June 12, 2009
By H. Sterling Burnett and Ross Wingo About 82 percent of Americans receive drinking water via publicly owned water systems, according to the federal Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). Many of […]
April 24, 2009
By Benita M. Dodd They weren’t playing nice at the Capitol this year, and when legislators grabbed their toys and went home, neither chamber had won the transportation legislation tug-of […]
March 27, 2009
By Benita M. Dodd The standoff among the House, the Senate and the Governor’s office over competing transportation proposals continues under Georgia’s Gold Dome, but the Department of Transportation isn’t […]
November 21, 2008
By Benita M. Dodd “If you build it, they will come,” was the mantra for opponents of road-building in metro Atlanta, the economic engine of Georgia. So we didn’t build […]
February 15, 2008
By Benita M. Dodd How and how much are far from concurrence, but Georgians agree that what transportation needs most is funding. Sifting through the myriad transportation proposals, however, reveals […]
January 12, 2007
By Benita M. Dodd and Geoffrey Segal If ever there was a moment of unvarnished political pass-the-buck, it came during Atlanta Mayor Shirley Franklin’s annual State of the City address […]
March 2, 2006
By Benita M. Dodd Transportation proposals are chasing lawmakers at such an exciting and breathtaking pace this year that the convergence of plans under the Gold Dome seems destined to […]
February 17, 2006
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 9, 2006
‘- 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, […]
December 30, 2005
By Geoffrey F. Segal At 12:01 am on Dec. 1, a vision took reality for a large group of citizens in Sandy Springs, Georgia. After fighting Fulton County for over […]
August 26, 2005
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 […]
July 22, 2005
By Geoffrey F. Segal and Benita M. Dodd Long ago, Thomas Jefferson warned that “government big enough to supply everything you need is big enough to take everything you have […]
October 8, 2004
By Geoffrey F. Segal and Kelly McCutchen With Georgia facing a budget shortfall, it will take some creative thinking to balance the budget. The key, of course, is to do so […]
June 6, 2003
By Benita M. Dodd Transportation expert Robert Poole found an unusually receptive audience for his congestion-relief proposals at a recent Georgia Public Policy Foundation Leadership Breakfast. The founder of the […]
January 30, 2003
By Geoffrey F. Segal On Friday, January 24, the city of Atlanta terminated its rocky relationship with United Water, ending the venture into private water operation. Over the past several months the […]
January 24, 2003
Your contract is only as strong as the monitoring, reporting, and direct oversight that is built into it. By Geoffrey F. Segal I. Context In 1997, the City of Atlanta privatized […]
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