Recent articles by Frank Shafroth from governing.com http://www.governing.com/authors/rss/rss/?a=221658671 Frank Shafroth is the director of the Center for State and Local Government Leadership at George Mason University. The Secret Tax Explosion http://www.governing.com/columns/public-money/col-secret-tax-explosion.html Special districts are growing like weeds—and raising tax burdens as they proliferate.