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This week’s commentary includes:
The Next Transportation Crisis
The federal highway trust fund has blown through its cash balance, and gasoline tax receipts are down. In the years ahead Virginia will be hard pressed to make up the difference.
by James A. Bacon
All in a Night’s Work
The Northern Virginia Transportation Authority is gaining respect with its business-like approach.
by Doug Koelemay
How About Sustainable Logic?
In the community of people who think seriously about economic development and the natural environment, “sustainable” has a specific meaning. In Virginia, that meaning has been corrupted by loose usage.
by EM Risse
Recreo Lectio!
The Harry Potter books have done what a nation of parents backed by an army of educators could not do: Inspire a revival of reading among young children.
by Chris Braunlich
A String of Fish
An assortment of political observations as varied as catfish and trout, bass and shad…
by James Atticus Bowden
The Politician Surplus
George Allen, Mark Warner and possibly even Jim Gilmore could be eyeing a race for governor in 2009. Virginians would be better off with fresh faces and fresh ideas.
By Norman Leahy
FOIA Fiddle-Faddle
Not all publicly funded organizations are public bodies. Student governments should not be subject to the Freedom of Information Act — but they should practice good government.
by Becky Dale
The Tax Increase That Dares Not Speak Its Name
Abuser fees are needlessly harsh and will be applied inequitably — all because the General Assembly wanted to raise revenue without calling it a tax increase.
by Publius II
The Commonwealth is Flat
Northern Virginia has more work than it can handle, and it makes sense to “outsource” jobs to downstate communities. But someone has to build the broadband connections first.
by Groveton
The Unfair Service Fund
Proposed changes to the federal Universal Service Fund would limit wireless investment in rural Virginia, slowing the deployment of critical broadband access.
by John E. Rooney
Halfway to Healthy
The condition of the James River has improved in recent years, but polluted runoff from farms and asphalt threaten the historic waterway’s continued recovery.
by Bill Street
Nice & Curious Questions
Crossing State Lines: Virginia’s Neighbors
by Edwin S. Clay III and Patricia Bangs
Road to Ruin: Coming to an Interstate Near You
Congestion pricing is coming to Northern Virginia, promising to help with otherwise intractable traffic problems.
by Lyle Solla-Yates