Topic – Free Market

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  65% of Americans support mandatory control of greenhouse gases

  Half of Republicans agree

  Jay Blazek Crossley, Apr 11, 12.

  A strong majority of Americans, including 50% of Republicans surveyed, support mandatory controls on carbon dioxide emissions and other greenhouse gases.

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  Harris County among the nation’s most polluted air and water

  Tops nation in air pollution

  Jay Blazek Crossley, Jan 10, 12.

  Harris County tops the nation with 12 million pounds of toxic air pollution in 2010 and comes in 2nd in water pollution, in recent EPA findings.

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  Michael Kimmelman

  Taking parking lots seriously

  Chief architecture critic for The New York Times, Jan 10, 12.

  Taking parking lots seriously

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  Senate fails to extend transit commuter tax benefit

  Will encourage car commuting

  Jay Blazek Crossley, Dec 21, 11.

  On January 1, automobile commutes will receive more favorable tax benefits than transit commutes, if recent tax bills proceed as expected.

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  Restaurant and bar owners worried about parking ordinance

  To COH Council Dec 1

  Jay Blazek Crossley, Nov 23, 11.

  Proposed changes to the City of Houston parking ordinance worry local bar and restaurant owners on their way to City Council who will consider them in December.

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  Emily Washington

  Unleash the density benefits

  Blogger, Mercatus Center, George Mason University & Market Urbanism, Nov 22, 11.

  Allowing the market to build the density it wants and we need

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  Alex Wukman

  COH wants more alcohol parking

  Writer, Free Press Houston, Nov 09, 11.

  Flawed, suburban approach to define new parking ordinances

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  Edward Glaeser

  Unleash the Entrepreneurs

  Professor of economics at Harvard University, a City Journal contributing editor, and a Manhattan Institute senior fellow., Nov 08, 11.

  Bad policies are holding back the ultimate job creators

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  Kaid Benfield

  Europe transpo greener than US

  Director, Sustainable Communities & Smart Growth, NRDC; co-founder, LEED-ND rating system, Nov 01, 11.

  European transportation habits are much greener than those in US cities

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  First ever bike parking included in proposed COH parking ordinance

  Maybe not enough? We'll see.

  Jay Blazek Crossley, Oct 11, 11.

  City of Houston Planning & Development Dept proposes a comprehensive set of changes to parking ordinance, including first requirement for bike parking - a test.

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