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Archives for May 2012

May 5, 2012

Wall Street Journal Cites FFM on State's Costly Renewable Energy Mandate

Gouged by the Wind     Renewable fuel mandates are raising electricity prices in the states       Wall Street Journal REVIEW & OUTLOOK May 4, 2012     Politicians keep promising to reduce energy prices, but they keep ignoring one easy step: repeal renewal energy standards. Twenty-nine states have these rules requiring local utilities to purchase between 20% …

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May 4, 2012

Hundreds of Millions of Tax Dollars Spent to Get Kids to Walk and Bike to School

Federal program features Talk and Trek Tuesdays, Walking School Busses and Bicycle Rodeos   Not so long ago, kids walked and biked to their neighborhood school as a matter of course.  Now, there’s a federal government program that spends hundreds of millions of taxpayer dollars to prod students and parents to do what used to be second nature:  bike and walk to …

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May 3, 2012

FFM Bulletin 5/3/12

Landfall uproar Residents of the small St. Paul suburb of Landfall caused an uproar at a recent public meeting after the mayor raised the idea of changing the source of the city’s police service due to their reportedly slow response time. The city currently contracts with the Maplewood Police Department for patrol services, but Mayor Greg …

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