Sierra Club gets it wrong on sprawl

    By Samuel Staley
    October 24, 1999

  • A Six-point Environmental Flexibility Checklist
    A Six-point Environmental Flexibility Checklist

    By Christopher A. Hartwell
    September 1, 1999

  • Madison’s Taxi Regulations Stifle Innovation, Competition
    Madison’s Taxi Regulations Stifle Innovation, Competition

    More competition would open door to new companies

    By Samuel Staley
    August 4, 1999

  • States Can Teach the Feds
    States Can Teach the Feds

    Pennsylvania shows incentives work better than mandates

    By Lynn Scarlett
    July 31, 1999

  • Big-box Retailers Have Important Regional Benefits
    Big-box Retailers Have Important Regional Benefits

    Community benefits from new business growth

    By Samuel Staley
    July 9, 1999

  • The Facts about Wastewater, Stormwater, and Water Contract Management in the City of Stockton
    The Facts about Wastewater, Stormwater, and Water Contract Management in the City of Stockton

    Myths and facts about water privatization

    By Geoffrey Segal
    January 1, 1999

  • Waste Minimization, Resource Conservation, and Environmental Progress
    Waste Minimization, Resource Conservation, and Environmental Progress

    Voluntary models of shared responsibility

    By Lynn Scarlett
    December 1, 1998

  • The Price of Urban Growth Controls
    The Price of Urban Growth Controls

    San Diego should avoid growth boundaries

    By Samuel Staley
    August 8, 1998

  • Market-Oriented Approach to Farmland Preservation Best Bet for Michigan
    Market-Oriented Approach to Farmland Preservation Best Bet for Michigan

    Preservation should be addressed through voluntary, market-based approaches

    By Samuel Staley
    July 6, 1998

  • Urban Sprawl: Michigan’s Bogeyman of the 1990s?
    Urban Sprawl: Michigan’s Bogeyman of the 1990s?

    Attempts to stop sprawl will hurt quality of life

    By Samuel Staley
    March 2, 1998

  • Green Hand of Progress
    Green Hand of Progress

    Recycling often encourages inefficient resource use

    By Lynn Scarlett
    January 13, 1998

  • Urban Sprawl: A Grassroots Defense
    Urban Sprawl: A Grassroots Defense

    Hostility towards suburbs is misplaced

    By Samuel Staley
    December 1, 1997

  • Portland, Metro and The Plan: Boon or Bane for Regional Development?
    Portland, Metro and The Plan: Boon or Bane for Regional Development?

    Portland's reality is far less persuasive than its press

    By Samuel Staley
    November 1, 1997

  • Recycling Yes, Mandates No
    Recycling Yes, Mandates No

    Mandates are wrongheaded

    By Lynn Scarlett
    September 5, 1997

  • Ted vs. Bart vs. Tom
    Ted vs. Bart vs. Tom

    By Ted Balaker
    December 30, 1903

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