Who are the "stakeholders"?  (Meet Emma the Environmentalist, Henry the Historian, and Elsie the Egalitarian)     By Pat Pending     These days, when government officials make decisions, they frequently say that they are acting on behalf of the “stakeholders”.  While “stakeholders” sounds something like “shareholders”, it turns out to have a very different meaning.  As we all know, “shareholders” are people who have bought shares of stock in a company, so they own a fractional part (shares) of the company. 

Libertarian Slate Of Candidates for Louisville Metro Mayor and Council     On Monday, August 12, at 1:00 p.m. at the  Board of Elections, 810 Barret Avenue, Louisville, KY, the Libertarians will be filing a slate of candidates for Louisville Metro Mayor and Council.

Indiana Congressional Candidate Mike Sodrel Addresses Louisville's Venture Club     by Theresa Fritz Camoriano     On August 7, Mike Sodrel, the Republican candidate for Indiana's 9th district, addressed a group of entrepreneurs and venture capitalists in Louisville.  Sodrel gave every attendee a small booklet of the Declaration of Independence and the U.S. Constitution, published by Cato Institute, and he spoke of Adam Smith, free market economics, and the need for businesses to operate within a moral and ethical framework.

Zoning isn't enough for me     By Bizzy Oberstrassa and Jacques Gruny     The recent tirades against zoning show how much the notion of private property has infected everyone in this county.  Since no man is an island, it stands to reason that no man owns anything either.  Using this logic of no man is an island, it is perfectly reasonable to expect everyone to have a say-so when it comes to our community property.

Bids For Airport Project? by Terry Gray    There was a notice in the paper on Sunday, July 14, 2002 that bids were being accepted for the telecommunications work for an airport project.  “Cool”, I thought.  I’ll check it out.  My buddy went to pick up plans, which cost fifty bucks and called me.

Light Rail Results in Increased Traffic Congestion in Portland, Dallas, and St. Louis  (From the East Valley Tribune, Mesa, Arizona)  Playing with Trains;  As Valley gears up, light-rail ridership elsewhere declines     By  Wendell Cox     The Valley will soon spend more than $1 billion for the Central Phoenix-East Valley light-rail line. The line was sold to the voters under the promise of reducing traffic congestion. They were misled.

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   ---Alexis de Tocqueville