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Monthly Archives: November 2012
Three New Toll Projects Open to Traffic — Two in Virginia
(This article is reprinted from Surface Transportation Innovations, a monthly newsletter published by the Reason Foundation). This autumn marks the debut of three investor-financed toll projects, with the opening to traffic of the Jordan Bridge in Virginia, the I-495 express … Continue reading
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New Avenues for Small Farmers in Virginia
(This article first ran in the Richmond Times Dispatch on November 2, 2012). I recently stopped at a coffee shop in a rural county in Virginia. I knew the county was benefiting from the expansion of a firm that created … Continue reading
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The Case for Port Privatization — Part II
(Part I of this article ran in the last issue of the Jefferson Policy Journal, November 17, 2012 click here). Privatization would be one way to describe APM Terminal’s proposal to unify Virginia’s ports, but that misses the larger point, … Continue reading
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A Post Election Warning
(Gary Baise is a national respected environmental attorney who lives here in Virginia and writes on issues that can impact on Virginia’s economy.) The election is over, and EPA is going to feast on many industries including farm tillage and … Continue reading
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High-Income Earners Pay More Taxes Than the Middle Class
(As Congress struggles to avoid the “fiscal cliff” created by years of deficit spending and a huge economic blow to Virginia’s defense-related industries, this column provides an important perspective to this debate. It is important that whatever actions are taken … Continue reading
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