Recent Publications

Do I hear $75,000? $65,000 plus benefits?

October 7, 2003 0

Competitive bidding has been successfully employed around the world to help reduce the…

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How unfriendly to small business can Oregon get?

September 30, 2003 0

The Small Business Survival Committee just released its 2003 Small Business Survival Index,…

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Check your wallets

September 23, 2003 0

During the 2003 session of the Oregon legislature, TriMet submitted legislation authorizing the…

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The Mythical World of Transit-Oriented Development: Steele Park in Washington County, Oregon

September 22, 2003 0

Introduction During the past decade, Portland-area planners have embraced Transit-Oriented Development (TOD) as…

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A fine-tooth budgetary comb

September 16, 2003 0

On September 9, Alabama voters rejected a $1.2 billion tax increase. Some 67…

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Freedom to trade promotes peace

September 9, 2003 0

When goods don’t cross borders, armies will, warned 18th Century French statesman Frederic…

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Is Oregon Really the Hungriest State in the Nation?

September 5, 2003 0

If numbers don’t lie, Marie and her two little boys should be going…

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Takin’ it to the streets — again

September 2, 2003 0

What do you think about the recent politician-approved three-year “temporary” state income tax…

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Stop the highway slaughter

August 26, 2003 0

The tragic deaths of eight young firefighters this week on Highway 20 near…

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Regulation leads to blackouts

August 19, 2003 0

Advocates of government regulation are crowing over last Thursday’s biggest-ever electricity blackout in…

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