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GOVERNING Magazine April 2018 THE STATES AND LOCALITIES April 2018 MouseThe 800lb. Trying to govern in Anaheim, the ultimate one-company town GOV04_Cover.indd 18 3/12/18 11:50 AM __________Designer __________Creative Dir. 100 Blue Ravine Road Folsom, CA 95630 916-932-1300 __________Editorial __________Prepress www.erepublic.com CMY grey T1 T2 T3 5 25 50 75 95 100 5 25 50 75 95 100 5 25 50 75 95 100 5 25 50 75 95 100 Page # __________Other ____________OK to go BLACK YELLOW MAGENTA CYAN PROTECTING THE PUBLIC SECTOR FROM RANSOMWARE State and local government agencies are being held hostage by À´¿¼¶¼ÂÈÆ´·É¸Åƴż¸Æ´Á·ÆÂìʴŸ·¸Æ¼ºÁ¸·ÇÂÆǸ´¿·´Ç´ How prepared is your organization to deal with a ransomware attack? 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AT&T and the AT&T logo are trademarks of AT&T Intellectual Property. __________Designer __________Creative Dir. 100 Blue Ravine Road Folsom, CA 95630 916-932-1300 __________Editorial __________Prepress www.erepublic.com CMY grey T1 T2 T3 5 25 50 75 95 100 5 25 50 75 95 100 5 25 50 75 95 100 5 25 50 75 95 100 Page # __________Other ____________OK to go BLACK YELLOW MAGENTA CYAN VOL. 31, NO. 7 04.2018 Ana Franklin was sworn in as sheriff of Morgan County, Ala., in 2011. 24 THE KINGDOM 38 THE TOLLED SPECIAL SECTION NEXT DOOR FUTURE WOMEN IN It’s hard to govern a one- Paying extra for rush hour GOVERNMENT company town. Just ask driving isn’t a popular idea with Profi les of the 25 newest Anaheim. many motorists. But its time members of the Governing By John Buntin seems to have come. Institute’s leadership By Daniel C. Vock program for women in the public sector. 32 BADGE OF See page 48. POWER 44 GOVERNMENT Why are there so many BY DESIGN bad sheriff s? New York City is betting that it By Alan Greenblatt can learn important lessons from the way private companies design their services. The bet is starting to pay off . By J. Brian Charles PHOTO BY: APIMAGES.COM PHOTO BY: COVER PHOTO BY FLICKR/A BEAR AND A BOW April 2018 | GOVERNING 1 GOV04_01.indd 1 3/13/18 1:21 PM __________Designer __________Creative Dir. 100 Blue Ravine Road Folsom, CA 95630 916-932-1300 __________Editorial __________Prepress www.erepublic.com CMY grey T1 T2 T3 5 25 50 75 95 100 5 25 50 75 95 100 5 25 50 75 95 100 5 25 50 75 95 100 Page # __________Other ____________OK to go BLACK YELLOW MAGENTA CYAN DEPARTMENTS 4 Publisher’s Desk 6 Letters APIMAGES.COM OBSERVER 9 A Whopper of a Case A Burger King lawsuit opened up questions on state sovereignty. 10 No Vacancy The fi res in California last year destroyed some 5,000 homes. 16 12 Fancy Title and Little Else Two states struggle to fi ll vacan- cies for lieutenant governor. PROBLEM SOLVER 62 Behind the Numbers POLITICS + POLICY Hiring police offi cers is a much harder job than it used to be. 14 Assessments What do millennials want? It’s a 64 Smart Management question with 80 million answers. Aff ordable housing programs in cities are often undermined by poor management. 16 Potomac Chronicle SHUTTERSTOCK.COM Legalizing pot solves some 65 Better Government problems. It also creates others. Occupational licensing requirements need some 19 serious scrutiny. 17 Politics Watch It’s hard to run for governor if 66 Public Money you’re a legislative leader. CIOs and CFOs haven’t always gotten along. That’s not true anymore. 18 Health There’s little oversight of 68 Last Look assisted living in most states. Vogue named the basketball courts in Kinloch, Mo., as some of the best designed in the world. 19 Green Government Ten states have proposed taxing carbon emissions this year. 22 Economic Engines KIDD DAVID Publicly owned broadband is boosting small-town America. 23 Urban Notebook Good economic development prioritizes the future. 64 2 GOVERNING | April 2018 GOV04_01.indd 2 3/13/18 1:22 PM __________Designer __________Creative Dir. 100 Blue Ravine Road Folsom, CA 95630 916-932-1300 __________Editorial __________Prepress www.erepublic.com CMY grey T1 T2 T3 5 25 50 75 95 100 5 25 50 75 95 100 5 25 50 75 95 100 5 25 50 75 95 100 Page # __________Other ____________OK to go BLACK YELLOW MAGENTA CYAN We salute the The Nation’s Personal Class of 2018 Assistant for Government Now Available in All 50 States WITH GOV2GO, YOUR CONSTITUENTS CAN: Consolidate their state, local, and federal April 2018 government interactions in one place Track their interactions on a dynamic timeline May 2018 Receive notifications of upcoming transaction deadlines July 2018 Complete transactions quickly with secure