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Month: March 2008

  • Looming GV Crisis? – “…not much meat here.” says professional journalist

    George Rebane Last night Russ Steele of NC Media Watch posted a heads-up piece – ‘Developing story: Grass Valley is struggling’ – about the financial crisis looming over Grass Valley.   Yesterday saw a flurry of emails advising members of the BTA that GV may have a several million dollar budget shortfall that will require it…

  • Ruminations – 10mar2008

    George Rebane Canadian Healthcare.  If you’re voting for a new president this November, then this short video is worth a look.  http://tinyurl.com/356v7m Everybody wins – both sides can use this little piece.  Here’s a video by Obama on defense that both Hillary and McCain can use in the coming weeks (supposing, of course, that Hillary…

  • Who Indeed Decides?

    George Rebane On Anthony Watts’ blog Evan Jones guest-posts a good article on the role of experts informing decisions made by non-experts.  I think Jones’ analysis and advice are right on the mark – mostly.  He almost finishes the article intact, but then concludes it with a leap into a large black hole of hope…

  • The ERC vs Economic Development as Usual

    George Rebane This morning ERC held its annual meeting at the Holiday Inn with over 85 of the community’s leaders and interested parties there to enjoy breakfast and see what will pass for economic development (ED) this year.  Gil Mathew, ERC CEO, presided over a well-organized gathering and gave a fine welcoming speech. In it…

  • Calexico, here we come!

    George Rebane One of the least pleasing of my predictions for the next twenty years is the demise of the United States as a democratic republic (see ‘Two Twenty-Year Views’ ).  Peering into the foggy future, I see our country transforming itself into a loosely formed confederacy, this conclusion is due to a number of…

  • Attention Local Pols – Are You Making the Already Bad Worse?

    George Rebane When was the last time you heard something like ‘The park will now stay open until one hour after sunset instead of closing when the sun goes down.’ or ‘From now on you again get to put any kind of lights you want into your kitchen when you remodel.’?  Don’t hold your breath.

  • Economic Development in Nevada County – Another View

    George Rebane Well, economic development planning season is upon us again.  Meetings and workshops are coming down the pike in a regular procession with the next being ERC’s breakfast get together on 6 March at the Holiday Inn.  A small group of us met last week with ERC’s CEO Gil Mathew to discuss various approaches…

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