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    Dec 31, 2008 |Story| South Florida Sun-Sentinel

  1. Here's why the best potential candidates won't run for office in South Florida

    Gone are the days when respected people were pulled from their farm plows to assume political leadership, as George Washington was. In the past, public service was an honor and a sacrifice made by able and experienced people who had the means to live...
    2. Dec 17, 2008 |Story| South Florida Sun-Sentinel

  2. Want to stop the county and city tax trains? Learn how they work and start early

    It's getting to the point where almost everyone, sooner or later, lobbies local governments. Everyone joins a long parade of people who troop before our city councils with their hands out. Most everyone only has a "want," which they swear is a "need."...

    Tags: State Budgets, Budgets and Budgeting, Employees, Local Authority

    3. Dec 14, 2008 |Story| Allentown Morning Call

  3. ESU holds commencement

    East Stroudsburg University held commencement exercises for 547 graduate and undergraduate students Friday and Saturday. Frederick R. Chandler and Patricia T. Mulroy, both of East Stroudsburg, received doctorate of education degrees. Students in the...

    Tags: Nazareth, Wind Gap, High Schools, Danielsville, Bowmanstown

    4. Oct 12, 2008 |Column| South Florida Sun-Sentinel

  4. What will become of us?

    What will become of us? The upcoming elections are in many ways a war between cultures. It is not so much a battle between Republicans and Democrats in our county races, but a struggle about the role of government. Many local races are a contest...

    Tags: Government, Economic Policy, Money and Monetary Policy, Florida, Culture

    5. Aug 5, 2008 |Column| South Florida Sun-Sentinel

  5. John R. Smith Columns

    6. Jul 20, 2008 |Column| South Florida Sun-Sentinel

  6. Dollars and cents don't add up for Tri-Rail

    Look at South Florida's Tri-Rail as a modern-day Pandora's box. Lovers of Greek mythology will recall that in ancient times, mortal men knew they should never accept gifts from the chief god Zeus, because there was always a catch. Sure enough, Zeus...

    Tags: Road Transportation, State Budgets, Florida, Transportation, Population

    7. Aug 10, 2008 |Column| South Florida Sun-Sentinel

  7. Slick politicians move into an "oily" realm of politics

    Some of the front page news these days is funnier than the comic strips. It’s better than Daffy Duck when I read opinions about how oil speculators and oil company profits are driving up oil prices. Entertaining stuff, but it’s not really funny, I...

    Tags: State Budgets, Exxon Mobil Corporation, Petroleum Industry, Government, Energy Saving

    8. May 15, 2008 |Column| South Florida Sun-Sentinel

  8. Economic incentives vs. corporate welfare

    We read the occasional ain't-it-awful diatribe from anti-business types about how investments of tax money in Scripps Research Institute and Max Planck are corporate welfare. Let's understand the difference between what Palm Beach County and Florida have...

    Tags: State Budgets, Interior Policy, Employees, Local Authority, Government

    9. Feb 11, 2007 |Story| South Florida Sun-Sentinel

  9. State considering property tax limits

    Political Writer
    Responding to an angry public, the state may impose sharp restrictions on the authority of counties, cities, towns and villages to raise property taxes, setting up a ferocious battle with the politicians who run local governments. Palm Beach County and...

    Tags: Ellyn Bogdanoff, Jerry Taylor, State Budgets, Royal Palm Beach, Boca Raton

    10. Aug 27, 2006 |Story| South Florida Sun-Sentinel

  10. No matter where you live in Palm Beach County, property taxes are going up

    South Florida Sun-Sentinel
    Fueled by soaring property values, governments across Palm Beach County are poised to approve double-digit tax increases again this year, capping off a five-year real estate boom that has taken spending at city halls and the county to unprecedented...

    Tags: Beach Vacations, Palm Springs (Palm Beach, Florida), Property Tax, Rentals, Road Transportation