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from NewsLink, Vol. 6, No. 2, Winter 2002
On October 30, 2001, the Quincy Patriot-Ledger covered the release of Cashing in on Cable: Warning Flags for Local Government with its story “Cable, Internet called risky for towns.” On November 1, the Norwood Bulletin also covered the study in a report “AT&T asks for level playing field.”
Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service made available to member newspapers on November 6, a opinion editorial by Chris Middleton of the Pacific Research Institute: “Gov. Davis' economic policies will quash growth, hurt lower-income Californians” which was based on a STAMP analysis of taxes in the Golden State.
On November 12, the Boston Herald cited comments by David Tuerck who questioned the wisdom of massive budget cuts and repealing the voter approved income tax cut in “Dire straits: Finneran backs governor's call for massive spending cuts.”
On November 15, the Boston Herald published an opinion editorial “Budget crisis is a looking-glass war,” by David G. Tuerck. The article examined Massachusetts's budget shortfall.
On November 20, David G. Tuerck appeared on'New England Cable News with evening anchor R.D. Sahl to discuss the detrimental consequences of price supports in the cranberry industry.
On November 22, the Albuquerque Journal carried a news story, “Tax cuts would boost employment, study says,” about the Beacon Hill Institute's analysis of proposed tax cuts in New Mexico.
On November 23, the'Boston Globe cited BHI's work on charitable tax deductions in a story titled, “Tax incentives raise charity groups' hopes.”
The Neponset Valley Daily of Sharon, MA ran an editorial on December 19 citing BHI'S study on publicly-owned cable systems,'“Cable plan is the right move.”
Health Care News, the monthly newspaper for health care reform published by the Heartland Institute, carried a front-page feature in its January 2002 edition, on BHI's STAMP analysis of a proposed single payer proposal in the state of Maryland.
BHI's State Competitiveness Report 2001 widely cited in media
Dr. Tuerck was interviewed on December 18 by Janet Wu of WCVB-TV Channel 5 and on December 19 by The Boston Business Journal AM with David Anthony and the Money Couple on WBIX Business 1060 about the State Competitiveness Report 2001 released that morning. Meanwhile, Anthony Silva of WBZ-Radio interviewed Professor Jonathan Haughton, one of the authors of the report, about the implications for Massachusetts. In addition, WPRO of Providence ran a news segment on the report. Also, Dr. Haughton was a guest on the Boston Neighborhood Network News, a nightly cable news program, on January 16, 2002.
The Boston Sunday Globe of January 20 published a letter from David G. Tuerck, “Bay State is doing fine, thank you,” challenging a column that alleges that Massachusetts “has begun to fall behind a country that once looked to it for leadership.”
In New England, the report drew the attention of The Rutland Daily Herald, (January 14) “VT gets high marks for competitiveness”; the Sunday Valley News of White River Junction, Vermont (December 30), “VT ranking in business study comes as surprise,” and the Providence Journal on December 19, “Where does Bay State rank?” The largest paper in Vermont, the Burlington Free Press ran an editorial, “Economic Game Plan,” on January 21 based on BHI's study. The editors wrote “By drawing on the strengths identified by the BHI study, Vermont could get a better idea of where to put its energies and resources to improve the quality of life for its citizens.”
BHI also received national exposure for the report. Freedom News Daily, an online publication of free-market.net carried a link to the study in its Dec. 21 edition. The Rocky Mountain News of Denver ran a story on January 3, “Colorado's competitive edge: State No. 6 in ability to attract companies and workers, perform in key area, study says.” The Las Vegas Business Press on Dec. 31, 2001 ran a column by Kevin Rademacher on Las Vegas 47th ranking. The Birmingham Business Journal of Alabama ran “Study: Alabama No. 45 in nation for `competitiveness'”. The Oklahoma Journal Record in its Around Town column reported on Dec. 20, "Oklahoma ranks 44th most competitive, report says.”
The Boston Herald ran a feature on its business pages on Dec. 19, “In business, state's No. 2: national analysis pleasantly surprises.”
BHI was the subject of editorial commentary in newspapers. The Boston Herald ran an editorial, “The good news: What's behind it,” on December 20 noting that BHI “provides a valuable corrective to much of the pessimism about Massachusetts that gets tossed about in conversation.”
BHI study was the basis for a lead editorial, “How Mass. stacks up”, in the Dec. 21 edition of the Boston Business Journal. Also, the Daily News Tribune of Waltham MA ran an editorial, “Pass it on,” that underscored the need to promote Massachusetts's standing.
Calling it an “imaginative attempt to rank states in terms of its attractiveness to business,” David Warsh of the Boston Globe mentioned the study in his column on Jan. 22, “A high price to pay.”
The Berkshire Eagle of Pittsfield, MA, the Sentinel and Enterprise of Fitchburg, MA and the Lowell Sun ran a piece by Frank Tutalo on Dec. 20 and 21. “State found to be very competitive: Economic study surprises some.”
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