Local Government Research Newsletters

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2012

May

DateNewsletter
May. 17th In this Issue: Americans want to live in single-family homes in small towns, not crowded high-rise condos
May. 1st In this issue: Raleigh's population density is so low that rail transit is doomed to failure

April

DateNewsletter
Apr. 12th In this issue: Raleigh City Manager Russell Allen and the City Council Members Should Learn Basic Economics

March

DateNewsletter
Mar. 27th In this issue: Some Wake County elected officials don't want to be bothered with facts about transit
Mar. 7th In this Issue: City Consultant Scams, Roundabout Dangers, and Charlotte's Train Wreck

February

DateNewsletter
Feb. 27th In this issue: Wake County's municipal elected leaders hear only one side of the transit story
Feb. 15th In this issue: Wake County Choo-Choo Trains and Raleigh Convention Center Giveaway

January

DateNewsletter
Jan. 30th In this issue: Rail transit, TIFs, impact fees & the court, and gov't banks
Jan. 19th In this issue: Raleigh fleeces taxpayers and utility ratepayers
Jan. 12th In this issue: Davidson, N.C.: Nice place to live if you are rich and white

2011

December

DateNewsletter
Dec. 12th In this issue: The death of suburbia is greatly exaggerated

November

DateNewsletter
Nov. 16th In this issue: County privatization survey, Cary loses impact-fee case, city's "fun stuff" has to go
Nov. 7th In this issue: The failure of urban vanity projects, such as sports stadiums, convention centers, and trains
Nov. 4th In this issue: The failure of urban vanity projects, such as sports stadiums, convention centers, and trains

October

DateNewsletter
Oct. 27th In this issue: Raleigh's $1 billion in downtown subsidies fail, and does Raleigh have "world's dumbest roundabout"?
Oct. 13th In this issue: County property tax reval scam and Newton stiffs local businesses over WiFi
Oct. 4th In this issue: Wilson continues to manipulate fiber-optic cable information

September

DateNewsletter
Sep. 20th In this issue: Raleigh's Food Truck Battle: Planners violate their own Code of Ethics
Sep. 7th In this issue: City/county mergers don't save money

August

DateNewsletter
Aug. 17th In this issue: Cary Posts a New City-Limits Sign: "No Poor People Allowed," and Grassroots Tyranny in Southport
Aug. 11th In this issue: Cary agrees to fleece taxpayers and ratepayers with subsidized solar

July

DateNewsletter
Jul. 28th In this issue: California wages war on the single-family home
Jul. 21st In this issue: The future of our urban areas is called the suburbs
Jul. 21st In this issue: The future of our urban areas is called the suburbs
Jul. 14th In this issue: Food truck politics, Cary buys another theater, Raleigh rail to nowhere
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