Rob Gurwitt

Recent Articles

• Rescue Mission
• Feb 1, 2007
• Florida's chaotic social service agency may be ungovernable. But Bob Butterworth is giving it a shot.

• Mayor in the Middle
• Jan 31, 2007
• During the first week of December 2006, about a dozen Los Angeles hotel workers set up a week-long fast outside the Westin LAX hotel, not far...

• Blackout
• Dec 1, 2006
• Big-city newspapers aren't telling citizens the things they need to know.

• Restoration Governor
• Dec 1, 2006
• It's been 16 years since a Democrat ruled Massachusetts. That won't make Deval Patrick's job any easier.

• Urban Outfitter
• Nov 1, 2006
• Helping cities thrive, not just survive.

• Turnabout Tale
• Oct 1, 2006
• After losing a GOP primary bid for lieutenant governor, Nebraska state auditor Kate Witek is seeking reelection--as a Democrat.

• Extended Contract
• Oct 1, 2006
• The hot conservative issues of the 1990s are migrating to state ballots.

• Charter Changeover
• Sep 1, 2006
• After Katrina wiped out one of the worst school systems in the country, New Orleans has seized the chance to redesign its whole approach to public education.

• Restless in Des Moines
• Jun 1, 2006
• Sensing trouble in the fall, Iowa's Senate Republicans have turned to Mary Lundby to bail them out.

• Battered School Boards
• May 1, 2006
• Reformers dismiss them. Experts call them obsolete. But we can't give up on school boards, because they're needed.

• Ageless Young Turk
• Apr 1, 2006
• S. David Freeman has been shaking up public agencies for half a century. He doesn't see any reason to stop.

• Mellowed Militant
• Feb 1, 2006
• Ron Dellums, the angry Berkeley radical of the 1960s, is making a comeback. But he doesn't sound so angry anymore.

• Blunt Instrument
• Sep 1, 2005
• Lillian Koller likes to cut through red tape--even if that means bending a few rules of courtesy.

• How Dense Can You Get?
• Aug 1, 2005
• Staten Island is the epicenter of the national debate over balancing the need for affordable housing with the desire to control development.

• Motor Trouble
• Aug 1, 2005
• Joel Silverman was asked to reform his state's vehicle license management. Not everyone wanted it reformed.