eWallet payments To learn more about Gov2Go, visit egov.com/gov2go © 2018 NIC Inc. __________Designer __________Creative Dir. 100 Blue Ravine Road Folsom, CA 95630 916-932-1300 __________Editorial __________Prepress www.erepublic.com CMY grey T1 T2 T3 5 25 50 75 95 100 5 25 50 75 95 100 5 25 50 75 95 100 5 25 50 75 95 100 Page # __________Other ____________OK to go BLACK YELLOW MAGENTA CYAN PUBLISHER’S DESK Publisher Mark Funkhouser Executive Editor Zach Patton Managing Editor Elizabeth Daigneau Senior Editors Alan Ehrenhalt, John Martin Is That Really a P3? Chief Copy Editor Miriam Jones Copy Editors Kate Albrecht, Lauren Harrison was surprised to see in John Buntin’s fascinating article in this Staff Writers J. Brian Charles, Liz Farmer, Alan Greenblatt, issue, about the relationship between Disney and its host city Mattie Quinn, Daniel C. Vock, J.B. Wogan of Anaheim, Calif., that for years some city politicians had ac- Correspondent John Buntin cepted the company’s arguments that the hundreds of millions Contributing Editor Penelope Lemov I Columnists Katherine Barrett & Richard Greene, Scott Beyer, of dollars Anaheim had granted in economic development incen- tives amounted to model public-private partnerships. But what William Fulton, Mark Funkhouser, Peter A. Harkness, Donald F. Kettl, Justin Marlowe, Alex Marshall, Aaron M. Renn, Anaheim has been doing to keep Disney happy is mischaracterized Frank Shafroth as a P3. As defi ned in our Governing Guide to Financial Literacy, a P3 is “a long-term agreement between a government and the Senior Editor, Governing.com Caroline Cournoyer private sector to share the risks and rewards of delivering an es- Web Producer, Governing.com Natalie Delgadillo sential public service.” Data Editor, Governing.com Mike Maciag So what’s going on? Justin Marlowe, a professor at the University of Washington and a Governing columnist, tells me that Chief Content Offi cer Paul W. Taylor that’s the way plain-vanilla, old-school economic development— Director, Governing Institute Julia Burrows straightforward tax and other fi nan- Chief Design Offi cer Kelly Martinelli cial incentives to lure companies Photo Editor David Kidd and the jobs they provide—is now Graphic Designer Kale Mendonca frequently being marketed. What Production Director Stephan Widmaier you’re seeing these days, he says, is very savvy rebranding, turning the Founder & Publisher Emeritus Peter A. Harkness rising salience of legitimate P3s into a marketing tool. Advertising 202-862-8802 I take the compulsion to rebrand Associate Publishers Shelley Ballard, Kim Frame, Stacy Ward-Probst these giveaways of taxpayer money Strategic Account Directors Paige Helling, Noel Hollis as a hopeful sign that, in the wake Chief Customer Success Offi cer Arlene Boeger of the frenzy of cities off ering un- Offi ce Manager Alina Grant precedented incentives to land Marketing/Classifi ed [email protected] Mark Funkhouser, Publisher Amazon’s HQ2, the fever for this e.Republic Inc. questionable approach to economic CEO Dennis McKenna development might fi nally be breaking. If so, that’s long overdue. President Cathilea Robinett “It is poor management for cities to off er long-term tax incen- Executive VP Alan Cox tives to lure companies to their location,” Fran David, a retired city CFO Paul Harney manager, asserted in an email to me. “It is also irresponsible and CAO Lisa Harney destructive for behemoth corporations to demand such conces- Reprint Information sions. Paying taxes to local government is a responsibility of all of Reprints of all articles in this issue and past issues are available us, businesses included.” (500 minimum). Please direct inquiries for reprints and licensing to Companies like Disney and Amazon clearly off er substantial Wright’s Media: 877-652-5295, [email protected] value to their communities, and David describes lots of respon- Subscription/Circulation Service sible ways for governments to bring extra value to the relation- Eenie Yang [email protected] ship, such as expediting planning approvals and building permits, www.governing.com/subscribe eliminating utility connection fees, and upgrading infrastructure. “What cities should not do,” she wrote, “is give away long-term Governing (ISSN 0894-3842) is published monthly by e.Republic Inc., with offi ces at 1100 Connecticut Ave. N.W., Suite 1300, Washington, D.C. 20036 and at 100 Blue revenue from a business that will be operating in their community Ravine Road, Folsom, CA 95630.
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