by S M | Mar 21, 2020 | Blog
Sports Stadia and Affordable Housing… … both share the feature of a taxpayer subsidy. Subsidies from public revenues are needed when a project is not feasible in a ‘free market,’ i.e. it will not generate income exceeding its costs —...
by S M | Mar 21, 2020 | Blog
In 2017 the city commissioned a new logo. It cost $226,000 City leaders say Raleigh’s new $226,000 logo was worth it https://abc11.com/2624736/ “The project, accomplishing part of the City’s strategic plan to find a way to effectively tell...
by S M | Mar 21, 2020 | Blog
Excerpt from The Carolinian Newspaper, March 19, 2020 edition. Editorial by Danny K. Manning
by S M | Mar 20, 2020 | Blog
It’s clear that the COVID-19 pandemic is a serious threat to our health, safety, and way of life. Please adhere to the guidelines from local, state, and national governments. And please do what you can to help others. We will not recover quickly or easily from the...
by S M | Mar 19, 2020 | Blog
Did you know…. from our friends at INDY https://indyweek.com/news/wake/raleigh-soccer-stadium-john-kane-downtown-south/ as catalysts go, taxpayer-subsidized sports stadiums aren’t very good ones. Economists are nearly unified in the belief that they...
