Speculation by Landlords with Rainmaker and Yieldstar – A Key Ingredient of Smart Growth and New Urbanism (October 12, 2016)
THIS IS UNDER CONSTRUCTION This investigation into these immoral property management companies, and their rent maximizing software programs, and their consequences on the American people, will split this post into … Continue reading
Arizona Revised Statutes Encourage Smart Growth, Light Rail, and Discourage Sprawl – Vote No on 104
(Tom Lane, August 22, 2015) UNDER CONSTRUCTION In the last 10 years, Arizona has passed a number of laws that encourage smart growth and light rail, that increase density in … Continue reading
Ventura County versus Maricopa County – Why Vote No on Prop 104
(UNDER CONSTRUCION) Please refer to the main page on Smart Growth Infill in Maricopa County and Reasons to vote no on prop 104 at – https://smartgrowthusa.wordpress.com/category/vote-no-on-104/ This post will ultimately … Continue reading
Vote No on 104 (MovePHX 104) – Vote No on Phoenix Light Rail
(Tom Lane Under Construction First draft July 7 2015, Last Updated August 22, 2015) Also read my other post on Scottsdale light rail – https://smartgrowthusa.wordpress.com/2015/05/24/north-scottsdale-and-north-phoenix-dark-money-or-open-space/ And, for additional posts on Smart … Continue reading
Breaking News: June 2: Thousand Oaks (Correction)
(June 2, 2015) CORRECTION August 11, 2015 Apparently, Dan Roundtree ran the election. I don’t know his positions on smart growth. Will have to correct post !!!! California urban planners … Continue reading
Scottsdale and North Phoenix – Dark Money? Light Rail? Or, Open Space?
Vote No On Phoenix Light Rail Proposition 104! Click Here for my Other Post Explaining the Reasons to Vote No. Attention, Scottsdale! Do You Want your City Council to take … Continue reading
May 2015 Revision
This web site is being revised to allow for new Arizona content. Many links and pages are broken or do not work. All posts (About 70) should appear on page … Continue reading
What Do Soccer Moms Want from Urban Planners? The Profession is in Crisis – Focusing on Millenials and Baby Boomers.
(May 6, 2015, June 7, 2015)Tom Lane, Under Construction) WARNING: There is confusion in the literature, cited below, between “households per square mile,” and, “persons per square mile.” This post … Continue reading
More Scottsdale and North Phoenix Smart Growth Towers? Or, Extend the McDowell Sonoran Preserve West to Desert Ridge?
UNDER CONSTRUCTION (May 25, 2015, Tom Lane) Recently, I observed kids in a Phoenix park near North 40th Street and Bell Road riding a dirt bike over green grass in … Continue reading
Smart Growth Fails to Save Native Plants: The Evidence – Seattle and Boulder compared with Scottsdale
(April 16, 2015) UNDER CONSTRUCTION Despite all of their environmental goals, smart growth planners fail to save native plants. In the previous post which is still under construction (as is … Continue reading
Low Density Scottsdale Saves Native Plants by Ordinance – Citizens Oppose Arizona HB 2570 (April 9, 2015)
Under Construction. The 2015 Arizona Legislative session just ended, and citizens of Scottsdale were relieved that Arizona House Bill 2570 (HB-2570) did not pass. This bill would have made it … Continue reading
(October 19, 2011) Be Green! Vote YES on I-1125: Stop Illegal Light Rail on I-90, attle to Bellevue
“If You Drive, Vote Yes on Initiative I-1125” (Tom Lane, updated December 8, 2011) Election Day was November 8, 2011. Sadly, I-1125 was defeated in Washington State. Tom Lane’s Other … Continue reading