Recent articles by Rick Baker from governing.com http://www.governing.com/authors/rss/rss/?a=123092558 Rick Baker is a GOVERNING contributor. Baker is an adjunct fellow at the Manhattan Institute’s Center for State and Local Leadership. From 2001 to early 2010, Rick Baker was mayor of St. Petersburg, Florida. Measures Drive Performance in St. Petersburg http://www.governing.com/blogs/bfc/measures-drive-performance-st-petersburg.html Incremental improvements can naturally stitch together and uplift an entire city.