A Series of Rants: Part 2
The following was published on Long Island Business News:The following are my thoughts of the issues of the day that caught my eye during the past week. Please feel free to share your thoughts on the issues in the comments, or on Twitter @TheFoggiestIdea.St. Ignatius...
Is This The Growth We Need?
The following was published on Long Island Business News' Young Island: Long Island needs to start diversifying its regional economy if we’re going to shake off the shackles of the recession, and create a region for future generations to grow.Through sound land use...
"Experts" on Affordable Housing
Recently, Newsday published a letter to the editor of mine on the Long Island Regional Planning Council's approach to tackling the region's affordable housing issues. The letter can be read here.
Response to 4/26/13 Cablevision Editorial "Water We Going to Do?"
The following was my response to the 4.26.13 Cablevision Editorial "Water" We Going to Do, which can be viewed here. The approach taken by Long Island’s environmentalists to protect our aquifer system is laudable, but I fear the effort will be mired down in...
A Series of Rants
The following was published in Long Island Business News' Young Island Recently, there have been a number of items in the news that I feel warrant discussion. Rather than pick just one, however, the following is a series of rants on the various land use issues of the...
The Foxes Are Watching the Hen House
The following was published on LIBN's Young Island: It was very exciting to read that the Long Island Regional Planning Council (LIRPC), an entity that I often criticize for not actually getting anything done, started up a website to nurture public input on ways that...
Thanks to Suburbia, the Car Can Never be the Next Cigarette
The following was published on TheTruthAboutCars.com on 5/10/13.I have two interests that are often in conflict with one another. One is my love of the automobile. The second is urban planning. Recently, I was reading a response piece to the notion that the car will...
Why I Write
The goal of my writing to put both my education and experience in land use to work. I feel that Long Island's residents are the most important resource this region has. Long Island has complex challenges that unfortunately, have been the status-quo for decades. I feel...
Connect Long Island: Right Project, Wrong Sales Pitch
The following was published by Long Island Business News on May 1st, 2013:I’ve been hearing a lot about Connect Long Island, County Executive Steve Bellone’s plan to tie current and proposed transit-oriented development projects and downtowns together through the...
Millennials and Driving
The following was published on 4/25/13 on Long Island Business NewsI’ve seen articles from a diverse set of sources ranging from the New York Times to new-agey New Urbanist publications speculating why young professionals aren’t buying cars, but the most concise...
