This Regional Brief critiques the process used by the Wake County Sustainability Task Force and its final report. The author was a member of the task force.
posted February 12, 2012 by Kevin Munger, Dr. Michael Sanera
This report examines 52 contracts signed by the Raleigh Convention Center for the period of July–December 2011 and is a follow-up to the September 2008 John Locke Foundation report “The New Raleigh Convention Center: A taxpayer-funded money pit.”
View in your browser. Iredell County rejects the Charlotte rail line. Here is my letter congratulating the Iredell County Commissioners for their 5-0 vote…
View in your browser. Longtime Davidson town commissioner Margo Williams is retiring after eight terms on the commission. David Boraks of DavidsonNews.net provides this…
View in your browser. Smart Growth advocates and new urbanists are constantly declaring the death of the suburbs. This is mostly wishful thinking on their part.
View in your browser. 1. John Locke Foundation’s first annual County Privatization Survey I wish to call your attention to the results of the John Locke…
posted November 9, 2011 by Kevin Munger, Dr. Michael Sanera
County governments all over North Carolina are saving money by privatizing services. In an effort to assist in the exchange of information about these activities, the John Locke Foundation conducted a survey of all 100 counties asking county managers to tell us about governmental activities that they currently supply privately. We also asked them if they had problems in the past with a privatized activity that had caused them to return the activity to government provision.
View in your browser. Why is almost every major city in the nation infatuated with the Big Three: sports stadiums, convention centers and trains? Charlotte has all…