"Metro/TriMet - Alternatives Analysis"

Translation: The fix is in.

huh? What does this word mean? Did I miss something? It's not in my dictionary....

I found it....good grief...

http://www.betterbricks.com/DetailPage.aspx?ID=275

Around here it's just another tool for delivering a predetermined outcome.

nearly every "charrette" held in this fashion is superficial nonsense. good intentions but a genuinely lousy way to think things through. it makes participants feel warm and fuzzy, though, so criticizing it makes unwitting greenwashers uncomfortable.

but it's how we do things today--fast, fast, fast. if it doesn't fit in a spreadsheet, it isn't too important. sin in haste, repent at leisure. it's the American Way.

Forgive them, Father, they know not what they do.

That's awfully generous of you.

I prefer: ...go, and sin no more.

"sin in haste, repent at leisure."

Wow I'm so going to use that, nice.

From kathe w.'s link:

"It is a carefully orchestrated event in which the participants, the schedule, and the location are chosen to encourage focused creativity within a structured framework."

"It is a carefully orchestrated event in which the participants, the schedule, and the location are chosen to encourage focused creativity within a structured framework."

Barf.

Greg C

Eco-charrette = a way to help waste half the project budget before construction starts.

Local application:
"It is a carefully orchestrated event in which the participants, the schedule, and the location are chosen to result in the desired outcome with leadership requiring any focused creativity and discussion to stay within a structured framework."

Under the main heading "Methodology Update " All the subs are " How can we screw the taxpayer through lying, clever speak, and or criminal ways and means."
Ala Ross Perot " That giant sucking sound" is Sam, the scam fleecing the citizens again.

Jusr another example of "Planner Speak" to keep the unwashed taxpayers from figuring out what these overpaid clowns are talking about.

Eco-charette sounds like a cigarette designed by the Sierra Club. Non-polluting, non-intoxicating, and no fun!

'they' tried that with the Burnside Bridgehead project too 4 plus years ago.
The ONLY way to fight this crapola is to speak out! Take charge of 'event' by having lots of folks attend, call in the press, and ask to have individuals speak. Be respectful, stay calm (it's hard to do sometimes, and offer all sorts of alternative plans, even if they don't make sense.
If you can't change the outcome one can at least postpone it with a bit of luck and moxie.

"The ONLY way to fight this crapola is to speak out!"

True, and demand documentation.
There are so many claims made by officials pushing boondoggles. They've been given a pass for years without any consequences for making things up.
If it aint documented it doesn't exist.

With mammouth schemes such as SoWa the fabrications were many.

Warning! OHSU editorial from the O coming. Editor Bob Caldwell's wife is the communications director for OHSU.
It will be the biggest load of misinformation and nonsense ever.