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Reason.tv: Sandy Springs, Georgia – The City that Outsourced Everything

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While cities across the country are cutting services, raising taxes and contemplating bankruptcy, something extraordinary is happening in a suburban community just north of Atlanta, Georgia. Since incorporating in 2005, Sandy Springs has improved its services, invested tens of millions of dollars in infrastructure and kept taxes flat. And get this: Sandy Springs has no long-term liabilities. This is… Broadcasting platform : YouTube Source : Reason Magazine – Hit & Run Discovery Date : 12/04/2011 18:55 Number of articles : 2

Reason.tv: Sandy Springs, Georgia – The City that Outsourced Everything

Rand Paul Uses Ayn Rand To Fight Compact Fluorescent Lightbulbs

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“Admit it,” says Dave Weigel , “you were waiting for this.” What, pray tell, is he referring to? He’s talking about Rand Paul, quoting Ayn Rand at length at a hearing of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee. See, Rand Paul is hopping mad at the compact flourescent lightbulb for existing, because it represents the “boot heel” of the “collective.” Let’s go to the tape: PAUL: Ayn Rand wrote… Broadcasting platform : YouTube Source : The Huffington Post Discovery Date : 12/04/2011 21:00 Number of articles : 2

Rand Paul Uses Ayn Rand To Fight Compact Fluorescent Lightbulbs

Ford’s 2011 Electric Focus Will Use LG Chem Batteries

Photo: Ford LG Chem Inside Ford has picked Compact Power, Inc. (CPI), a wholly owned subsidiary of South-Korea’s LG Chem, as the main supplier of lithium-ion battery packs for the 2011 Ford Focus Electric for the U.S. market. In this, Ford are following in GM’s footsteps, who also selected LG Chem to supply batteries for the Chevy Volt . … Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Great Lakes Compact leaves the door open to privitization

The Great Lakes Compact while being touted by the parties involved as a good start, leaves holes in it that are actually big enough to unravel it. Leaving the door open to private companies to privitize its water means that the Great Lakes Compact is a document that must be open to more scrutiny in the wake of climate change, water shortages, population increases, and interboundary disputes. This water is a public trust, not a commodity. James Olsen in this interview lays these concerns out. added by: JanforGore