Government Accountability
A government that operates behind closed doors cannot be the government of a free people. The Goldwater Institute has prompted several reforms shining light into the inner workings of government, including the nation’s most comprehensive online database of line-by-line government spending and restrictions on politicians using tax money for self-promotion. Our regular watchdog reports are helping citizens hold their elected officials accountable.
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$100 Million Question
Posted on April 04, 2007 | Type: Blog | Author: Tom PattersonWhat could Phoenix Mayor Phil Gordon and City Council members have been thinking when they authorized a $100 million tax subsidy for CityNorth, a private development planned for northeast Phoenix?
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Miracle on Kildare Street: What Ireland's Economic Revival Means for Arizona
Posted on March 19, 2007 | Type: Policy Report | Author: Benjamin Powell, Ph.D.An official from India, explaining his country's long embrace of socialism but more recent move toward free-market capitalism, provided a rather frank explanation for the change of heart: The fact is that one of the lessons you learn from history is that history sometimes teaches you the wrong lessons.
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A Moment on the Lips, a Lifetime on the Hips
Posted on March 06, 2007 | Type: Blog | Author: Tom PattersonIf you wonder when looking at a restaurant menu whether the bacon cheeseburger or the garden salad would be more heart healthy, help from the government may be on the way.
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Districts' cash pool beefs up lobby
Posted on February 12, 2007 | Type: In the NewsEast Valley school districts are spending tens of thousands of dollars to lobby the Legislature this year, in hope the lawmakers will send more of the state's precious funding their way. The Mesa Unified School District, the state's largest district, has budgeted up to $45,000 to spend on lobbying by Jaime Molera, a former state superintendent of public instruction. The district hired Molera, in part, to work with lawmakers on issues related to Career Ladder, a performance pay plan that is a large piece of how the district pays its teachers, he said.
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Government lobbying at odds with taxpayer interests
Posted on February 09, 2007 | Type: In the NewsShould citizens foot the bill for lobbyists? One think tank says no.
