AltWeeklies Wire
Pee-Town Revisitednew
In an effort to provide homeless people a place to relieve themselves, Portland kept its City Hall bathrooms open overnight. So far, that's cost the city $46,500 in its first five months.
Willamette Week |
Corey Pein |
01-30-2008 |
Policy Issues
Tags: public policy issues
DART Made a Billion-Dollar Goofnew
New train lines to cost $1 billion more than promised.
Dallas Observer |
Jim Schutze |
01-28-2008 |
Policy Issues
Tags: public policy issues
Minneapolis Civil Rights Dept. Being Decimatednew
In less than a year, Michael Jordan has dismantled the city agency responsible for upholding civil rights.
City Pages (Twin Cities) |
Paul Demko |
01-23-2008 |
Policy Issues
Tags: public policy issues
Oops, They Did it Againnew
Atlanta faces budget shortfall as large as $100 million.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Scott Henry |
01-23-2008 |
Policy Issues
Tags: public policy issues
Mr. Walker's Bad Day at the Welfare Officenew
He, like 60,000 other down-and-outers, get little relief from L.A. county supervisors.
Los Angeles CityBeat |
Matthew Mundy |
01-11-2008 |
Policy Issues
Tags: public policy issues
The Citizen Muckraker's Guide to New Mexiconew
Only with the eyes of the nation invading the privacy of the government and corporate spheres can Americans ensure their democracy remains democratic. This manual reveals the data-capturing tools employed by investigators, bounty hunters, landmen and journalists.
Santa Fe Reporter |
Dave Maass |
01-10-2008 |
Policy Issues
Tags: public policy issues
A Slot in Every Potnew
Indian compacts would allow largest casinos in the country -- so what?
San Diego CityBeat |
Eric Wolff |
01-09-2008 |
Policy Issues
Tags: public policy issues
Kansas City's Tax Dollars Not at Worknew
The Citadel Plaza shopping center was supposed to revive the inner city. Instead, it has leveled a neighborhood and left a contaminated mess. Now the developer wants more of our money.
The Pitch |
Carolyn Szczepanski |
01-08-2008 |
Policy Issues
Tags: public policy issues
For Illinois, It'd Be a Zell of a Dealnew
The state's proposed purchase and renovation of Wrigley Field is a corporate handout that even the mayor can't swallow.
Chicago Reader |
Ben Joravsky |
01-07-2008 |
Policy Issues
Tags: public policy issues
2009's Mayoral Candidates Will Face a Changed Atlantanew
It's quite likely that, for most Atlanta residents, the name of Sidney Marcus rings a bell only as a cut-through street linking Piedmont Road and Ga. 400.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Scott Henry |
01-03-2008 |
Policy Issues
Tags: public policy issues
Virginia Juggles Education & Prison Spendingnew
Shiny new prisons, crappy old schools.
C-Ville Weekly |
Scott Weaver |
01-02-2008 |
Policy Issues
Tags: public policy issues
Sex Offenders Set Up Camp Under the Bridgenew
Everyone agrees the situation under the Julia Tuttle Causeway has become untenable, but so far neither local politicians, nor the courts, nor the state legislature have been willing to do anything about it.
Miami New Times |
Isaiah Thompson |
12-17-2007 |
Policy Issues
Tags: public policy issues
California Abandons the Mentally Illnew
Cuts in state program will severely impact homeless.
East Bay Express |
Anna Belle Peevey |
11-28-2007 |
Policy Issues
Tags: public policy issues
Congressional Inaction: Killing Billsnew
The Farm Bill, a five-year federal spending bill that allots money for nutrition and hunger-prevention programs, industrial agriculture, and smaller farming operations, was blocked last Friday, and remained in limbo as Congress went into Thanksgiving recess.
Portland Phoenix |
Deirdre Fulton |
11-21-2007 |
Policy Issues
Tags: public policy issues
For the Kidsnew
Youth testify on OLCC's all-ages proposal.
The Portland Mercury |
Amy J. Ruiz |
11-15-2007 |
Policy Issues
Tags: public policy issues
