The John Locke Foundation criticized Raleigh for years for using tax dollars to prop up a “white-tablecloth” restaurant downtown named The Mint. Now that the restaurant is closing, Director of Research and Local Government Studies Michael Sanera had a chance to discuss The Mint’s demise with Bill LuMaye on WPTF Radio. Meanwhile, the Eastern Wake News published Sanera’s recent critique of Wake County’s transit plan. In other research news, The Heritage Foundation’s “Insider Online” and the N.C. Family Policy Council promoted Vice President for Research and Resident Scholar Roy Cordato‘s latest report on replacing North Carolina’s current income tax with a flat-rate consumed income tax. Director of Fiscal Policy Studies Fergus Hodgson discussed Honduras and the future of competitive governance in a column posted at LibertyBlog.org.