Summaries for: NIMBY

TRY THIS NOW! Some Useful Links to the Saint Universe
From Nimby Wars to smart phone apps, here are some useful links about Saint Consulting, starting with our corporate website, tscg.biz: NIMBY Wars on Amazon.com - our book on land use politics Saint App for I-Phone - for news, links and tweets from your smart phone Mike Saint's Website - blog, bio, articles and video from our CEO ...
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Strategic Comms #42: Using SMART Goals for Your Communications Strategy
(This is the 42nd in a continuing series on strategic communications. Click here for earlier segments) By Owen Eagan, The Saint Consulting Group In our last segment on the Communications Strategy Map (Strategic Communications Part 41: Using a Communications Strategy Map http://bit.ly/ITibf7), we discussed the need for your goals to include benchmarks to measure your results.  To illustrate the ...
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Strategic Comms #40: Finding Common Ground Through Mutual Gains Approach
(This is the 40th in a continuing series on strategic communications. Click here for earlier segments) By Owen Eagan, The Saint Consulting Group So if your project doesn’t find a warm reception among the public, how do you begin the conversation?  First, the way not to do it is by asserting that your project will only benefit the community ...
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Do Personal Agendas Drive Federal Regulators?
EPA OFFICIAL WANTED TO 'CRUCIFY' FIRMS By Christopher M. Hopkins, The Saint Consulting Group The alarming statements by a high-level federal regulator described below confirm a fear that many in the mining and energy industries have long harbored — that some federal regulatory staff have an agenda against mining and drilling projects, indeed against almost any project ...
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NY Times Exposes Wal-Mart’s Bribes for Building Permits
Systemic bribery program resulted in expedited permits and rapid market expansion in Mexico. Wal-Mart Stores Inc, the world's largest retailer, hushed up a vast bribery campaign that top executives of its Mexican subsidiary carried out to build stores across that country instead of broadening the probe, the New York Times reported on Saturday. The newspaper reported that ...
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Can You Avoid or Mitigate Being Attacked at Public Hearings?
By Christopher Hopkins, The Saint Consulting Group At a recent public hearing in Ortonville, MN, Strata Corporation found itself facing 18 out of 20 speakers voicing their opposition to a proposed quarry. Strata could have discovered that with proper preparation this level of discourse could have been avoided. Now, Strata in short order must provide the commissioners ...
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Environmentalists Push Hard to Use Life Cycle Approach to Scoping
By Jay Vincent, The Saint Consulting Group When it comes to scoping for projects needing state or federal permits, the regulatory regime typically requires that a scoping process include study of the impacts on the site and the area surrounding it. But environmentalists want to change that. Instead, they want the scope of the environmental impact ...
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Learning Lunches Dine on Strategy – Save June 19 for Energy Lunch
By Jay Vincent, The Saint Consulting Group For 2012 I just hosted the fourth energy learning lunch of the year. Learning lunches are webinars where we share some of the insights gleaned from nearly 30 years building winning strategies for permitting controversial projects. I want to thank the returning diners for their interest and participation over the ...
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Strategic Comms, Pt 39: No Substitute for Grassroots Communication in Politics
(This is the 39th in a continuing series on strategic communications. Click here for earlier segments) By Owen Eagan, The Saint Consulting Group One of the hallmarks of our company’s success is our use of grassroots advocacy on behalf of our clients.  This is our preferred method of communication because it allows us to interact with people directly and ...
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Sign up for Saint Consulting Energy Learning Lunch, April 17, 12 Noon Central
Dear Friend, Just a quick note to remind you to join us on April 17, 2012, 12 noon Central, for an Energy Sector Learning Lunch to discuss Data: Building a Supporter Identification Program that builds on the stakeholder discussion for buildng an Advocacy Pyramid to support your project.Free, insightful, useful lunch-hour discussion. To join us, click here  We look ...
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