Freelance Writer | @chucklongisland

For Hometown News Volusia, wrote about Cannoli in South Daytona, ideas to upgrade Main Street in Daytona Beach and two Florida businesses making a companies to watch list

Contact Me For Any Of My Scholarly Articles

I published in academia from 2009 through 2018. Cited 120 times! Like something below? I'll get it to you.

The economic crisis and its effect on libraries

Unlocking the mystery: What academic library search committees look for in filling faculty positions

The recession, budgets, expectations and realities

How using an allocation formula changed funding allocations at Long Island University

Proposition 13 - America's Second Great Tax Revolt My First Book

In 1978, the citizens of California took the historic step of voting for Proposition 13, thus reducing property taxes by 57%. Already known as a trend setting state, California's tax revolt was no different, as similar tax revisions quickly spread across the United States of America. In California, state and local governments struggled to find a way to manage the loss in revenue. On many occasions budget cuts were the solution. Library budgets were frequently the target of those cuts.

On the town, boots on the ground

Reporting from a ribbon-cutting ceremony

Daytona Beach, Florida.

About Charles I. Guarria

As a freelance writer, I cover human-interest stories, interview politicians, folk in art & entertainment, dignitaries, business owners, attend store openings, primarily in the towns of Daytona Beach, Deltona, and Port Orange, Florida, though I will go anywhere for the story. I am rewriting my second book, a novel about a musician.

As a former librarian, I wrote Proposition 13: America’s Second Great Tax Revolt, a book that details library economics. I have published in scholarly journals and am a three-time winner of Emerald Group Publishing’s Highly Commended Award.

Live-streaming show, The Opinion Guy, coming soon.

I am available for hire to write, research, or beta-read.