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Rob Gurwitt

Former Correspondent

Rob Gurwitt is a GOVERNING contributor.

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The Demise of the Public Hearing
Technology is changing the way citizens interact with local government.
September 26, 2013
 · Rob Gurwitt
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The Last One-Term Statehouse
If Virginia governors could serve two terms, they'd get a lot more done. But would the state be better off?
September 19, 2010
 · Rob Gurwitt
Thomas R. Suozzi
POY
Thomas R. Suozzi
County Executive
2005
 · Rob Gurwitt
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Bleak Outlook for State Finances
The coming year will be excruciating for state budget-makers not just because revenues continue to decline and new rounds of budget cutting are necessary, but...
March 24, 2010
 · Rob Gurwitt
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How Much Reform Can Providence Handle?
The Wu Tang Scram of tofu, bok choy, Napa cabbage and cashews served at Julian's, a restaurant in Providence, Rhode Island, might not seem like...
March 24, 2010
 · Rob Gurwitt
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The Sisterhood of Auditors
When she took over as Los Angeles controller in 2001, the most trenchant piece of counsel that Laura Chick received from her predecessor, Rick Tuttle, was...
March 24, 2010
 · Rob Gurwitt
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Laura Chick Is Watching
It took Laura Chick barely a month in Sacramento to start making waves. As California's new inspector general charged with overseeing how the state spends...
March 24, 2010
 · Rob Gurwitt
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Mayor in the Middle
During the first week of December 2006, about a dozen Los Angeles hotel workers set up a week-long fast outside the Westin LAX hotel, not far...
March 24, 2010
 · Rob Gurwitt
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Bratton's Brigade
Under New York Police Commissioner Bratton and his small brain trust of tacticians, the NYPD became a proving ground for police officers and officials who took seriously the idea that they could prevent crimes from occurring.
March 24, 2010
 · Rob Gurwitt
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Welcome Mat
On a sunny fall afternoon, Rafael Ramos pulls up in front of a modest house in a working-class neighborhood of New Haven, Connecticut. He hops...
March 24, 2010
 · Rob Gurwitt
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