American Experiment on Governance
Governance Reports
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How the Met Council Misplans the Twin Cities
How the Met Council Misplans the Twin Cities by Randal O’Toole. From the Spring 2017, Issue 7 of Thinking Minnesota....
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The Twin Cities Met Council: A Comparative Assessment
The Twin Cities Met Council: A Comparative Assessment This report is designed to give lawmakers and citizens basic information about how the Met Council compares to other large, metro area bodies bot...
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Governance Articles
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St. Paul should stop using ‘fees’ to fund street maintenance
Minnesota’s Constitution imposes some important limitations on a city’s tax power. For several years, the city of St. Paul has imposed a right-of-way assessment on all property owners to fund road...
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Editorial counterpoint: Why fight over light rail when there’s bus rapid transit?
Why fight over light rail when there's bus rapid transit? BRT is cheaper than LRT. It could actually ease congestion and, if it fails, it's less down the drain....
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Minnesota needs a Brexit from the Met Council and regionalism: Dakota County makes a move
Allow me to juxtapose two news stories. The first is a local story, a small rebellion so obscure you might not have noticed it, which signals an important shift in regional partnerships. The other is ...
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Governance Posts
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Under Walz Minnesota State Patrol Effectively Allows Unlawful Protests
It had to be humiliating for the Minnesota State Patrol officers evidently ordered to stand down while a mob lassoed and ripped down the statue of Christopher Columbus on June 10 at the State Capitol....
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Majority of Minnesotans Have ‘A Great Deal of Confidence’ in Police, Strongly Oppose Defunding Minneapolis Police Department
On July 1, The Center of the American Experiment released the following statement: An overwhelming majority of Minnesotans have confidence in their local police departments and oppose plans to defund ...
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Minnesota liberals are determined to undermine First Amendment rights
In Minnesota, when you want to speak, liberals pass laws to stop you. When you don’t want to speak, liberals pass laws to force you. Here is a short report on two recent examples of local officials ...
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Remember Pep’s Bake Shop
I detected a certain candor in the political mutiny in which Susan Kent (D-Woodbury) dethroned Tom Bakk (D-Cook) last month to become the Democrat leader of the Minnesota Senate. In one closed-door vo...
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Gov. Walz and Ag. Ellison twiddle as Minnesota’s small businesses burn
As State Attorney General Keith Ellison brings the full force of government to bear on the owner of Shady's Hometown Tavern in Albany, where is the grand plan behind all this?...
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Governance Media
Howard Root: Five Heart-Stopping Years as a CEO on the Fed’s Hit-List (5.12.17, 50 min.) (50 min.)
Howard Root: Five Heart-Stopping Years as a CEO on the Fed’s Hit-List (5.12.17, 50 min.)...
The Twin Cities Met Council: A Comparative Assessment (Narrated PowerPoint) (09:33)
This presentation is designed to give lawmakers and citizens basic information about how the Met Council compares to other large, metro area bodies both in terms of governance structure and scope of a...