By Stephen Mueller & Dennis Polhill Executive Summary In March 1993, the Independence Institute published an Issue Paper titled Stop that Train, which contented that the plans ofthe Regional Transportation District (RTD) to…
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Stop That Train: RTD’s Light Rail Boondoggle is on a Fast Track for Disaster
By Stephen R. Mueller P. E. and Dennis Polhill P. E. In Brief: Entire Paper: Stop that Train: RTD’s Light Rail Boondoggle is on a Fast Track for Disaster (PDF)
Unfair Government Competition Against Small Business
Number 12-93 By Dennis Polhill Executive Summary Unfair Competition exists when a government or quasi-government entity takesadvantage of its tax exemption and other privileges to supply private goods to the marketin competition…
Carrying public works into the future
APWA REPORTER, NOVEMBER 1992 The article entitled “Infrastructure for sale” [August 1992] by Stephen T. Pudloski is outstanding. More needs to be written on the interesting and critical subject of privatization. Although the United…
MAC: What’s the Bottom Line?
The Colorado Leader — October 10, 1992 … also published in the Haxtun Herald, Haxtun, CO on Oct. 14, 1992 By Dennis Polhill An upcoming vote by the Denver Regional Council of Governments will determine whether…
Is Your PMS Sophisticated Enough?
Better Roads Magazine, September 1992, Interview of Dennis Polhill by Ruth W. Stidger, Editor-in-Chief Is your PMS sophisticated enough? The ability to predict future pavement conditions is what separates a leading-edge technology…
Socializing Property Threatens America
Golden Transcript, February 6, 1992 Socializing property threatens AmericaBy Dennis PolhillGoldenresident Socialism is disintegrating all over the world. Centrally controlled command economies do not work. Only a free-market economy can deliver goods of…
Here’s a Way to Shape Up our Congress
Denver Post May 10, 1991 Congress has again failed to act according to its own standards: 1991 was the year of Gramm-Rudman where the federal budget deficit would cease to grow. Even with…
Manager or engineer?
Better Roads Magazine, Interview of Dennis Polhill by Ruth W. Stidger, Editor-in-Chief, March 1991 Public works managers are required to serve in a dual role — part-time manager and part-time engineer, saysDennis…
Infrastructure Maintenance Investment: Beyond the Benefit-Cost Analysis
byWillard PricePhD School of Business and Public AdministrationUniversity of the Pacific andDennis PolhillMPW Pavement Management Systems Denver Presented atthe 1990 Regional IX Conference of the American Society for Public Administration Honolulu, HawaiiOctober…