• Red-Light Losers
• BY: Girard Miller   |   June 16, 2011
• One city pulls the plug on intersection cameras after they fail to produce revenue.
• 6 Comments

• Clarifying the View of Retirement Debt
• BY: Girard Miller   |   June 16, 2011
• An insightful report from Barclay's Capital sheds new light on pension obligations.
• 12 Comments

• Pep Talk for Pension Reform
• BY: Girard Miller   |   June 9, 2011
• Viable, sensible, lasting solutions will require more efforts.
• 3 Comments

• Taxing Municipal Bonds
• BY: Girard Miller   |   June 2011
• A controversial plan to tax state and local debt could rob states and localities of millions.
• 2 Comments

• Summing Up Public-Sector Pay
• BY: Girard Miller   |   May 19, 2011
• Study sheds new light on costs of public pensions.
• 14 Comments

• Rethinking Disability Pensions
• BY: Girard Miller   |   May 19, 2011
• Federal tax incentives invite abuses.
• 1 Comments

• Prepare to Fight for Itemized Deductions
• BY: Girard Miller   |   May 12, 2011
• State and local taxes deserve higher priority than mortgage interest.
• 4 Comments

• No Guarantee for Retiree Medical Benefits
• BY: Girard Miller   |   May 5, 2011
• San Diego court finds OPEB promises are "not vested."
• 4 Comments

• Muzzling Money Managers
• BY: Girard Miller   |   May 5, 2011
• Should trustees engage in blackball tactics?
• 1 Comments

• Rx: Pay Less and Get Less
• BY: Girard Miller   |   April 21, 2011
• Narrow-network HMOs are the new cost-cutting tool.
• 4 Comments

• Medicare Reform's OPEB Side Effects
• BY: Girard Miller   |   April 14, 2011
• Public employers need preemptive cost-control strategies.
• 1 Comments

• Mandating Taxable Muni Bonds
• BY: Girard Miller   |   April 14, 2011
• Congress should not make all municipal debt taxable -- just provide the option.

• Venture Forth, Ye Pension Funds!
• BY: Girard Miller   |   April 7, 2011
• Contrarian strategies should pay off.

• Weighing Public Pay Scales
• BY: Girard Miller   |   April 7, 2011
• Let's put "total compensation" to the test — and into the law — to debunk the myths on both sides.
• 15 Comments

• The Power of No
• BY: Girard Miller   |   April 2011
• This is the time for state and local leaders to take a 'no new spending' pledge.
• 1 Comments

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