Heywood Sanders, professor of public administration at the University of Texas at San Antonio, pans projections that an expansion of Raleigh’s city-owned convention center would lead to major increases in business. Sanders offered these comments during a Sept. 29, 2014, speech for the John Locke Foundation’s Shaftesbury Society. To watch full-length presentations of JLF events, click here.
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