August 3, 2011
Debt
Nassau County, NY is already in deep, deep financial trouble. Despite the fact that it is one of if not the wealthiest county in New York, its finances are currently being overseen by a state-sponsored and enforced financial control board. Despite their weakened financial straits, Nassau proposed borrowing $400 million for a new hockey arena. […]
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March 17, 2011
Local Government
It’s bad enough when we don’t bother gathering data to assess where we are, how we’re doing, and where we going. But to gather data and not use it is both foolish and wasteful. Not making governmental data – the public’s data – available to the public in a usable form undermines our ability to […]
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