Session VII: Regional Equity: Governance, Housing, Taxes & Transportation
Across the country we can find many approaches to regional governance. This panel considered which approaches are more likely to support racial and economic equity and which forms are less likely to support equity.
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David Miller, University of Pittsburgh
David Miller currently is the Associate Dean and Professor with the Graduate School of Public and International Affairs at the University of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He has served as the Director of the Office of Management and Budget for the City of Pittsburgh from 1996 through 1998. Dr. Miller also served as Managing Director of the Pennsylvania Economy League, serving the western part of the state. He has developed fiscal recovery plans for the cities of Scranton, Clairton and Duquesne and the boroughs of Wilkinsburg and Braddock. |
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Audrey McFarlane, University of Baltimore Law School
Audrey McFarlane is an Associate Professor of Law at the University of Baltimore School of Law where she teaches courses in Local Government Law, Property, Land Use and a seminar in Local Economic Development. Her scholarly writing focuses on the intersection of race and class in local government law specifically in the areas of land use and economic development. She has written innovative articles on empowerment zones as a reflection of the racial geography of economic development, the impact of globalization on business incentives, and the implications of racialized space for business improvement districts. Her current work is on eminent domain, regulatory takings and gentrification. |
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Richard Briffault, Columbia Law School
Richard Briffault is the Joseph P. Chamberlain Professor of Legislation at Columbia Law School, where he also serves as vice dean and director of the school’s Legislative Drafting Research Fund. He is the author of "Balancing Acts: The Reality Behind State Balanced Budget Requirements and of Dollars and Democracy: A Blueprint for Campaign Finance Reform," the report of the Commission on Campaign Finance Reform of the Association of the Bar of the City of New York. He has authored numerous law review articles in the Columbia Law Review, University of Chicago Law Review, and Stanford Law Review. |
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Al Martin, MOSES
Al Martin is the former head of the Detroit Department of Transportation, which is the agency in charge of the bus system in the city of Detroit. D-DOT, because of the city’s declining tax base and as a result of suburban flight and depopulation, has been in a more or less permanent fiscal crisis over the years. The need for regional governance and regional funding streams is clear to those who can step back and look at the system objectively. Martin will articulate what needs to happen to generate new revenue streams for a viable transit system in the City of Detroit. |
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