Penelope Lemov

Recent Articles

• Creative Disruption
• Feb 28, 2009
• The current buzzword among MBA grads is "disruptive innovation." It may sound like a term to use when all hell is breaking loose. But what...

• A Break in the Levy
• Jan 31, 2009
• As state and local revenue sources go, the property tax always has been the steady one. Its cousins -- the income and sales taxes --...

• Public Pension Prowess
• Jul 31, 2008
• CalPERS is a very big fish. When California's $250 billion employee pension plan flexes its muscle in boardrooms, corporate CEOs sit up and take notice. When...

• Muni Machinations
• Mar 31, 2008
• Blame it on Orange County. Back in 1994, the huge California county filed for bankruptcy after losing billions of dollars on a risky investment in financial...

• Tilting Tills: A So-So Season for Revenue
• Dec 1, 2007
• State tax collections had a strong case of the milds in the second quarter of 2007--a 6.1 percent increase in tax revenue, compared to the same quarter of 2006. That said, this nominal growth rate, as measured by the Rockfeller Institute's "State Revenue Report," was weak by long-term historical standards.

• Primary Interest
• Dec 1, 2007
• The West Virginia legislature recently gave the thumbs up to a radical experiment in health care: doctor-run pay-in-advance plans that provide a family unlimited primary and urgent care for $125 a month. No insurance coverage is involved.

• Common-Sense Compliance
• Nov 1, 2007
• Having worked on both sides, Coughlin is passionate in his belief in the assisted-living philosophy, and that belief drives the way he approaches regulation. A key part of assisted living, he points out, is a resident's right to autonomy, but autonomy poses safety risks.