Oligarchy feeling a bit gassy
Friday was a great day. Not only was my daughter accepted into the University of Oregon but FERC...
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Tag: SDAT
Assimilating to Groupthink will not engender change
Until the incumbent Groupthink civic “leaders” are dethroned or ignored Coos County will continue to enact wind energy moratoriums and ignore recommendations like those presented in the SDAT report and look for polarizing billion dollar smokestacks to dot the local landscape.
Read MoreCatch the Mark McKelvey show today, Chuck Willer of CoastRange.org
Radio host, Mark McKelvey will be speaking with Chuck Willer of CoastRange today at 4:30PM. Chuck will be talking about sustainable forestry and timber practices for long term resource management. Other guests include S. Brian Willson on at 4 to talk about his peace movement, and Sandy Geiser-Messerle will be on at 5 to discuss the SCDC and the SDAT.
Read MoreA year later SDAT visits for The Next Steps but not everyone is invited
Next week, Søren Simonsen and Alan Matheson are guest speakers at a presentation of The Next Steps, the first update of the Sustainable Design Assessment Team findings published in a report last fall.
Read MoreCatch me on the Mark McKelvey show today at AM 1340 KBBR
At 5, I will join Mark and we will talk about energy as well as local politics, including the Port and the county. This should be fun so I hope as many as possible will tune in.
Read MoreSome observations on the seven commission finalists
The county is on the cusp of great changes, in my humble opinion, with momentum building toward letting go of old failed stereotypes and 19th century paradigms. This momentum could launch the county forward into the 22nd century or, with the wrong leadership keep it mired in the past.
Read MorePort of Coos Bay container dock, practical or a pipe dream?
under any circumstances, investment in a new public general cargo terminal involves a very high business risk.
Read MoreSCDC ignore SDAT recommendations in marine slip dock DSL application
This area has been hostage to a chorus of unsubstantiated rhetoric for way too long. Our regulatory agencies have been forced to delays under the weight of their demands. They can hold these projects hostage, without any penalty or “skin in the game,”
Read MoreSDAT urges expanding narrow agendas and opening communication
Happily, I am pleasantly surprised by the AIA Sustainable Design Assessment Report for Coos County. Walking away from the SDAT presentation last June, I was concerned the team was overly influenced by a small faction of the county but it seems they did a lot of homework and recognized some of the bottleneck for future economic success.
According to the local paper, the final report is available at the 