Paradigm shifts are tough in government. This helps to explain some of the myths and confusion on the subject of privatizing Virginia’s ABC monopoly, and it helps shed light on why some policymakers—in a fiscally conservative state like Virginia, no less—seem reluctant to consider abandoning the state’s long-standing, socialized monopoly...
Economic hard times make all of us review our spending and how to cut costs. That is true at home, at church, in our businesses and in government. Government tends to be the last of these groupings to seriously look at truly restructuring how it delivers services and how it...
New Jersey Reform Efforts Can Help Virginia
As Virginia continues with its Governor-inspired effort to modernize state government through the Commission on Government Reform and Restructuring, it might be helpful to learn what is happening along these lines in another state close by – New Jersey.
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