Perspectives 01 · Civic
The vote is only the beginning
Public projects need a record that follows a promise through funding, contracts and delivery.
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Ideas that lead
back to the record.
Essays by Bruce Barone, Jr. on the decisions that shape places.
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Perspectives 04 · Politics
Read the motion before you judge the vote
Political analysis becomes more useful when it identifies the action, the context and the limits of the evidence.
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Perspectives 03 · Real Estate
A property is more than its listing
Read the parcel, its permissions and the public decisions around it before relying on the story.
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Perspectives 02 · CIVIC ECONOMY
Bitcoin urbanism starts on Main Street
Judge civic Bitcoin by additional commerce, useful investment and the public benefit it can demonstrate.
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