Baltimore Comptroller: Audit Bill Would Increase Wasteful Spending
Claims the city does plenty auditing already
Local Government
Houston City Controller Wants Leniency for Felon in Real Estate Scam
The five time felon is a friend and former next door neighbor of Houston's City Controller, a self-described "watchdog"
Farmers Grab the Pitchforks to Protest Birthday Fine
A woman says she was fined $5,000 for, among other things, running "unlicensed events" at her farm, like a birthday party for a friend's child
Miami Offers to Settle With SEC Over Charges of Misleading Investors
The city officials of course deny any actual wrongdoing
Jersey Town Voting on Taxicab Limit
A debate with anti-immigrant overtones over a measure to limit the number of taxicabs in Highstown
The Misguided Assault on Chick-fil-A
Banning a business because of the owner's beliefs is a terrible abuse of political power.
Plastic Bag Ban Will Put Los Angeles In Landfill
Proposal would provide no environmental benefits and deepen city's economic depression.
New Light Rail Ridership Falls Short by More Than Half
L.A. Expo Line running almost empty with "brief" 30-minute delays.
Detroit's Slow Fiscal Death March
State authorities should have let the city go into bankruptcy this summer.
Detroit's Leaders to Michigan: Give Us the Money and Get Lost
Detroit's mayor and council play power games as the city careens towards bankruptcy.
Redevelopment Leaves Behind $30 Billion Debt, Hundred-Millions in "Other Expenditures"
Doomed agencies should sell off their property and disappear.
