Commentaries

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Highlights

Traverse City’s broadband project is a cautionary tale for other communities

As a former telecommunications executive who created business plans for fiber networks, I’ve...

Getting started: What any municipality can do now about EPA’s PFAS ruling for water systems

There is help for municipalities and community water providers overwhelmed by the April 2024...

How to build awareness of flood risk and gain buy-in for flood control measures

Floods are one of the most devastating events to strike a community—costly in terms of lives...

A minute with…Bill Miller

Bill Miller, risk and reliability divisional manager and enterprise asset management and mobility systems administrator of the Des Moines Metropolitan Wastewater Reclamation Authority.

God help us, Mr. Rosewater

Assistant Editor Derek Prall challenges oppositions to increasing the minimum wage.

What’s coming in the Smart Grid?

Steven Collier, director of smart grid strategies for Milsoft Utility Solutions, speaks on the smart grid, and how municipalities can expect the future of power to look.

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Keep it flowing: the challenges of maintaining a municipal water system

Christopher Franklin, executive vice president of Aqua America and president and chief operating officer of regulated operations, speaks on the importance of private public partnerships in preserving Americas water infrastructure

That’s one helluva Christmas present!

What’s the greatest Christmas present you ever received? If you’re Liberty Media, the answer may be $200+ million in public funds.

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How prepared are you?

Cities show importance of mobile technologies for aiding in disaster recovery

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It’s time to ramp up public-private partnerships

Al Maloof, managing director of GJB Consulting and a government affairs expert, weighs in on the benefits of public-private partnerships.

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Atlanta’s housing market to rebalance

Ellen Haberle, a real estate economist for Redfin, evaluates the condition of the Atlanta housing market.

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A Thanksgiving wish

There isn’t a more American holiday than Thanksgiving, a day where family and friends sit together to appreciate how lucky we are to live in our country. For American Servicemen and women, we can welcome them to our table by writing at least one of them a letter saying how much we appreciate what they […]

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Major metro fire departments face claims of widespread discrimination

Weldon H. Latham, a senior partner in the Washington, D.C. Office of Jackson Lewis, and Chair of the firm’s Corporate Diversity Counsel Group, speaks on diversity in fire departments.

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Commentaries

Commentaries are contributed, non-commercial and educational articles that subject matter experts write for American City & County. If you would like to submit an exclusive commentary, click here to view our guidelines.

Highlights

Traverse City’s broadband project is a cautionary tale for other communities

Getting started: What any municipality can do now about EPA’s PFAS ruling for water systems

How to build awareness of flood risk and gain buy-in for flood control measures

A minute with…Bill Miller

God help us, Mr. Rosewater

What’s coming in the Smart Grid?

Commentary

Keep it flowing: the challenges of maintaining a municipal water system

That’s one helluva Christmas present!

Commentary

How prepared are you?

Commentary

It’s time to ramp up public-private partnerships

Commentary

Atlanta’s housing market to rebalance

Commentary

A Thanksgiving wish

Commentary

Major metro fire departments face claims of widespread discrimination

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