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<blockquote data-quote="Northeast Stinger" data-source="post: 245803" data-attributes="member: 1640"><p>I have only recently returned to Georgia after being out of the region for several years so I do not know what the political leadership is now but I certainly remember it from years ago. There was an Atlanta Regional Planning Commission which I had a very small part in dealing with years ago. The problem, in my opinion, always came down to people who saw the big picture never being able to get past local obstructionism. I want to be clear that sometimes there are good reasons for local people to obstruct bigger government projects but Georgia carried this to soaring heights of absurdity. I remember being in a meeting years ago when they brought in the major of Portland, Oregon to talk about mass transit and alternatives to building more highways. He first had to prove he was a Republican, which he was. He then had to prove that he was a conservative, which he was. But any time he talked about coordinating how regions need to pass ordinances to slow down private sector development that contributed to grid lock he was called a socialist. He finally said something like, "You have got to understand that when someone pisses in the swimming pool we are all swimming in it."</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Northeast Stinger, post: 245803, member: 1640"] I have only recently returned to Georgia after being out of the region for several years so I do not know what the political leadership is now but I certainly remember it from years ago. There was an Atlanta Regional Planning Commission which I had a very small part in dealing with years ago. The problem, in my opinion, always came down to people who saw the big picture never being able to get past local obstructionism. I want to be clear that sometimes there are good reasons for local people to obstruct bigger government projects but Georgia carried this to soaring heights of absurdity. I remember being in a meeting years ago when they brought in the major of Portland, Oregon to talk about mass transit and alternatives to building more highways. He first had to prove he was a Republican, which he was. He then had to prove that he was a conservative, which he was. But any time he talked about coordinating how regions need to pass ordinances to slow down private sector development that contributed to grid lock he was called a socialist. He finally said something like, "You have got to understand that when someone pisses in the swimming pool we are all swimming in it." [/QUOTE]
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