Topic: Georgia

May 19, 2006

Congress Overdue for a Fiscal Spring-cleaning

By Lynn Westmoreland You can’t go outside to play until you’ve cleaned your room, Mom used to say. We could use Mom’s wisdom in Washington: Our fiscal house has escaped […]
April 28, 2006

No Way to Handle a Fuel Crisis

By Benita M. Dodd  You don’t have to have your ear to the tracks to hear the hullabaloo blaming “big oil” and Americans’ “addiction” to foreign oil for alarmingly high […]
April 21, 2006

Securing U.S. Borders Must Come First

By Senator Johnny Isakson  When I was running for Senate in 2004, illegal immigration ranked second only to the war on terror among the issues people asked me about on […]
April 7, 2006

Legislative Session Good for Business

By Kelly McCutchen Georgians won’t know who this year’s political winners will be until November, but the state’s small businesses were the clear winners in the legislative session. And that’s […]
March 31, 2006

Commentary: The Hidden Cost of “Planning”

By Randal O’Toole Planners rarely say, even among themselves, that one goal of growth-management planning is to drive up housing prices in order to discourage people from living on large […]
March 29, 2006

Housing Affordability in Georgia

Homeownership is the American dream and the aspiration of families all over the world. Yet so-called “smart-growth” plans and other restrictive land-use rules have made homeownership affordable only to the […]
March 24, 2006

Bunker Mentality Won’t Cut Energy Bills

By Benita M. Dodd Hindsight being 20-20, traffic jams became the impetus for transportation solutions as Georgia’s population grew. Fortunately, the state can still pre-empt an energy jam fueled by Georgia’s growing population […]
March 3, 2006

Hot Air Rises with Natural Gas Prices

By Benita M. Dodd Hindsight being 20/20, the critics who back in 1997 were doomsaying the deregulation of Georgia’s natural gas market are back again, gleefully pointing to high energy […]
February 17, 2006

Telework: Transporting Workers into a Global Economy

Just a dozen years ago it was considered avant garde for an organization to allow employees to work from home. Today, increasing numbers of employees are quietly migrating away from […]
January 27, 2006

Commentary: Property Rights, Politics and Policy

By Benita M. Dodd The 2005-2006 legislative term has already seen at least three dozen pieces of legislation that reference eminent domain, the authority of government to take land from […]
January 13, 2006

Insure All Georgians

By Ronald E. Bachman and Nancy Desmond If one of the major goals for Georgia is affordable health care coverage for all citizens, it is critical to achieve that goal […]
January 9, 2006

Eminent Domain Resources

‘- Supreme Court: Kelo v. City of New London (pdf) Georgia Public Policy Foundation – Amicus brief press release (pdf) – Reaction to Kelo decision press release – Commentary: Without Local Curbs, Eminent Domain Abuse Is Imminent June, […]
October 21, 2005

A Fine Week for Freedom

By Kelly McCutchen Limited government, free markets and private property are the cornerstones of the American success story, but these freedoms can slowly erode over time: Government involves itself in […]
September 9, 2005

Buffer Taxpayers From Government Spendthrifts

By E. Frank Stephenson One of the most important factors in determining a state’s quality of life and economic environment is the size of its government and the ability to […]
September 2, 2005

Taxpayers Have Rights, Too

Georgians can protect themselves with a tax and expenditure limit on government.” By Jesse J. Weathington “Once a camel has gotten its nose into your tent, the rest will soon […]
August 26, 2005

New City Promises New Hope for Limiting Government

By Geoffrey F. Segal Watch closely as Georgia plays host to a fascinating experiment in public administration. Sandy Springs, an unincorporated suburb of Atlanta in northeast Fulton County, holds enormous […]
June 24, 2005

Georgia Tackles the Toll of Truck Traffic

By Benita M. Dodd Georgians, particularly those in and around transportation corridors of metro areas, deal on an almost-daily basis with congestion stemming from truck-related traffic incidents. The bigger the […]
June 17, 2005

Charter School Expands Success Beyond College Prep

By Russ Moore When Newsweek trumpeted “America’s Best High Schools” in May, it was disappointing to learn the magazine’s best of the best were selected based on a formula that […]
June 10, 2005

TMDLs: Tall Tale of Fishes and Silt

By Harold Brown The king of Clearwater liked to fish, but he was distraught that he could catch only a few, or none, in the streams near the castle and […]
May 13, 2005

Governing By Network Has Challenges, Rewards

By Benita M. Dodd For want of a nail, the kingdom was lost, goes the rhyme. To Stephen Goldsmith, Harvard professor and former two-term mayor of Indianapolis, sometimes it’s for […]
April 29, 2005

Government As Business Can Profit Taxpayers

By Benita M. Dodd Is there any hope that government can ever operate successfully like a business? And why should it? Practical answers to these questions are central to promoting […]
April 1, 2005

The Policy and Politics of Pork

By Kelly McCutchen Next year’s state budget includes $3.5 million to fund 46 local projects, sometimes referred to as “pork.” That’s less than 2 one-hundredths of 1 percent of the […]
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