Christopher Swope

Recent Articles

• Who Needs a Governor's Mansion?
• Jun 30, 2006
• NJ Guv Jon Corzine isn't getting much sleep these days, what with a budget showdown looming and the Delaware River bursting its banks. So yesterday ...

• A Bobblehead Too Far
• Jun 29, 2006
• Need more proof that the bobblehead craze is three years past peak? Introducing the state legislator bobblehead, starring New York Senate Majority Leader Joe Bruno. ...
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• The Sarbox Tax
• Jun 27, 2006
• I'm doing some reporting on corporate income taxes, and looking at why collections are shooting up so fast in almost all 50 states (See this NGA/...
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• WiFi Buzzkill
• Jun 27, 2006
• Uh oh. The New York Times popped the question that no city official who's drunk on WiFi hype wants to think about. Here it is: ...
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• TQM Fades PDQ
• Jun 26, 2006
• Why do management fads come and go so fast? Blame consultants, says a new study, reported in yesterday's Wall Street Journal (paid subscription). Looking at ...
• 4 Comments

• Profile in Courage
• Jun 26, 2006
• When Doug Duncan dropped out of the Maryland governor's race last week due to his  struggles with clinical depression, he achieved a civic good ...
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• Is There a Druggist in the House?
• Jun 1, 2006
• A Florida county brings the pharmacy to its workplace

• In the Zone
• Jun 1, 2006
• The pictorial approach to building codes

• Stranded Seniors
• Jun 1, 2006
• Suburban life revolves around the car. When elderly residents are no longer able to drive, getting around gets complicated.

• Hybrids in the HOV: It Works!
• May 18, 2006
• For as long as states such as Arizona, California and Virginia have let drivers of hybrid-electric cars ride solo in highway carpool lanes, there's only ...
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• The Blogging Bill Bratton
• May 12, 2006
• Add LAPD Chief and noted gang-buster Bill Bratton to the list of high-profile local bloggers. Bratton's opening post today calls the newly launched LAPD blog &...

• Podcastaganda
• May 11, 2006
• I've just spent an hour listening to various governors' podcasts. I wouldn't normally fill my mornings with such masochism. But ever since my optometrist squirted ...

• When Winning is Losing
• May 1, 2006
• Eminent domain is now a hammer property rights proponents are using to alter zoning codes.

• WIFI Free-For-All
• May 1, 2006
• Strategies for building municipal wireless networks are evolving fast. But are they prudent in the long run?
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• Whose Roadkill is This?
• Apr 25, 2006
• Local governments always complain about states passing responsibilities (and costs) down to them. But this takes the cake. NJ Guv Jon Corzine is proposing to ...
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