Welcome to Citiwire.net! My most recent column — “Mexico — America’s Victim,” on the cross-border drug issue — touched off a geyser of responses. To check a sampling of same, click http://citiwire.net/post/2117/. Not content with that, my column this week focuses on California’s upcoming vote on legalized marijuana and the shocking racist history of anti-marijuana drug policy politics in America. … The Citistates Group commentary of the week is a sort of double-header — our Associate Mary Newsom (of the Charlotte Observer) reporting on startling findings on inner-city compact versus suburban mall development tax yields being brought to national attention by our Associate Peter Katz (Sarasota County Director of Smart Growth).
- ‘Rustbelt’ to ‘Legacy’ — Rethinking Old Cities’ Potential
- Veteran GOP Appointee Asserts ‘Science Has Left the Building’
- Mixing Mercy with Justice: Barbour Had a Point
- The ‘National Popular Vote’ — Time At Last?
- A High Tech Revolution Opens for World Cities
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Comments
- Hydrofracking and the Rural Future (1)
David LEE: Roberta, it’s hard to hear about potential upswing in local economies being a hardship, but not...
- ‘Rustbelt’ to ‘Legacy’ — Rethinking Old Cities’ Potential (3)
V Pete Jorgensen II: Recognizing the opportunities for SW Michigan in the late 70s due to it’s proximity...
Howard Wooldridge: The premise of utilizing our Legacy Cities is sound. The infrastructure is in place. However,...
Peter Newman: Neal As usual very thoughtful and policy relevant. It is so critical to reurbanise rather than scatter...
- The Hydrofracking Impact (11)
Mike Shuster: Thanks for such good writing and putting a human feel on the devastating effects of fracking. We are...
Mike Devonshire: Mr. Seif is Managing Partner of 21st Century Energy Development Partners LLC, a firm which develops...
- Veteran GOP Appointee Asserts ‘Science Has Left the Building’ (4)
Linda Guthrie: Good comments, but for me the point being made not the gridlock, but rather the rallying cry to...
Steve Livengood: The phrases “gilt-edged” and “thinking people” characterize what is going...
Woody Wheeler: Reilly has an incredibly important perspective that needs to be heard by all thinking people. If...
- Hydrofracking: The Impacts Continues (1)
tom e bowers: Thanks for the clear warnings.
- Hydrofracking and the Rural Future (1)