Day: November 10, 2006

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Southern California Trojans won’t ‘Duck’ this Weekend

Southern California Trojan FootballNow, the Trojans enter the season when the big games start happening. Oregon, California and Notre Dame will determine as — we would say in the old days — ‘will this be one more step towards the Rose Bowl… or one step back to the Fiesta Bowl?” Of course, this was all before the BCS stuff.

Yep. we’ll be traveling down to the Southern Cal — Oregon Game this weekend just ahead of some anticipated storms… should be quite a game … and with the Ducks… anything can happen!

Last week, the Trojans looked pretty good even throwing in their 3rd string against a team that would have trouble with their local Palo Alto High School football team… but it was great to see all the guys get some playing time.

USC wrote up a good interview on some of the anticipated matchups in the big Homecoming game… here’s a link

Now, let’s see some football! FIGHT ON!

Roger Freberg

 

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California — Planning through Ballot Measures… it works!

good fenses make good neighbors“Good Fences Make Good Neighbors” — Robert Frost

Well, I remember how the ideal future society had everyone living in these little boxes all stacked around each other.. on top and below. At least, that was what all the folks in government were telling us made for an ideal society. The quaint notion that ‘good fences made good neighbors’ was all a lot of hot air…well, that is what they said, but most people didn’t swallow it.

It’s a good thing that this utopian vision of the future never came to pass because…  frankly, it doesn’t work.

Recently, a UCI economist has clearly demonstrated what we all have observed:

“A new study led by a UC Irvine economist debunks a popular argument against urban sprawl – that living farther from neighbors decreases social interaction. In fact, the data shows that suburban living is better for one’s social life.”

Just another planning myth bites the dust… and they wonder why we here in California try to do all of our planning through ballot box measures… because planning for our communities is too important to be left to government employees who may not have to live with the product of their imaginations.

Queen Latifa said it best,” I lived my whole life in a box… I don’t want to be buried in one.” Human beings crave space to live… not just enough to exist.

Roger Freberg