Don't Mess With This Police Department

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Suddenly, cops. 

Why Comprehensive Plans Gather Dust

Della Rucker talks about her article: "Why Comprehensive Plans Gather Dust"

From Planning Commissioners Journal Editor Wayne Senville:

Our Summer issue includes a short, butvery interesting article by PCJ contributing writer Della Rucker on why some comprehensive plans seem to fail. 

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NIMBY NATION

NIMBY Not In My Back Yard

NIMBY Nation: Mad as hell and I don’t blame ‘em. For now.

Blog post by Scott Doyon on 29 Jul 2011

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• GOOD NIMBYS

  

  NIMBY action as a force for communal good. Courtesy of Scott Doyon.

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  Trust in positive change is a limited commodity. Courtesy of Scott Doyon.

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Scott Doyon, New Urban Network

You know, I gotta give NIMBYs their due. In many instances, their tireless efforts have kept the world from becoming a worse place, and that’s no small feat. But, sadly, it’s not their only accomplishment.

They’ve also kept the world from becoming a better place.

Welcome to the problem with NIMBYs. Their reactionary nature can’t tell the difference between bad change and good. And that’s a problem if you’ve any hope for building better communities.

Early on, NIMBY action centered around large, substantive initiatives with no shortage of arguable downsides. Nuclear plants. Landfills. Toxic industry. Projects universally loathed no matter where you went.

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Al Queda Disses American Infrastructure

Friday Funny: America's Declining Infrastructure Repels Al Queda

Posted by: Tim Halbur

An Al Queda spokesperson says that they refuse to attack any U.S. bridges or any part of the transportation system because they're already in such a poor state no one will notice.

From The Onion, the Al Queda representative demands that American politicians build "...efficient and reliable modes of public transport to reduce traffic congestion, lower carbon emissions, improve air quality, and supply suitable targets for terrorists."

Evidently plans to attack America's high-speed rail system were in the works, but Al Queda leaders were "...shocked to discover no such thing exists."

Full Story: Al-Qaeda Claims U.S. Mass Transportation Infrastructure Must Drastically Improve Before Any Terrorist Attacks

Source: The Onion, July 28, 2011

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