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Tom Bond's avatar

Thanks Rob, what a mess and that is a factual statement.

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Marilyn's avatar

Thanks Rob Berry!!!

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ginabax20@gmail.com's avatar

It is infuriating, insulting to the experts, exhausting and painful to watch this process……

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Pam Figge's avatar

Thank you for describing my frustrations. I know that we all love Chico and folks are trying to do their best. It's been too many years of being in the land use arena. I'm free!

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Rob Berry's avatar

I tried to be "free" when I retired to Chico, but I guess it didn't take. Congratulations on making a good choice for yourself. Your contributions to that conversation are greatly appreciated by many.

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Pam Figge's avatar

Thank you Rob. Your comments are most appreciated. Hope you'll be "free" in the near future. Life gets shorter everyday; take time to be outside.

Cheers,

Pam

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Maximus Peperkamp's avatar

Preferring informed truth-seeking over consensus dovetails perfectly with the difference between Embodied Language (EL), in which speakers listen to themselves while they speak and Disembodied Language (DL), in which speakers don’t listen to themselves while they speak. Moreover, EL is the language of the individual, while DL is the language of the group.

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Michael K Trolinder's avatar

This poped up on my feed and since walkable and unwalkable helps distiguish if its sprawl I found it to be an interesting piece of history.. if real

https://usa.streetsblog.org/2025/01/21/why-americans-dont-walk-a-forgotten-centennial?fbclid=IwY2xjawH8yIJleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHdh6zgOA5xsKz3I_MLBgF7eNbWFHQkxK1-aau4UoZAS-4hBdk9BuR566dw_aem_SrmARUyyS8Upk2afgsFCIg

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Michael K Trolinder's avatar

I call bullshit on the notion that Chico isnt lopsided with 50 years of sprawl development and bullshit that develpoers have been employing Smart Growth all along.. If we cant see past the bullshit the entire effort in that room is a waste

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Rob Berry's avatar

Take it up with Steve Lopez. Bullshiit is in the eye of the beholder. You seem to see it everywhere.

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Michael K Trolinder's avatar

Yes agree I see Bullshit.. You spread its like the truth

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Rob Berry's avatar

write your own articles, Mike.

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Michael K Trolinder's avatar

you only want commnets that agree with you ?

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Rob Berry's avatar

No Mike. Why are you always trying to pick a fight with me? You call that a "comment" but it was just complaining without content. Say something. Teach something. Make a specific point Calling BS has no value, except to make you look like a grouchy old man.

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Michael K Trolinder's avatar

I called BS on two specific talking points that developers push onto layman. Those are points, do you want to know why or do you want to go with "you see bulshit everywhere"

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