Thursday, June 30, 2011

Urban planning for and by the people

From the WMATA governance debate to the 2030 Group?s transportation report, there?s been a recent push from business groups to persuade elected officials to stay away from making decisions and instead leave the policymaking to ?experts.? That?s dangerous.

If you want to get cable TV, an expert cable installer knows which pieces of equipment you need and how to set them up. But the cable guy shouldn?t decide how many premium channels you want. That?s your choice. The reasons to get certain channels are about what kind of TV you like and how much time you want to spend watching it, not the technical issues.

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Source: http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/click.phdo?i=6e6a7965670b44202e44c52df859a882

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