Thursday, January 29, 2009

Where Salem must go

This is what we must do.

The only question is whether elected and staff officials in city and county governments (and the various flavors of intergovernmental groupings) will be leaders, bystanders ... or, worse, obstacles to progress. So far, prospects look dim for enlightened leadership -- if it's present in governments so far, it's remaining covert, possibly a wise strategy to avoid the immune system rejection of new ideas.

But we need to start, wherever these officials land. There is much work to do, little time, and resources will be increasingly strained.

As one of my advisors used to say, "Uh-oh, out of money! Time to think!!"

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Good Morning

Salem Airport recognizes the importance of positive communication with airport users, airport tenants, pilots, surrounding neighborhoods, concerned citizens, as well as City staff and Salem City Council.

We are interested in what you think about our communication.

Are we communicating what you want to hear?

In what format would you like to receive updates?

We have a short Communication Survey that we hope you will fill out to help us get a handle on what's important to you.

Hopefully we will learn that we are doing pretty well, because we try to keep you informed! But if we need improvement, we want to know that as well.

The survey will take 2 - 3 minutes. We hope you will click here:

http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=CPhuu0pvGz2NgiSjl8_2bicQ_3d_3d

or complete it from our web site at:
http://www.cityofsalem.net/Departments/CommunityDevelopment/Airport/Pages/default.aspx and click on the link to the survey. We don't ask for your name so it's all anonymous. And it's very easy to complete!

And THANK YOU for taking the time to help us!

City of Salem Airport Staff
503-588-6314