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20th anniversary of the blog| Urban revitalization systems thinking's greatest hits: Part two -- not transportation

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

Rather than adamantly saying "no," I came to realize that since advocates mostly lose out on such initiatives--except if the city or state requires a public vote--we should be focusing on mitigating the problems from such facilities and increasing the benefits. I and many activists were against public funding, but it happened anyway.

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The Social Media President – @POTUS final #SOTU

Public Policy Blog

The Chief Digital Officer Jason Goldman for the Obama administration published to his Medium account “[the] American people will see a multi-platform streaming and social broadcast of the State of the Union that reflects the ways people experience live events in 2016. Bush administration in 2002. Bush in 2004.

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The Heavy Lift to Implement GSE Reform-Recap-Release: Recapitalization (Part 3 of 4)

The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)

This disappointing result stems from a combination of several unusual factors: Raising equity during conservatorship is basically a non-starter, as potential investors would reject becoming shareholders of F&F knowing that they would be totally disenfranchised, i.e., with no ability to receive dividends, vote for board members, etc.