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PRI's Panel of Former Speechwriters on President Biden's State of the Union Address
PRI's Next Round | March 2, 2022
Lance Izumi, Tim Anaya, Rowena Itchon
This special edition podcast features PRI’s panel of former speechwriters offering their perspectives on Pres. Biden’s first State of the Union Address. On the panel: Lance Izumi, a former speechwriter to Gov. George Deukmejian and former Attorney General Edwin Meese, and now PRI’s senior director of the Center of Education; Tim Anaya, former speechwriter to Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and Congressman Kevin McCarthy when he was in the California Assembly, and is now senior director of communications at PRI; and Rowena Itchon, former speechwriter to Gov. Pete Wilson, a research assistant in Pres. Reagan’s speechwriting staff, and is now senior vice president at PRI.
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The Expanding Broadband Infrastructure is a Private Sector Success Story
Forbes | Wayne Winegarden
March 2, 2022
First and foremost, the private sector is the most important broadband investor, as it should be. Consequently, the primary goal of the government should be to adhere to the Hippocratic Oath and abstain from doing harm.
Doing no harm requires the government to ensure that its spending does not disincentivize the much more important private sector investment. Government projects that distort capital allocation or create investment uncertainty will freeze up private investors and could even cause net investment to decline. Such impacts work against the goals of promoting lower prices and broader access.
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The Very Thin Blue Line - Police staffing is down, and homicides are up
Right by the Bay | Steven Smith
March 3, 2022
Last week, Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf stated that the movement to “defund the police went too far….”
Too far indeed. Just days after the Juneteenth mass shooting on June 19, 2021, at Lake Merritt, the Oakland City Council voted 7-2 to defund the police department by $17.4 million over two years. Mayor Schaaf opposed the vote. By September, the number of Oakland PD officers dropped to below 700 – the lowest level in 6 years.
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Don't Dam the Telehealth Flood
Forbes | Sally Pipes
February 28, 2022
To say that Americans are anxiously awaiting the end of the COVID-19 pandemic would be an understatement. But for patients who have enjoyed the ease of attending doctor’s appointments virtually, a return to the way things were pre-pandemic might be bittersweet.
That’s because onerous restrictions on telemedicine, which lawmakers relaxed when COVID-19 hit, could be reinstated once officials declare the public health emergency over.
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