Events

The John Locke Foundation
Cordially invites you to

a meeting of the Shaftesbury Society

with our special guest

Daren Bakst

- Director of Legal and Regulatory Studies,
The John Locke Foundation

Annexation Reform: Ignoring the Smoke and Mirrors

Monday, March 22, 2010
12:00 PM, Noon

The John Locke Foundation, 200 W Morgan St., Raleigh, NC 27601 Directions

Price: $10.00

This presentation will outline the key requirements for meaningful annexation reform. It then will explain why the House-passed bill, HB 524, does not address any of these necessary reforms and actually would make the existing annexation statute worse for property owners. Recommendations will be provided, and specifically it will detail what the legislature should do in the upcoming short session on annexation reform.

Biography
Daren Bakst, J.D., LL.M., is the Director of Legal and Regulatory Studies for the John Locke Foundation. In this position, he analyzes numerous public-policy issues affecting North Carolinians, including property rights and environmental issues. He regularly drafts comments on regulatory proposals, produces reports, and makes a wide range of media appearances and presentations to organizations. His op-eds have been published in many newspapers in North Carolina and nationally in publications such as National Review Online and American Enterprise Online.

Prior to joining the Locke Foundation, Bakst was Policy Counsel for the National Legal Center for the Public Interest, a Washington, D. C., think tank that focused primarily on business regulation. The organization recently became part of the American Enterprise Institute, one of the foremost national think tanks in the country. He also worked in government relations in Washington, D.C., and founded and still is president of the national non-profit organization, Council on Law in Higher Education, which provides policy and legal analysis for colleges and universities- the organization is celebrating its 12th anniversary.

Bakst serves on the Federalist Society's Environmental Law and Property Rights Executive Committee and is a member of the American Legislative Exchange Council's Natural Resources Task Force. He currently is an adjunct professor teaching business law at Barton College in Wilson, N.C. A licensed attorney, Bakst earned his J.D. from the University of Miami and his LL.M. in Law and Government from American University, Washington College of Law. Both his B.A. and M.B.A. are from The George Washington University.

Shaftesbury Luncheon talks are free and open to the public. An optional lunch is available for purchase at the event, or participants may brown bag a lunch if they choose.

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