Early Published Columns & Commentaries

Airport Auctions
(Commentary by economist on why airline departure slots should be allocated by auction)
Kent Gardner, New York Sun, 11-5-07

Politics Mustn't Implode the Project
(Commentary on Paetec)
Kent Gardner, Rochester (NY) Democrat and Chronicle, 10-21-07

Let’s Resist the Siren Song of ‘Sexy’ Economic Indicators
(Column on the AT Kearney Study)
Kent Gardner, Rochester (NY) Business Journal, 9-14-07

Spitzer’s Hole In the Pocket
(Commentary on spending extra dollars in NYS coffers)
Kent Gardner and Erika Rosenberg, New York Sun, 3-30-07

Betting the Farm On Ethanol
(Commentary about the booming interest in ethanol plants)
Kent Gardner, New York Sun, 2-12-07

Albany Tackles a Boring Issue – Good!
(Column on issues related to NYS property tax reform)
Kent Gardner, Rochester (NY) Business Journal, 2-9-07

Spitzer’s First Numbers
(Commentary on NYS Gov. Eliot Spitzer’s first state budget speech)
Kent Gardner, New York Sun, 1-31-07

Time For Tenacity
(Commentary maintaining NYS Gov. Eliot Spitzer can accomplish a lot by keeping a few key campaign pledges)
Kent Gardner and Erika Rosenberg, New York Sun, 1-4-07

Why, Exactly, Did We Need the Berger Commission?
(Column on commission that examined the issue of “excess capacity” in the NYS health care system)
Kent Gardner, Rochester (NY) Business Journal, 12-8-06

Give Up a Little Local Control For Overall Good
(Op-ed on why fundamental change in NYS local government structure requires people being willing to give up something)
Charles Zettek, Rochester (NY) Democrat and Chronicle, 10-23-06

When the Chips Are Down
(Commentary on the boom in interest in computer chip fabrication industry)
Kent Gardner, New York Sun, 10-11-06