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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Category Archive: A Different Slant
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A Different Slant 149: Strawberry’s Victory and More
Host John Flavin reviews the Marin County Board of Supervisors’ decision to delay designating Strawvberry a Plan Development Area and also two reports, one national, one local, of significance to Southern Marin.
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A Different Slant 148: Engendering Lawlessness
Host John Flavin explores how the high cost of permit fees and the inflexible enforcement of building codes is driving homeowners and contractors alike to lawlessness.
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A Different Slant 147: Evaluating the Performance of the Sausalito City Council
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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A Different Slant 146: Interview of Chris Jones re High Density and Green House Gasses
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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A Different Slant 143: Interview with Alisha Oloughlin of the Marin County Bicycle Coalition
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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A Different Slant 142: Interview with Tim Sandefur of the Pacific Legal Foundation
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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A Different Slant 140: The Only New Year’s Resolution You Need
Host John Flavin reviews the history of New Year’s Resolution, the most popular subjects for resolutions and the general success rate of resolvers…and then shares the only resolution you need to make.
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A Different Slant 139: Marin Version of the Night Before Christmas
Host John Flavin channels Clement C. Moore (or whomever) in reciting the Marin version of the Night Before Christmas.
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A Different Slant 138: Vigilance…and Tic-Tac-Ingo
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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A Different Slant 137: Finding the Truth
Host John Flavin cites an example of why it is important to get to the truth amongst all the biased media…and uses Edward R. Murrow as the standard.
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A Different Slant 136: Tips on Holiday Surviving
Host John Flavin has tips for recapturing some of the warm and fuzzy feeling of the holidays, including scheduling a blackout with your local utility.
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A Different Slant 135: Thanksgiving
Host John Flavin counts down ten reasons to be thankful this holiday.
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A Different Slant 134: Democracy Can Work
Host John Flavin cites an example of a local public meeting where democracy was alive and kicking!
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A Different Slant 133: The Oddities of War
Host John Flavin encourages expressing appreciation to veterans. He also notes several oddities from military history that illustrate the thin knife edge of fate.
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A Different Slant 132: Healthcare
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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A Different Slant 131: Son of a Pier
Host John Flavin explains how the plan for the proposed fishing pier on the Sausalito waterfront is getting out of hand and how you can help right the ship.
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A Different Slant 130: Obamacare
Host John Flavin reviews the history, the new healthcare approach and, finally, the reason why most likely the cost of your healthcare insurance is going to rise.
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A Different Slant 129: To Pier or Not to Pier?
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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A Different Slant 128: Three Things I Never Thought I’d See
Host John Flavin notes three thing he’d never thought he see…from the sports world, from the tech world and from the world of science…and the lessons to be learned from them.
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A Different Slant 127: The Filched Flash Drive
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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A Different Slant 126: Dealing with Dogma
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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A Different Slant 125: Strawberry’s Wake-Up Call
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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A Different Slant 124: Has The Art Festival Lost Its Way?
Host John Flavin reviews his impressions of this year’s Sausalito Art Festival and why he believes the organizers of the event are focused on the wrong things.
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A Different Slant 123: Labor Day
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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