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American Singapore(s): Competent city governance hiding in plain sight
Everyone talks about Singapore as an effective (but some say cold) governance model. Many people wish that American cities and towns could follow Singapore's example. However, the ingredients of its success can already be found throughout America. With plenty of cities delivering impressive results. While dysfunction dominates headlines, pockets of quality deserve more attention:
Las Vegas, Nevada, has tackled a historic drought by pioneering water conservation strategies, cutting per capita usage by nearly half despite rapid population growth. Bottomline: Despite no silver bullet, Las Vegas offers hope that even desert cities can thrive in a drier future with proper governance using existing tools and techniques. The Right often pushes for a low tax/low services model that can neglect community needs; the Center undermines successful programs to appease specific constituencies, the desire for "consensus," or personal distaste; and the Left prioritizes optics over quality, enabling bad faith non-profit executives to pursue their agendas.
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