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DeVoe L. Moore Center in the News

2019

May 16: Increased public engagement will lead to better, more prosperous community, by Will Crowley, Tallahassee Democrat.
May 13: Cascades Park analysis focused on spending, not benefits – purposefully, by Samuel R. Staley, Tallahassee Democrat.
May 11: Technology-focused approach to community feedback needed, by Catherine Annis, Tallahassee Democrat.
May 1: Downtown festivals about much more than just dollars, by Elizabeth Emmanuel, Tallahassee Democrat.
Apr. 30: Study: Cascades park, infrastructure projects cost taxpayers millions more than expected, Tallahassee Democrat.
Apr. 29: Capital City Amphitheater struggles to break even, DeVoe Moore Center study shows, Tallahassee Democrat.
Apr. 26: Millennials MIA among U.S. entrepreneurship class: Why it really matters, by Samuel Staley, Foxbusiness.com.
Apr. 25: Toll roads are the future of Florida transportation system, by Giovanna Da Silva, Tallahassee Democrat.
Apr. 25: Cost Overruns and Public Infrastructure, Sam Staley, Catherine Annis, and Thomas Boodry in a Policy Report
Apr. 8: Reducing the Number of Licensed Occupations Could Reduce Re-Arrest Rates, Florida Daily
Mar. 19: Time to call it a wrap for Florida film incentives Patrick Martin in Tallahassee Democrat
Feb. 25: How did liberty fare at the Oscars? Sam Staley in The Beacon
Feb. 13: Can Millennials be managed in the workplace? Kara Stanaland in Tallahassee Democrat
Feb. 09: The power of independent thinking… Sam Staley in Intellectual Conservative
Jan. 23: “Green Book” wins by embracing individual human dignity Sam Staley in The Beacon
Jan. 08: The Vice in “Vice” Sam Staley in The Beacon

2018

Oct. 31: How Uber exposed decades of flawed taxi regulations Samuel Staley in Inside Sources
Jun. 16: Specificity is only thing that will sell Children’s… Sam Staley in Tallahassee Democrat
May 17: TCC Coffee shop debacle shows where public… Mark McNees and Sam Staley in Tallahassee Democrat
Feb. 05: Study Ignores Disadvantages of Consolidation Sam Staley in Tallahassee Democrat
Feb. 01: AirBnB, Homestay, Strengthen Tourism… Catherine Annis in Tallahassee Democrat
Jan. 21: Professor, Fellow for Work in Economics Keith Ihlanfeldt in Tallahassee Democrat

2017

Nov. 25: A Radical Approach to FSU’s Parking… Giovanna da Silva in Tallahassee Democrat
Nov. 10: E-mails Reveal Mayor Gillum’s Meet-up with Lobbyist DMC in Tallahassee Democrat
Nov. 08: City Commissioners Release FBI Subpoena Records DMC in WTXL ABC 27
Nov. 08: City Reverses Course, Will Post FBI Records DMC in Tallahassee Democrat
Oct. 23: Work Begins at DMC to Analyze Subpoenaed Records DMC on WCTV
Oct. 20: Anatomy of a Deal Under FBI Scrutiny DMC in Tallahassee Democrat
Oct. 20: Newspaper Partners with DMC to Acquire Records DMC in Tallahassee Democrat
Oct. 08: FSU Program Gives Students Real-World Experience Val Rodriguez in Florida Flambeau
Sep. 15: Is Trump Destroying the GOP? Sam Staley in The Beacon
Aug. 18: Slavery and Justifications for Southern… Sam Staley in The Beacon
Jul. 27: Entrepreneurship Key to Prison Costs Valeria Rodriguez in Tallahassee Democrat
Jul. 10: Grand Jury Meets Tuesday for FBI Probe Sam Staley on WCTV
Jul. 09: Tallahassee Should Adopt a People’s Budget Sam Staley in Tallahassee Democrat
Jul. 08: How Jane Jacobs Challenged the Centralized Urban Planning Sam Staley in Reason
Jun. 29: Trump’s Refreshingly Sound Infrastructure Plan… Sam Staley in The Hill
Jun. 27: Community Redevelopment Agencies, Cronyism Matt Kelly in Tallahassee Democrat
Jun. 26: CRA’s Draw Public Scrutiny for a Number of Reasons Sam Staley on WCTV
Jun. 03: Time for Tallahassee to Rethink Redevelopment Sam Staley in Tallahassee Democrat
Apr. 24: Supreme Court Let’s Stand 7th Circuit… Sam Staley in Reason
Mar. 27: From Milo Yiannopolous to Middlebury College Sam Staley in Inside Sources
Mar. 24: Conservative Author, Filmmaker D’Souza… Sam Staley in Tallahassee Democrat
Mar. 13: Dial Back Florida’s Licensing Requirements DMC in Orlando Sentinel
Mar. 01: Will Manhattan Land Price Seesaw in Wrong Direction” Sam Staley in The Real Deal

2016

Dec. 17: The Infrastructure Bank We Need Sam Staley in The Beacon
Dec. 07: CEO Spotlight – Mark McNees, Redeye Coffee Mark McNees in TalChamber
Dec. 05: Ben Carson and the Future of Cities Sam Staley in the Independent Institute
Aug. 26: What Prague Teaches Us Today About Liberty Sam Staley in the Independent Institute
Aug. 15: Fostering Entrepreneurship… Matt Kelly and Sam Staley in the Tallahassee Democrat
Aug. 04: HBO, Netflix to Film in Florida Without Tax Incentives Sam Staley in Florida Watchdog
Aug. 01: Social Entrepreneurship: How Gen Y Is Changing the… Kevin Gomez in GenFKD
Jul. 11: Social Entrepreneurship Takes Root… Mark McNees in Tallahassee Democrat
Jun. 17: 10 Things Keeping us Poor Sam Staley in Heartland
Feb. 27: Legislators Right to be Skeptical about… Sam Staley in Tallahassee Democrat
Feb. 16: Deregulation Pressure Rubs Legislator The Wrong Way Sam Staley in WFSU

