No one knows the impact of all the recent planning laws and regulations on a particular property…except the developers. Hello, WinCup!
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Host John Flavin applies the criteria outlined by Dick Spotswood in a Marin IJ piece in late January to the Sausalito City Council to determine whether the council members qualify as “A Team” or “F Troop. As promised during the show, here is the script from the show annotated with the sources John references to …
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Host John Flavin interviews Chris Jones, a doctoral candidate at UC Berkeley’s Energy and Resources Group, regarding his research into the impact of high density development in the suburbs on green house gas emissions. You may be surprised by his conclusions. Several tools are mentioned during the show and you can find them at: The …
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Host John Flavin interviews Alisha Oloughlin, the Planning Director of the Marin County Bicycle Coalition on the bicycle experience in Southern Marin. Attached is a report by the Marin County Bicycle Coalition on the economic benefits of bicycling. Inclusion of this report should not be construed as confirmation or endorsement of its content by either …
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Host John Flavin interviews Tim Sandefur, a property rights attorney with the Pacific Legal Foundation, regarding a recently proposed ballot initiative which could effectively make the entire state of California, including your home and your business, subject to eminent domain.
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Host John Flavin comments on three areas worth your scrutiny … and introduces a new Holiday Game, Tic-Tac-Ingo. Click here to download Tic Tac Ingo cards ready for play Click here for Tic Tac Ingo template to create your own cards
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Host John Flavin raises the questions whether it worth betting $394 million in bonds under Measure F on the health care at Marin General Hospital improving after the significant renovation and whether there should be a Plan B in the event the Obamacare online exchanges are not fixed by the end of November.
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Host John Flavin lays out the pro’s and con’s of the proposed fishing pier to be built at the site of the old one just to the south of the Trident restaurant. Since a one-level pier is not possible due to flood regulations, John has concerns about the impact of the proposed pier on valuable …
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Host John Flavin relays what he learned from the Sausalito Police Department about the stolen flash drive with personal information about the holders of resident parking cards. The Police Department sent out an advisory e-mail to alert card holders of the theft. Card holders did have additional questions and John has attempted to address them …
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Host John Flavin has been slapped in the face by dogma right here in Southern Marin. There are apparently not two sides to every story in this county according to a number of activists and organizations in this county. John suggests steps you can take if you run into a dogmatic person.
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Host John Flavin reports on his attendance at a recent Strawberry Town Hall Meeting at which many residents of the Strawberry district came to the realization their elected officials did not share the residents’ view of the future of the development in the Strawberry area. John urges his listeners to wake up and get involved …
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Host John Flavin inadvertently channels Roseanne Roseannadanna in the opening of his Labor Day broadcast…and then provides the apparent solution to the mystery of the public restroom south of Princess Street on Bridgeway…and its current condition. He then seeks the support of his Sausalito listeners in backing his proposal to alter [with duct tape] the …
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