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Don't trust the locals yet
Sacramento Bee
By: Steven Greenhut
1.13.2012
California's redevelopment agencies were corrupt and had to go. But it's hardly obvious that re-empowering local officials with "new and improved" economic development authority is a wise idea.
Read more here: http://www.sacbee.com/2012/01/11/4178469/what-should-be-the-future-of-redevelopment.html#storylink=cpy
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Education activist urges online learning at Pleasant Hill luncheon
Contra Costa Times
10.3.2011
Charter schools and online learning could help turn around underperforming campuses such as Clayton Valley High School in Concord, an education reform advocate said Friday. Lance Izumi, who is an author and senior director for education at the Pacific Research Institute public policy think tank, said many school districts throughout the state and country are failing to adequately prepare students to be competitive with students around the world.
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Best/Worst States for Business
ChiefExecutive.net
5.3.2011
More than 500 CEOs considered a wide range of criteria, from taxation and regulation to workforce quality and living environment, in our annual ranking of the best states for business.
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Death Trap Democrats
The American Spectator
By: Peter Ferrara
4.13.2011
As Sally Pipes explained in an excellent March 24 Washington Post commentary, "Massachusetts is the blueprint for Obamacare, and [Governor Deval] Patrick is among those who want his state's plan to serve as a national model." Yet, "almost five years into his state's Romneycare plan, it turns out that spending is out of control, threatening public-sector budgets and private-sector wealth generation."
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BOOK REVIEW: How to dismantle Obamacare
Washington Times
By: Sally C. Pipes
4.12.2011
"ObamaCare is wrong for families, wrong for patients, wrong for business, and wrong for our children's futures." That's the thesis, laid out on the first page of the must-read "Why ObamaCare is Wrong for America," a powerful book co-written by four battle-tested veterans of Washington's health policy battles.
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Conservative Spotlight: Pacific Research Institute
1.11.2011
Human Events had it right in 2005 when it named Sally Pipes one of the "Top 10 Women in the Conservative Movement." As president and CEO of Pacific Research Institute (PRI), Pipes has become an essential voice in the health-care debate, frequently sounding the alarm against the single-payer system.
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Lawsuit Lottery Must End
The Bulletin
12.13.2010
In 2004, a Hazelton-area community pool closed after a man jumped into the water, slightly cutting his heel, and then filed a lawsuit claiming $100,000 in damages. While the settlement was significantly less, the owner, fearing future lawsuits, shut down the pool. Now, this once-thriving business, beloved as a summer retreat for families and a source for jobs, is no more.
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