This is a series on the parallels of misinformation both locally and nationally that led me to write Systems out of Balance.
The applicants for the Yale Farm Golf Course made some tweaks to their application in response to state and federal agency push back during 2004. They restated their slope gradient criteria for overlaying the [...]
This is part of a series on the parallels of misinformation locally and nationally that led me to write Systems out of Balance.
The federal agencies that needed to review the Yale Farm Golf Course application were the Army Corp of Engineers, Environmental Protection Agency and Fish and Wildlilfe. I first encountered these agencies in 2004, [...]
This is part of a series on the parallels of misinformation locally and nationally that led me to write Systems out of Balance.
I brought to my meeting with Doug Hoskins, Environmental Analyst for the DEP, a series of maps to show how the Yale Farm Golf Course overlaid watercourses more than would be expected by [...]
This is part of a series on the parallels of misinformation locally and nationally that led me to write Systems out of Balance.
2004 was a year of mounting concern both locally and nationally, though in one instance that concern was touching for me personally. My kids were well aware that their Dad was opposing a [...]
This is part of a series on misinformation both locally and nationally that led me to write Systems out of Balance.
In the summer of 2003 my family went on our most memorable vacation. We joined the Goshen UCC church on a workcamp mission trip to the Dominican Republic. This may not sound like much of [...]
This is part of a series on the parallels of misinformation locally and nationally that led me to write Systems out of Balance.
I only bet for pizzas; even if I lose I then get a rebate. I do not lose many bets, though, because I usually have some insider’s knowledge that gives me an edge. [...]
This is the third entry of a series on the parallels of misinformation locally and nationally that led me to write Systems out of Balance.
Before the year 2002 I had little involvement with town politics or government. I ran for the Board of Education once, but lost. People claimed I actually had done well, considering [...]
This is the second entry of a series on the parallels of misinformation locally and nationally that led me to write Systems out of Balance.
The new millennium came in for me with a little bit of the old same ol’, and that was a good thing. I was still a graduate student, as I had [...]
Yesterday the news broke that the Yale Farm Golf Course applicants were withdrawing their applications for a world class golf course in a rural area of northwest Connecticut. For the last two years I thought this moment would come; but for many years the safer bet would have been that the golf course would get [...]
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I wish this person would include his real name and address. The person is clever, witty and knowledgeable, and could provide a great foil for future discussions. I will cut and paste the most recent comment here again, but this will have to be the last time. I’m only enabling him/her to remain anonymous in [...]
