Actually, beyond "selfish," and verging on solipsistic.  I think she
really believes that Madison's sole reason for existence is to improve the
quality of her commute.

Michael D. Barrett wrote:
> This recently came off of the sustaindane list.
>
> This is the 3d list I've seen with people taking
> serious issue with Lampert-Smith's very selfish,
> very auto-centric (is that redundant or what?!)
> viewpoint.
>
> -Mike
>
>
> 3. Forecasting versus Backcasting
>      Posted by: "spunkledevil" [EMAIL PROTECTED] spunkledevil
>      Date: Wed Apr 11, 2007 8:12 pm ((PDT))
>
> Backcasting – "living into" a desired future - is one of the most
> powerful concepts in The Natural Step framework.  Fortunately,
> Madison has leaders who take this principle to heart on their way to
> and from work: they walk, bike, and use public transit.
>
> But there are powerful forces in Dane County who remain fixated
> on "forecasting" – people who believe that our future is more or less
> pre-ordained by extrapolation from past trends, however unsustainable
> or absurd.  For a perfect example of this mindset, please read Susan
> Lampert-Smith's column "Leaders ought to drive a car to work" in the
> April 11 2007 Wisconsin State Journal.
>
> Although it is not surprising that Lampert-Smith bristles at Madison
> Alder Robbie Webber's advice to "think before buying" the autocentric
> lifestyle, the fact that Lampert-Smith goes on to castigate Madison
> leaders for not driving enough is astonishing!  Yet in all likelihood
> her perspectives on highway expansion reflect the majority outlook in
> Dane County.
>
> So I pose this question to all Sustain Dane members: "What can WE do
> to help the Susan Lampert-Smiths in our midst to "get it" about
> sustainability – and to understand that highway expansions without
> end are a prescription for a devastated, gridlocked planet?
>
> I also encourage everyone to send letters to the editor regarding
> Lampert-Smith's column – and the ecologically bankrupt viewpoint it
> represents.
>
> Hans Noeldner
>
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