December 13, 2018
The Colorado Sun, Sandra Fish, December 12, 2018- Seven of the top 10 corporate and nonprofit donors in Colorado’s 2018 midterm election were oil and gas interests that combined to spend more than $34 million — a total that exceeded the campaigns for both candidates in the governor’s race. The money primarily …
December 13, 2018
Go San Angelo, Daniel Valenzuela, December 12, 2018- Our Home. Our Decisions. That’s the theme of a Texas Municipal League campaign the City Council has endorsed voicing concern about state government overreach into issues and decisions that are best determined at the local level. The message is straightforward and sensible: …
December 11, 2018
The Columbus Dispatch, Editorial, December 10, 2018- If only Ohio lawmakers were as interested in addressing the state’s many challenges as they are in interfering with local communities’ efforts to solve their own problems, the Statehouse might not be the bastion of backwardness it has become under all-Republican rule. Now …
December 3, 2018
Detroit Free Press, Tom Pinta, November 30, 2018- I don’t know about the rest of you but I’m fed up with the actions of our lame-duck GOP state legislators from passing legislation to keep citizen initiatives off the ballot so they can later be gutted to proposals shifting responsibility from …
November 15, 2018
National Real Estate Investor, Bendix Anderson, November 13, 2018- Advocates for new rent control laws are still fighting—even after voters rejected California’s “Prop 10” ballot initiative that would have allowed tough new rent laws. “If you are an owner of apartments, rent control laws are a very, very scary thing,” says John …