Dave Troy: ‘we need audits so citizens and government have a shared view’ [Links]

Dave Troy: Baltimore residents deserve to know more about city finances [Baltimore Business Journal]: “[W]e need audits in order for citizens and government to have a shared view. If we want to address fairness and justice in Baltimore, we need to ensure that government does not have better or different data from voters. To have a functional democracy, we all need to share the same information.”
The Lies You’ve Been Told About the Origin of the QWERTY Keyboard [The Atlantic]: “The QWERTY keyboard did not spring fully formed from Christopher Sholes, the first person to file a typewriter patent with the layout.”
America Needs A Pro-Growth Immigration System [TechCrunch]: “We will also expand the highly skilled H1-B visa program from the current 65,000 to a program with a new floor of 110,000, a ceiling of 180,000, and an additional 25,000 exemptions for persons who graduate from a U.S. university with an advanced degree in science, technology, engineering or math.”
Latest Product From Tech Firms: An Immigration Bill [New York Times]: “Silicon Valley was once politically aloof before realizing in recent years that its future profits depended in part on battles here in Washington. Its effort to influence immigration legislation is one of its most sophisticated.”
Brake, the Startup Decelerator [Driven Forward]: “There are enough, maybe too many accelerators, incubators, coworking spaces and other institutions designed to speed up the growth of startups.”