Comments on: Earth Day 2010

By: Mom’s River Revelation

Mom’s River Revelation — Fri, 06 Aug 2010 05:10:57 +0000

[...] “Ms. Rhubarb” at Earth Day 2010 [...]

By: Taylor Fyhrie

Taylor Fyhrie — Mon, 19 Apr 2010 15:44:15 +0000

Spovangelist great to see you last weekend at the Earth Day event. I found a lot of really unique stuff and some great information on how to make a positive impact in the community. I had a birthday party later that night and ended up finding a card made by someone in Haiti, all the proceeds went to their relief efforts. Awesome time and a great cause all around!

By: Adventures in Bicycling « What I Learned Today

Adventures in Bicycling « What I Learned Today — Sun, 18 Apr 2010 20:50:42 +0000

[...] Adventures in Bicycling Yesterday, I changed my Twitter profile to say the following: “social media enthusiast, photographer, local news hound, radio host and producer, occasional blogger, newbie bicyclist“. Woah there. Newbie Bicyclist? Oh yes, my friend. Now that the weather is nice and I live in a close proximity to town, I can ride my bike to wherever I please. This weekend was the ultimate experiment in my newly founded commuting tool. Plus, it was Earth Day/Weekend/Week! [...]

By: Contrarian

Contrarian — Sat, 17 Apr 2010 20:55:55 +0000

Riverkeeper wrote,

“As a result out river suffers and the citizen developed land use plans go largely ignored.”

No, they haven’t. Ask any developer how much money they’ve spent in the last 10 years navigating that labyrinth. Where did you get the idea that some citizens are entitled to dictate to other citizens how to develop their property?

Also, to what “suffering” of the river do you refer?

By: Andrew

Andrew — Sat, 17 Apr 2010 14:59:48 +0000

And contrarian, I think you just proved Barts point.

By: Riverkeeper

Riverkeeper — Sat, 17 Apr 2010 13:27:38 +0000

Contrarian,

Your wrote: “The irony there is striking. Er, Paul, “policy, land use, planning” and “lock step mentality” are one and the same thing. The aim of the former — enforced by State goons, of course — is precisely the latter.”

Unfortunately, part of the problem with our environmental and land use laws is that the agencies charged with enforcing them are not. As a result out river suffers and the citizen developed land use plans go largely ignored.

It takes groups like the one Paul referred to and many others to watch dog the government to make sure they are doing the job that we pay a lot of money for them to do.

By: Contrarian

Contrarian — Fri, 16 Apr 2010 20:42:33 +0000

Bart wrote,

“It’s mostly a waste of time to even engage his kind, but even a bigger waste of time to try and “bring them along”. ”

Well, there goes your “unity in community.” You’ve proved my point.

By: Bart Mihailovich

Bart Mihailovich — Fri, 16 Apr 2010 19:03:58 +0000

I say bravo Paul, bravo!
No one will accuse you of taking yourself too seriously with this one.
Anna and gaeyia, please understand who we’re dealing with here with Contrarian. He’s a professional speed bump who hangs out on message boards and comments sections all day to tell people whey something is wrong but NEVER offers any solutions on how to fix them. It’s mostly a waste of time to even engage his kind, but even a bigger waste of time to try and “bring them along”. He’s a lost cause – I personally don’t want his participation and interest in our point of view. Now give me an impressionable mind or a young, lost soul, and I’ll gladly work at earning their participation.
See the rest of you greenies tomorrow on Main Street!
Peace

By: anna

anna — Fri, 16 Apr 2010 18:31:48 +0000

Contrarian – you have some good points. I think, however, that when a holiday/idea/festival reaches a certain threshold of public attention, this is a good thing. I don’t think anyone my age or younger would even know the word “recycle,” let alone the concept, without the annual Earth Day festivals available to us in our formative years.

This being said, you have a point: Spokane needs to be kept aware of these issues, to be educated in a public way, and to hold conversations about global warming and actions which everyday people can do to lessen their carbon footprint, etc.

Paul,
I agree with gaeyia that you are being a bully. Calling someone a “cretin” first off the bat is really, really not a good way to get their attention and earn their participation and interest in your point of view.