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ACC was right to end subsidy for urban sprawl
Kudos to the Arizona Corporation Commission for ending one of the many subsidies for urban sprawl in Arizona and for insisting that growth pays for itself. Developers have long built […]
Spending reductions best way to deal with AZ budget crisis
Two years ago, few could have imagined the profound reversal of fortune that we have seen in our economy and in government finances. The consequences of assuming good times would […]
Arizona’s budget needs leadership, not fantasy
The Goldwater Institute delivered the proverbial lump of coal to Arizona children and families this holiday season. It comes in the form of a so-called “policy brief” that is remarkably […]
Budget crisis calls
Facing an enormous revenue shortfall, the current secretary of state and soon to be governor, Jan Brewer, has expressed her potential openness to raising taxes. Meanwhile the former Speaker of […]
Budget crisis calls for fiscal pragmatism
Facing an enormous revenue shortfall, the current secretary of state and soon to be governor, Jan Brewer, has expressed her potential openness to raising taxes. Meanwhile the outgoing speaker of […]
HOAs are not private governments
George K. Staropoli in his recent commentary, “Just what is the Goldwater Institute trying to say,” exhibits a deep misunderstanding of both the Institute’s reform proposals and constitutional law when […]
Just what is the Goldwater Institute trying to say?
Nick Dranias, director of The Goldwater Institute's Center for Constitutional Government, argued for responsible government as reflected in the Institute's report, “100 Ideas for 100 Days.” I must take exception […]
Proposal to sweep tuition money is ‘unfair and gimmicky’
The proposal by several of our state legislators to use a bookkeeping maneuver to take tuition money away from state university students and their families to help plug the state […]
Clean energy production would repower the West
With the economy crumbling, investments in clean energy can provide the structure and jobs we need to repower Arizona, the West and America.In our otherwise gloomy economy, solar, wind and […]
Vouchers don’t equal school choice for disadvantaged
Pro-voucher groups, including Arizona’s Goldwater Institute, have labeled the choice by Barack and Michelle Obama to send their children to private school hypocritical. They seem to suggest that the Obamas’ […]
100 ways to legislate without Santa
There’s plenty of talk in the national media about state and local governments dreaming up long Christmas lists to try and make a grab for their share of federal stimulus […]
It’s time to look at the way we vote
More than 112,000 voters in Maricopa County were forced to cast provisional ballots on Election Day. That is 16 percent of those who went to the polls, well more than […]