2015

Nov. 18: Collier, Lee Counties Pay Their Workers Better… DMC in Naples Daily News
Sep. 25: City’s business regulations stymie investment Sam Staley in Tallahassee Democrat
Jul. 07: Congressman in hot seat over questions about his finances Sam Staley in FOX News
Jul. 05: Celebrating a Conservative Fourth of July Sam Staley in National Review Online
May 05: Florida’s Financial Health Care Follies… Randall Holcombe in the Independent Institute
Apr. 15: State government becoming… Randall Holcombe in Tallahassee Democrat
Mar. 25: Center issues policy briefs based… Sam Staley and Logan Shewmaker in FSU News
Mar. 17: Florida Lays Out the Red Carpet, and Taxpayers… Sam Staley in Florida Watchdog
Mar. 12: Florida has a record number of open jobs… Sam Staley in Florida Watchdog
Feb. 17: Sports stadium subsidies drain economy Sam Staley in Tallahassee Democrat
Feb. 15: Film tax credits not a good story for Florida Sam Staley in the Tampa Tribune
Feb. 04: Will Obama tax plan sack Chargers stadium? Sam Staley in U-T San Diego

2014

Dec. 24: Thrasher more qualified than critics admit Sam Staley in Tallahassee Democrat
Dec. 25: Occupational licensing limits work opportunities Dan Davy in Tallahassee Democrat
Dec. 19: Housing Bubble, Rising Caused Consumer Retail Prices… Matt Kelly in Heartlander
Oct. 28: ‘Tiny Housing’ Movement Pits Millennials Against Regulators Matt Kelly in Heartlander
Aug. 15: Bankrupt Detroit breaks ground on new 3.3-mile streetcar line Sam Staley in CNS News
Jul. 16: Critics missed Moore’s point Benjamin Douglas in Tallahassee Democrat
Apr. 28: FSU reaps big benefits from private funding Jacqueline Stine in Tallahassee Democrat
Apr. 06: Reisist temptation to subsidize stadiums Sam Staley in Tallahassee Democrat
Jan. 30: Capitalism enables and supports democracy Sam Staley in Tallahassee Democrat

2013

Nov. 13: Transit Experts tell Commissioners to Emphasize Buses Sam Staley in Carolina Journal
Nov. 12: Wake County Isn’t Crowded Enough to Support Rail… Sam Staley in News Observer
Sep. 06: Rick Scott, Majority of Businesses Exempt from Taxes Sam Staley in PolitiFact
Aug. 12: Hyperloop could be a reality Sam Staley in CNN
May 23: China’s new infrastructure Sam Staley in Fortune
Jan. 24: The unavoidable Federal debt debate impasse Sam Staley in Real Clear Markets

2012

Nov. 25: Fixing Chicago’s Traffic Gridlock Sam Staley in Reason Magazine
Nov. 19: New Poverty Stats: Is FL Third Poorest State… Sam Staley in Sunshine State News
Oct. 08: Resist the Temptation to Divert Toll Revenue Sam Staley in New York Times
Jun. 15: Good News: Public Transit is about to Collapse Sam Staley in Reason Magazine
Apr. 19: Does China have a Transportation Bubble? Sam Staley in Real Clear Markets
Mar. 26: Portland Taxi Laws Crippling, Won’t Protect… Sam Staley in Huffington Post
Mar. 18: Meddling in Housing Markets Sam Staley in Denver Post
Mar. 15: Obama makes housing an entitlement, not an… Sam Staley in Real Clear Markets
Mar. 06: Obama’s Vision of Homeownership: A Federally… Sam Staley in National Review
Feb. 23: Why the Stimulus Failed Sam Staley in National Review
Feb. 22: Affirmative-Action Case will affect Private Schools Sam Staley in National Review
Feb. 17: Obama’s Potholed Budget Sam Staley in National Review
Feb. 01: Housing in Dishonesty Sam Staley in National Review
Jan. 19: Boeing Job Grab Shows Peril of Offering Tax… Sam Staley in Bloomberg Business
Jan. 19: Decades of Highway Building and Vehicle… Sam Staley in California Progress Report
Jan. 13: The Fed Missed the Signs, But So Did Everyone Else Sam Staley in National Review
Jan. 04: Taxi Regulation and the Failures of Progressivism Sam Staley in The Freeman

2011

Dec. 02: Incentives from States to Lure Companies… Sam Staley in Columbus Dispatch
Dec. 01: Fast Track to Nowhere Sam Staley in National Review
Nov. 21: Stimulus Will Hurt Economy… Sam Staley in Competitive Enterprise Institute
Oct. 11: Don’t be too Quick to Destroy Sam Staley in the New York Times
Oct. 01: Ford Video Ad Blasts Bailouts Sam Staley in Reason Foundation
Sep. 15: 5 Myths Behind Obama’s Infrastructure Spending Push
Aug. 26: Bernanke Says ‘Stay the Course,’ and That’s Not… Sam Staley in National Review