» Monthly Archives: January 2010
John Procario urges political tack to win public support for energy
When it comes to the politics of land use decisions, it’s comforting when energy industry leaders like John Procario of American Transmission Company really get it, writes Jay Vincent, Saint Consulting Group's senior vice president for energy.
In the recent publication of EnergyBiz, Procario, President and CEO of American Transmission Company reviews the power of public ...
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NIMBY Wars -choose land use politics over consensus or legal approach
(Editor’s Note: Having argued for using professional land use managers to direct campaigns, this excerpt from NIMBY Wars explains why developers can avoid troubles they faced in consensus or legal approaches to planning when they use a land use politics approach.)By P. Michael Saint, Robert J. Flavell and Patrick F. Fox Earlier, we explained why old-fashioned approaches don’t work ...
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Want your project to succeed? Then manage knowledge successfully!
By Seth CargiuoloChief Knowledge OfficerThe Saint Consulting GroupEvery development project, regardless of size or industry, has one thing in common — a myriad of moving pieces. Plans, elevations, marketing collateral, zoning applications, contracts, and an outreach or public relations plan are just some of those pieces, and they’re all managed by different players from different ...
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Honolulu rail project: political football or policy football?
By Owen Eagan,
Senior Vice President, Transportation, The Saint Consulting Group
Governor Linda Lingle of Hawaii has asked Mayor Mufi Hannemann of Honolulu to revise plans for the city’s proposed $5.3 billion rail project in light of financial issues. Specifically, she suggests building a portion of the elevated project at street level to save costs and has ...
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American Coal Council: No more slam-dunk planning in NIMBY Wars
The land use planning landscape has changed drastically over the past few decades. The American Coal Council, in its review of NIMBY Wars: The Politics of Land Use, writes:"As NIMBY Wars describes, the new reality ( for the coal and energy industry) is that land use planning has moved from the small network of "connected" ...
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How land use political manager wins – using campaign techniques
(Editor’s Note: Having argued for using professional land use managers to direct campaigns, this excerpt from NIMBY Wars explains how campaign techniques work and how land use political managers use them.)
By P. Michael Saint, Robert J. Flavell and Patrick F. Fox
A land use battle is a lot like any political fight: contenders try to ...
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Towns seek overturn Florida law that relaxes local development rules
Florida municipalities are seeking to overturn the Community Renewal Law, enacted this summer that relaxed development requirements and ended a regional planning process for major projects of regional impact. Their lawsuit accuses the state of imposing unfunded land use requirements on local communities.
Chad Emerson, an associate professor at Faulkner University School of Law, examines the ...
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Washinton state eminent domain case reminds of the Kelo Test
By Owen Eagan
Senior Vice President, Transportation, The Saint Consulting Group
In 2005, the US Supreme Court found in Kelo v. City of New London that local governments could seize private property by eminent domain for economic development purposes. So, if you’re a politician and you’re confronted with a decision as to whether to take private land ...
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Roadblocks to new mining; are we compromising national security?
By Christopher Hopkins
Senior Vice President, Aggregates and Mining, The Saint Consulting Group
Numerous arguments are made for and against mining. Public debate typically focuses on mining’s impacts on the environment, the economy, the landscape, home values and impacts on communities. Virtually ignored, however, is how the decline in mining in the United States affects national security.
When ...
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Who are all these people in the land use planning process?
[caption id="attachment_3953" align="alignleft" width="560" caption="Published with kind permission from the Hawaii Land Use Law & Policy blog"][/caption]
A cast of characters on the stage of land use politics, first seen on http://hilanduse.blogspot.com/
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