You Can't Rely On Bringing People Downtown,

Erosion Of Cities Or Attrition Of Automobiles?

Innovating Economies Expand And Develop. Economies That Do Not Add New Kinds Of Goods And Services, But Continue Only To Repeat Old Work, Do Not Expand Much Nor Do They, By Definition, Develop.

Subsidiarity Is The Principle That Government Works Best Most Responsibly And Responsively When It Is Closest To The People It Serves And The Needs It Addresses. Fiscal Accountability Is The Principle That Institutions Collecting And Disbursing Taxes Work Most Responsibly When They Are Transparent To Those Providing The Money.

Everyone Is Aware That Tremendous Numbers Of People Concentrate In City Downtowns And That, If They Did Not, There Would Be No Downtown To Amount To Anything--certainly Not One With Much Downtown Diversity.

While Politicians, Clergy, Creators Of Advertisements, And Other Worthies Assert Stoutly That The Family Is The Foundation Of Society, The Nuclear Family, As An Institution, Is Currently In Grave Trouble.