National News Links

• Schwarzenegger proposes 5% cut in California employee salaries (Los Angeles Times, May 29, 2009)
• Debt to society costs some criminals $60 a night (USA Today, May 28, 2009)
• Police Tasers: excessive force or necessary tool?(Christian Science Monitor, May 28, 2009)
• Ridership no factor in transit-oriented development (The Fresno Business Journal), May 28, 2009)
• Once considered unthinkable, U.S. sales tax gets fresh look (Washington Post, May 27, 2009)
• Computer system quickens city response to complaints (Boston Globe, May 27, 2009)
• Towns Rethink Self-Reliance as Finances Worsen (Wall Street Journal, May 27, 2009)
• States unleash goats to keep grass trimmed (CNN, May 27, 2009)
• As funds for summer fun dry up, residents pool resources (USA Today, May 26, 2009)
• More U.S. airports add rail service to downtown (USA Today, May 26, 2009)
• How a greener city gets growing (Baltimore Sun, May 26, 2009)
• Localities want U.S. to support muni bonds (New York Times, May 25, 2009)
• Early retirement claims increase dramatically (Los Angeles Times, May 24, 2009)
• On golf courses, sensors help save water (New York Times, May 20, 2009)
• Taco trucks are feeling the crunch across the U.S. (Los Angeles Times, May 20, 2009)
• Why has globalization led to bigger cities? (New York Times May 19, 2009)
• More city buildings cultivate savings by covering roofs with plants (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, May 19, 2009)
• Philadelphia among few big cities entertaining tax hikes (Philadelphia Inquirer, May 19, 2009)
• Thinking smart on energy savings (BBC News, May 19, 2009 )
• Cash-strapped jails begin charging inmates for snacks – even room and board (Christian Science Monitor, May 16, 2009)
• L.A. considers privatizing parking (Los Angeles Times, May 16, 2009)
• Changing Skyline: A nonconformist's development coup (Philadelphia Inquirer, May 15, 2009)
• Courts divided on police use of GPS tracking (Christian Science Monitor, May 15, 2009)
• Web site sparks creative ideas for city's vacant lots (Baltimore Sun, May 15, 2009)
• The Top 10 green living myths (The Christian Science Monitor, May 13, 2009)
• As boom town busts, a brief political movement fades away (New York Times, May 11, 2009)
• In German Suburb, Life Goes On Without Cars (New York Times, May 11, 2009)
• High-speed solar train proposed as Tucson-Phoenix connection (Arizona Daily Star, May 8, 2009)
• Slump revives town-gown divide across U.S. (New York Times, May 8, 2009
• "Poo Free Parks" goal of Denver entrepreneur (Denver Post, May 7, 2009)
• Newest Fulton city stops outsourcing government (Atlanta Journal-Constitution, May 7, 2009)
• In hard times, Rhode Island's capital hopes new slogan proves providential (Wall Street Journal, May 7, 2009)
• Vancouver caps downtown condos to save office space (CBC News, May 6, 2009)
• Economic casualties pile into tent cities (USA Today, May 5, 2009)
• In recession, some see burst of 'neighboring' (Washington Post, May 4, 2009)
• Portland: Quest for the Livable City, a documentary film chronicling struggle for sustainability, debuts May 4 (Yahoo News, May 4, 2009)
• Seniors at home in co-housing (USA Today, May 4, 2009)
• States and cities borrow big (USA Today, May 4, 2009)
• Going green can cost too much green (USA Today, May 4, 2009)
• Small area towns fight flat growth, flight of youth (Longview News Journal, May 3, 2009)