Thursday, April 26, 2007

BLUE SKY THE FUTURE

One of Springfield's new City Council members, Dan Chiles, is a thinker, willing to give voice to the audacious. Proof: The Harvard grad and local businessman is circulating a 10-page thumbsucker on policy, "and that includes issues large and small." Emphasis on the large.

He calls it a "partial list" of policy ideas that "certainly do not include every important priority in our town. But it's a start."

His first idea is called a "50-year flyover," a one-day conference bringing together people "from many occupations and backgrounds" to brainstorm the future. Writes Chiles:
"We can't possible make good decisions about the future of our town until we can visualize what Springfield and the surrounding community will be like in fifty years."
There are calls for a new fuels conference; an expansion of CrimeSeen into deeper crime prevention; new transportation strategies; and a city garden program.

We're also psyched by Chiles' call for a new city flag, one that's "bright and beautiful." Finally, a chance to convince the city to adopt the Superman look.

7 comments:

Anonymous said...

I am all about a new flag.
However it MUST include the Cobra from the city seal.

If we fail to include the cobra we might as well just print
the name of the city on a piece of fabric and be done with it.
And that would be pretty lame...

Anonymous said...

Cobras. That would be bad ass.

Anonymous said...

Again a week behind Jericho.

Anonymous said...

Or lightyears ahead.

Anonymous said...

Re 3:45 p.m., if a tree falls and no one's listening...

Anonymous said...

And again, never listen to Jericho.

Why do you come here for information if you feel you get it quicker elsewhere? Go away.

Anonymous said...

VDJ continues to lead the rest just whine.