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It participated in one of these "vision" things
as a member of my neighborhood association in the early 90's. After a year of work and a couple of submissions to "City Hall" it was sent back to us with the comment that what I had written, which was about transportation, didn't belong in a vision statement.
It is a lot like a paint by numbers project where once you get the paint on the wall City Hall tells you what the number was.
Michael
Posted by Michael | June 21, 2006 6:29 PM
Wouldn't it be great if all the Laotian respondents just asked them to focus on public safety and rebuilding our infrastructure.
How do you say "no 2% for Art until the Sellwood is replaced" in Laotian?
Posted by Mister T | June 21, 2006 7:14 PM
as long as they like bike lanes on 50 MPH roads more pollution more congestion one more step to getting a bad air day when we have none now and more money for.....
Sorry got off track ....
Who's voting now
Posted by ace | June 21, 2006 11:32 PM
something from Laos = "Lao."
Posted by Zac | June 22, 2006 6:09 PM
"Laotian" is also pretty commonly used, though perhaps not technically correct.
Posted by Jack Bog | June 22, 2006 7:01 PM
I remember the Visioning Process for environmental zones a few years back. All the Veracrates spoke "environmental laotian" and told us to shut up because we gave concrete examples of the negative effect some of the regulations would cause. I loved the outreach and being told "you are not seeing the broader picture". I think we are seeing it.
Posted by lw | June 22, 2006 9:52 PM
You say potay-to, and I say pot-ah-toe
You say from Laos, and I say Laotian...
Posted by Mister T | June 22, 2006 10:30 PM
Yeah, I love the city's outreaches,too. And hearing "you all better shut up and listen up or face the CONSEQUENCES: sprawl,chaos mayhem.........". The cockiness would be kind of funny were it not so frustrating.
Posted by Cynthia | June 24, 2006 9:58 AM
"Veracrates" is too funny. Did you come up with that on your own? I imagine a bunch of city planners gazing adoringly while Veracrates explains to her plebes that density and light rail will save humanity.
How about Erikstotle? Randy "Leonidas" (or Leonardo?).
Posted by Mister T | June 26, 2006 8:46 AM