Randal O'Toole, who resisted contemporary progressive planning trends by supporting the unfettered expansion of automobile infrastructure and single-family residential development, is no longer employed by the conservative-leaning Cato Institute.
In a post for his "Antiplanner" blog, Randal O'Toole announced that he had been fired by the Cato Institute.
"[The Cat Institute's] explanation was that they had reorganized their economics policy group and I no longer fit within the new organization. I hadn’t been a part of any policy group for my first eight years at Cato and fit just fine," writes O'Toole.
O'Toole also mentions, but does not elaborate, on a policy disagreement that might have precipitated his dismissal.
Planetizen's "Randal O'Toole" tag collects some of the "Antiplanner's" brushes with the planning discourse.
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