In the absence of coherent city planning in this city and country, we make developers run the gauntlet through extensive environmental, traffic, economic impact reports which are more of an outlet for Nimbyism than anything else. See James Howard Kunstler's wonderful book The Geography of Nowhere.
A secondary purpose seems to be to create lots of make-work for beaurocrats and consultants (environmental engineers, traffic engineers, economists, etc). I'm not against political involvement in what gets built. It would just be better if we could sort things out ahead of time and not fight proxy battles through environmental reviews. Mike Jensvold Ward 10 REMINDERS: 1. Be civil! Please read the NEW RULES at http://www.e-democracy.org/rules. If you think a member is in violation, contact the list manager at [EMAIL PROTECTED] before continuing it on the list. 2. Don't feed the troll! Ignore obvious flame-bait. For state and national discussions see: http://e-democracy.org/discuss.html For external forums, see: http://e-democracy.org/mninteract ________________________________ Minneapolis Issues Forum - A Civil City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: mailto:[email protected] Subscribe, Un-subscribe, etc. at: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
