by Bright Light | Nov 24, 2017 | edc, Learn Economics
by Nathan Keeble The Beacon Center, a libertarian think tank based in Nashville, has released a new film highlighting and describing the impact of corporate welfare in Tennessee. Starring University of Tennessee professor Glenn Reynolds, Rigged tells the story of...
by Bright Light | May 23, 2016 | edc, Local, Watchdog Florida
Enterprise Florida head bypassed bid policy, paid speechwriter $158K in contracts reports TCPalm. Johnson offered his former PortMiami spokeswoman, Paula Musto, with two contracts and one extension — one in March 2015 for $68,750 and a second in August for $75,000,...
by Bright Light | Oct 1, 2015 | edc, Local, Watchdog Port St. Lucie
Port Saint Lucie should have heeded economist Thomas Sowell’s wisdom. But they didn’t. Thomas Sowell taught us: It is hard to imagine a more stupid or more dangerous way of making decisions than by putting those decisions in the hands of people who pay no...
by Bright Light | Aug 26, 2015 | edc, Local, Watchdog Port St. Lucie, Watchdog Treasure Coast
And people wonder why things go belly up when City Hall offers up other people’s money to their own pet projects. TCPalm reports on the money pit. Port St. Lucie hands out most cash of any Florida city or county to attract new business, according to a state...
by Bright Light | Aug 24, 2015 | edc, Local, Watchdog Port St. Lucie
The City Hall boondoggles continue to embarrass the city. The citizens continue to suffer for the bad economic policies invested by City Hall. “(The city) seemingly thinks that this court has the power to force VGTI to continue to operate when it plainly does not have...
by Bright Light | Jul 15, 2015 | edc, Local, Watchdog Indian River
Imagine my surprise. County offiicals learn that growth is stimulated by getting out of the way. Other economic-development initiatives by the County Commission included a common-sense ordinance allowing for new businesses to open with a temporary certificate of...
