Comments on: Mayor White’s Views on Bringing Neighbors & Businesses Together — the Role of the State http://ownersview.com/2010/07/mayor-whites-view-on-bringing-neighbors-business-together/ Get the Right Perspective on Your Priorities Fri, 16 Dec 2011 23:02:15 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Jan Triplett http://ownersview.com/2010/07/mayor-whites-view-on-bringing-neighbors-business-together/comment-page-1/#comment-52 Jan Triplett Mon, 02 Aug 2010 19:31:05 +0000 http://ownersview.com/?p=740#comment-52 Thanks for commenting. You also raise important issues about feasibility. Can this really be done? I think so. I probably should have mentioned that not everyone in the Business Leaders charter group was a supporter of the law but everyone came around. I am an optimist. I think with a process from a good leader, it can work. And, you are right. I believe that some issues deserve and require more government intervention than others. It is definitely true that one size does not fit all. Thanks for commenting. You also raise important issues about feasibility. Can this really be done? I think so. I probably should have mentioned that not everyone in the Business Leaders charter group was a supporter of the law but everyone came around. I am an optimist. I think with a process from a good leader, it can work. And, you are right. I believe that some issues deserve and require more government intervention than others. It is definitely true that one size does not fit all.

]]> By: Julie Gomoll http://ownersview.com/2010/07/mayor-whites-view-on-bringing-neighbors-business-together/comment-page-1/#comment-51 Julie Gomoll Mon, 02 Aug 2010 16:33:24 +0000 http://ownersview.com/?p=740#comment-51 I sure like your idea of "adequate" government. The very idea that this is a black and white issue — big government v small government — strikes me as a useless division. The size of government presence depends on so many things. Is it a local, regional, state, or national issue? Is it regulatory? Economic? Administrative? Moral? Different issues require different levels of presence. As for whether or not the government should take an active role in facilitating warring constituencies — I'm not sure. The ADA charter group you were part of sounds wonderful. But what if that charter group had been full of anti-ADA people? The outcome wouldn't have been good. So the very act of appointing or accepting volunteers for a charter group such as this becomes political. Thanks for giving me some interesting things to think about, Jan :) I sure like your idea of “adequate” government. The very idea that this is a black and white issue — big government v small government — strikes me as a useless division. The size of government presence depends on so many things. Is it a local, regional, state, or national issue? Is it regulatory? Economic? Administrative? Moral? Different issues require different levels of presence.

As for whether or not the government should take an active role in facilitating warring constituencies — I’m not sure. The ADA charter group you were part of sounds wonderful. But what if that charter group had been full of anti-ADA people? The outcome wouldn’t have been good. So the very act of appointing or accepting volunteers for a charter group such as this becomes political.

Thanks for giving me some interesting things to think about, Jan :)

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