tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8584846.post-47981527200484509722008-03-21T10:51:00.000-05:002008-03-21T10:51:00.000-05:00Stupid. Bring a Harvard professor here and turn it into a $30 wine and cheese event. Yeah, because the city of going to be reborn by the crowd that'll attend that event... the politicians and blowhards who are only concerned with themselves and are more responsible for the city's collapse than they will be accountable for their failires to solve the problem. <BR/><BR/>There is a reason why as a graduate of UBs masters proggram in urban planning that I DO NOT donate to them. They continue to not be involved in true grassroots and neighborhood/urban plannning. They spend more time marketing themselves and failing to provide the services an urban planning institution is obligated to in the community where its based (see other major urban univeristies planning departments). And the Institute is a joke as well. A group that counts, counts and counts but does ZERO for implementation and planning based on their work. They work for academic reasons instead of intending to actually see change happen. Point the fickle finger of blame but offer not help, typical ivory tower mentality. <BR/><BR/>Sadly, this event should have been free to small business owners, neighborhood activists and other people "on the ground" who are the ones most likely to impact he city's future. <BR/><BR/>What a joke.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com