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Christopher Swope

Christopher Swope

Former Editor

Christopher Swope, a former Governing editor, writes about city innovation and leadership.

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The Wizards From Oz
Who are those Aussies who are going around building, buying and investing in U.S. highways? The Wall Street Journal today (paid subscription) profiles Macquarie ...
May 07, 2010
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The Leaning Tower of Sioux Falls
What do you do when you throw a demolition party, but the building to be imploded refuses to cooperate? Sioux Falls, South Dakota has this ...
May 07, 2010
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Mel Gibson for California Guv?
First it was liberals who bandied the names of actor Warren Beatty and director Rob Reiner as '06 Arnold alternatives. Now it's conservatives who are ...
May 07, 2010
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Cell Towers: Unfine Pine
Wait: Is that a tree on steroids or a cell phone tower? It's usually not hard to tell the difference. As these pictures show, communications ...
May 07, 2010
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Who Pays for Pollution?
Do sprawling residential and commercial developments cause air pollution? Officials in California's San Joaquin Valley think so. Last week they passed what they believe to ...
May 07, 2010
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Strikeout
Just when you thought labor unions were dying, New York's transit strike reminds us that labor, at least in state and local government, remains quite ...
May 07, 2010
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Windfelled Windfall
Who says hurricanes are all bad? Florida's coffers are stuffed with $800 million in sales tax revenue related to hurricane reconstruction. (That's the 2004 hurricanes). Even more ...
May 07, 2010
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Sack The Transit Workers?
Stephen Malanga of the Manhattan Institute wants New York to rip a page from the Gipper's playbook. Fire the striking transit workers, he says today ...
May 07, 2010
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NJ Slogan Update
After sorting through thousands of "What exit?" jokes and lines from the Sopranos, my home state's hapless search for a new slogan is ...
May 07, 2010
 · Christopher Swope
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Alaska Preps for Tsunami
Augustine, an island volcano off the coast of Alaska, is rumbling. The photo here is from December 12. Scientists say the chances of an eruption triggering ...
May 07, 2010
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