"What Just Happened?": a view from the State House (and other musings)

Vermont is bad for business? Says who?

June 22, 2010

Tags: Taxes, business, Forbes

Are taxes by definition "bad for business"? Are a lovely environment, a strong educational system, a healthy population "bad for business"? The conservative Tax Foundation apparently thinks so. But let's take a closer look at the statistics released in their recent report. (Thanks, Mark Mitchell, for drawing my attention to the following.)

Take Mississippi, the state hailed (more…)

Politics or public service -- and a list

June 10, 2010

Tags: campaigning, self-promotion, politics

Because I'm running for re-election for the first time, I've been thinking recently about how one best goes about this. Typically, I've noticed, politicians send reports that say "I've done this, I've done that. Look at all I've done on your behalf." Me, me, me.

But I'm not crazy about that kind of self-promotion. It seems, um, unattractive? Tacky? My Texas (more…)