http://www.showmedaily.org/2009/09/urban-planners-know-what.html Advancing liberty with responsibility by promoting market solutions for Missouri public policy Thu, 24 May 2012 06:15:06 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://www.showmedaily.org/2009/09/urban-planners-know-what.html/comment-page-1#comment-3671 David Stokes Tue, 29 Sep 2009 16:16:00 +0000 http://www.showmedaily.org/?p=7250#comment-3671 Very fair points, JW. Thanks for adding to the discussion. Very fair points, JW. Thanks for adding to the discussion.

]]> http://www.showmedaily.org/2009/09/urban-planners-know-what.html/comment-page-1#comment-3668 JW Tue, 29 Sep 2009 14:11:58 +0000 http://www.showmedaily.org/?p=7250#comment-3668 Aren't entrepreneurs and private citizens urban planners? I get your point, but I don't know why you would knock professionals because they have experience. Policy makers at all levels make decisions based on expert opinion. Having a well defined plan is a good start to getting somewhere people want to go. And don't doubt for a minute that the community had a say in what was developed in the past. There's always someone willing to shout and mix it up. Aren’t entrepreneurs and private citizens urban planners? I get your point, but I don’t know why you would knock professionals because they have experience.
Policy makers at all levels make decisions based on expert opinion. Having a well defined plan is a good start to getting somewhere people want to go. And don’t doubt for a minute that the community had a say in what was developed in the past. There’s always someone willing to shout and mix it up.

]]> http://www.showmedaily.org/2009/09/urban-planners-know-what.html/comment-page-1#comment-3665 David Stokes Mon, 28 Sep 2009 20:44:46 +0000 http://www.showmedaily.org/?p=7250#comment-3665 I want to briefly differentiate between urban planners with their "visions" and belief in government nobility and the types of planners who approve zoning changes, come up with much more reasonable long-term plans for a community, etc. I know many of the latter from my days with county government, and if this project involved them more I would have much more faith in it. I am probably doing a poor job of explaining the differences, but it is one of those things you just know when you see. I want to briefly differentiate between urban planners with their “visions” and belief in government nobility and the types of planners who approve zoning changes, come up with much more reasonable long-term plans for a community, etc. I know many of the latter from my days with county government, and if this project involved them more I would have much more faith in it. I am probably doing a poor job of explaining the differences, but it is one of those things you just know when you see.

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