tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5035949355013113578.post5094022986193147822..comments2023-10-17T22:56:42.784-04:00Comments on Only in The Republic of Amherst: Housing Study Preliminarliy PannedLarry Kelleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02614645831526190536noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5035949355013113578.post-61313649884839219412013-07-12T13:18:57.836-04:002013-07-12T13:18:57.836-04:00The presentation of the report is available on Amh...The presentation of the report is available on Amherst Media.<br /><br />I know that the general trend is to be negative and trash other people's work, but I thought the report was informative and interesting.<br /><br />It's hard to impress a community in which each individual is The Smartest Person In Town. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5035949355013113578.post-72202500513809533412013-07-11T18:56:25.481-04:002013-07-11T18:56:25.481-04:00Walter, address the issue at hand, not go on your ...Walter, address the issue at hand, not go on your noodling sourpuss way about everything under the sun... or in your case, clouds.<br /><br />The thing is with these consultant firms that specialize in fairly specific fields, the hard work was done probably 5 years ago when they originally wrote the report for some other town. Just change the letterheard, search and replace the town name and whammo... pocket another $30k.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5035949355013113578.post-4531464878818619292013-07-10T22:52:22.841-04:002013-07-10T22:52:22.841-04:00When no one is in charge, no one makes decisions. ...When no one is in charge, no one makes decisions. Plus in Amherst, no one wants to hurt anyone's feelings so no one ever speaks the truth just shakes their head and smiles. A lot gets done that way. Walter Graffnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5035949355013113578.post-46948327292325754242013-07-10T21:27:26.819-04:002013-07-10T21:27:26.819-04:00I don't know if this committee has an agenda o...I don't know if this committee has an agenda or not but it is good to see someone holding one of these over priced expert consulting firms feet to the fire. This town pays far to much for studies because no one in authority seems to have the backbone to say no to whims of this crazy diversified town.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com