tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5666195730630249633.post2080564485751860808..comments2024-03-25T17:49:41.408-07:00Comments on Salem Breakfast on Bikes: City Council, Feb 27th - Airport Expansion and Mixed Use Bone ParcelSalem Breakfast on Bikeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15618055627843335993noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5666195730630249633.post-53416551441489209972012-02-28T21:57:19.186-08:002012-02-28T21:57:19.186-08:00(Ha ha! Nobody pointed out my calendar error...yo...(Ha ha! Nobody pointed out my calendar error...you're all very gracious.)<br /><br />Follow the money - outside money, and City money - indeed. As far as the City goes, it always comes down to what decisions the Council funds. There's lots of good talk, but much less walk, and it's always tempting to be hopeful and beglamoured by the talk. (Here's <a href="http://breakfastonbikes.blogspot.com/2011/12/2011-in-review-one-step-forward-but-two.html" rel="nofollow">a list of decisions</a> where talk wasn't quite enough.)<br /><br />Sorry to hear about the crickets. That issue will take some work, alas.<br /><br />It was interesting to hear the President of the Chamber of Commerce (at about the 33:30 mark) speak for the Minto Bridge as enhancing tourism and benefiting ongoing downtown development (and redevelopment), particularly around Riverfront Park. If there are benefits to property owners arising from adjacent investments for biking and walking, presumably there are benefits to property owners elsewhere? It will be interesting to see if this reasoning is extended consistently at the Planning Commission on the 6th.Salem Breakfast on Bikeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15618055627843335993noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5666195730630249633.post-47198700885985967042012-02-28T11:23:13.869-08:002012-02-28T11:23:13.869-08:00The testimony and council comments last night on t...The testimony and council comments last night on the Minto Bridge and the Bone property were encouraging. I left the meeting feeling like at least the council is a friendly environment for issues of responsible land use, walkability, livability and transportation choice. The Planning Commission, of course, is an entirely different situation. I delivered my testimony regarding the legality of the PC and rampant potential conflicts of interest between the members of the PC, the political agenda of the trade organizations they belong to, and the policies they are shaping. Predictably... crickets.Curtnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5666195730630249633.post-87969604326089312092012-02-27T21:40:32.248-08:002012-02-27T21:40:32.248-08:00I can only offer the old Watergate-era suggestion:...I can only offer the old Watergate-era suggestion: Follow the Money.Brandon Filberthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06355914204734644026noreply@blogger.com