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• Sharing the Burdens of a Broken City
• Posted By: Mark Funkhouser |   April 8, 2013
• We're going to see more cities like Stockton. We need better ways to deal with the downward fiscal spiral.
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• What's Really Needed to Save Detroit: Democracy
• Posted By: Mark Funkhouser |   April 1, 2013
• Certainly spending must be cut and services must be restored, but it's essential that the voices of the loyal Detroiters who have stayed be heard.
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• How to Insult Government Workers
• Posted By: Mark Funkhouser |   March 29, 2013
• There are lots of problems with pay for performance, but one of the most salient is that it implies that employees are slackers.
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• How Four Students Solved a Difficult Mental-Health Service Problem
• Posted By: Mark Funkhouser |   March 28, 2013
• The winners of this year's National Public Policy Challenge had a guiding principle: Think big, start small.
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• A Transplant from Queens in the Heart of the Confederacy
• Posted By: Mark Funkhouser |   March 21, 2013
• Stephen Benjamin, the mayor of Columbia, S.C., has ambitious goals for his city. He's off to a strong start.
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• The Tools We Need to Help Poor Neighborhoods
• Posted By: Mark Funkhouser |   March 11, 2013
• The Community Reinvestment Act doesn't always get at underlying economic issues. It's time to redesign it.
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• A Transportation Funding Power Shift
• Posted By: Mark Funkhouser |   February 28, 2013
• States are moving into the void left by Washington’s paralysis.
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• A Small-Town Mayor in the National Arena
• Posted By: Mark Funkhouser |   February 28, 2013
• Clarence Anthony, the National League of Cities' new executive director, wants the NLC to be a strike force for cities at a time when our federal system is undergoing profound changes.
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• Giving Citizens Numbers They Can Understand
• Posted By: Mark Funkhouser |   February 25, 2013
• 'Citizen-centric' financial reporting is a way for governments to improve transparency and accountability. It isn't hard, so why aren't more jurisdictions doing it?
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• Municipal Securities and the Waiting Game
• Posted By: Mark Funkhouser |   February 21, 2013
• Federal law gives the Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board the authority to protect issuers, but it can't do that job until the SEC gives it a tool it needs.
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