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First off, the oscar for the best line of the night goes to the ........ DWBIA
"Solving your jobs problem through incorrect planning is like solving your weight problem by taking up smoking"
The Chamber's main objection tonight was that they outright reject the premise of "Zero sum". That new rezoning ...
Mr. Chris Shnurr asked a question during my last post which I want to answer on this one
"Where is the canal in San Antonio by the way? I thought the Riverwalk were improvements along the San Antonio River - a prexisting natural feature the city capitalized on?"
My answer is ...
Chris Schnurr wrote a well thought out blog post here in it he talks os the the vagueness of the term "Liveability"
Another overused word will be sustainability. That means different things to different people. My idea of sustainability leads to liveability making the second an outcome, not a strategy ...
Its been a quiet blog lately, you could almost say "too quiet". Is this the winding down of the site that I claimed to be more than just a bunch of talking heads?
Where's the radio show?
Where are those brilliantly organized guest speakers by Chris ...
Recently on another thread, we touched on the fact of whether housing should be destroyed to make room for Rexall's and shoppers. The debate touched on the fact that these businesses don't hurt local independent businesses and if the almighty market demanded them then what do we care?
PRoblem is that ...
Now, I am happy that my concerns regarding the Chamber policy were heard, but were the changes they made, done to address my concerns about their lack of representation to local independent business? Were they just made so that they could continue on with their ...
Well, after this confusion with the Chamber of Commerce, I do not believe they are representing my businesses as members. What do I do? No offense to Dr. Morgan but I didn't see many independent business owners on the Small Business Advisory Panel.
Last night I went to a meeting of ...
The Chamber of commerce will present their position which I assume is their stated policy on the official plan
However, my concern is that they have stated at a meeting with myself and a separate meeting at WECEC that the the Chamber "does not oppose the intent of the official Plan ...
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- Woe the Doomer
- Why the Chamber gets it wrong again
- San Antonio Riverwalk differences from Windsor’s Canal Plan
- Liveability vs Sustainability?
- News, Monday, March 8, 2010
- Is Windsor a Happy City?
- News, March 1st, 2010
- The Right to the City #1 via Raj Patel
- What in ‘tarnation have Scaledowners been up to
- News, Monday, February 22, 2010
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James in Woe the Doomer:
True civilizations come in many models with different standard features...- Mark in Woe the Doomer:
Exactly Rino, people need to focus that its just a transition. Detroit... - rino in Woe the Doomer:
interesting. while JHK’s blog was mildly entertaining, it really... - Chris Holt in Why the Chamber gets it wrong again:
Mark Boscariol, reporting from Texas,...
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