On Sun, Feb 22, 2009 at 12:45 AM, Russell Senior <[email protected]> > The problems are mostly political at this point... about communicating > to the City Council and the public what a freaking obviously good idea > this is. And other community-hacking kinds of things like generating > interest in your neighbors and other citizens of Portland. >
We live in interesting times, a fact that can be exploited with the proper finesse. Given that we are now seeing the starts of what could be the biggest public works push since the 40's there could well be a case made funding a project like this. One the other hand funding pitches are being tossed about hot and heavy by other causes who claim to be of great importance (housing, bank bail outs, education). One of the big ups this plan has is the potential for it to pay for itself over time. I think a good way to test the winds is just to look around at how Oregon, and Portland in particular, react to and utilize the monies being sent up by the fed in recent weeks. It would be a damn good sign if projects of a foward looking nature are taken up in the course of disbursement. I want to thank Russell for keeping the flame of the PTP going. With so many things nibbling away at time and resources it is a good thing to know there is a core of still beating. -tomhiggins --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ The Personal Telco Project - http://www.personaltelco.net/ Donate to PTP: http://www.personaltelco.net/donate Archives: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.network.wireless.portland.general/ Etiquette: http://www.personaltelco.net/index.cgi/MailingListEtiquette List information: http://lists.personaltelco.net To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
