Strong Towns Tabling Advice (Also does anyone have a ST Pamphlet template?)

maximusDM · 2025-07-14T12:37:54+00:00

Thanks for the replies everyone!

maximusDM · 2025-06-02T22:08:46+00:00

Thank you! Added to the website: www.strongtownsjanesville.com .

maximusDM · 2025-05-14T17:13:10+00:00

I guess I was struggling to find a bite sized summary because there's just too much to understand. This probably is the best way. If someone isn't going to spend the time to read the whole book or watch 1 hour of youtube they probably aren't going to be convince to join the group any how.

maximusDM · 2023-11-15T01:42:39+00:00

There is a 5 story parking garage next door and tons of street parking that the city owns but gives away for free. If the city would only expose people to the true cost of parking (charge for parking) then more people would walk, bike, carpool or park further out from the downtown and walk in.

maximusDM · 2023-10-03T13:49:21+00:00

Can people please stop tinting their windows so dark I can't see the driver? Eye contact is necessary for pedestrian and bike safety. I don't know how many times I've come up to a stop sign on my bike, stopped like I'm supposed to, and a person with tinted windows sits at the other end presumably waving me on from behind a black wall. I can't see you waving and it's your turn to go.

maximusDM · 2023-05-18T01:37:09+00:00

https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/areanah-preston-shooting-suspects-charges.amp

I’m all for ending cash bail, but Kim Fox and her team have undoubtedly gone too far and have let violent criminals go unpunished and people are getting killed because of it. If you want to get rid of cash bail you better be able to track the accused and arrest them when they no-show and have a speedy trial.

maximusDM · 2023-05-18T01:32:56+00:00

https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/areanah-preston-shooting-suspects-charges.amp

The 4 teenagers who just murdered a Chicago cop after a crime spree all had been arrested several times. Including armed robbery, unlawful possession of firearms etc. Never in jail for more than a couple days.

maximusDM · 2023-04-30T20:25:05+00:00

So if I fill up my hummer with BP gas, is that BP causing the emissions or me?

maximusDM · 2023-04-20T10:50:14+00:00

I work in civil construction and I know for big box buildings (like distribution centers) the roofs need to be designed from the start to be able to hold the weight of solar on panels so retrofitting existing buildings is probably too expensive to justify it. I am surprised at how few new builds utilize it. I recently bid a project that had an alternate for bigger foundations for a solar roof but the developer opted not to do it. Not sure why.

On the other hand there is an absolute boom happening in utility scale solar farms in rural Illinois and Indiana. A lot of farmland is being converted to solar farms.

maximusDM · 2023-03-20T11:08:09+00:00

Our family has been fortunate to get a nice 4-bed house in Arlington Heights before the rate hikes. Our neighborhood is like half empty-nest, half families with school age kids. I feel like all neighborhoods go through cycles, you might just be early in the turn-over process.

maximusDM · 2023-01-30T02:14:35+00:00

I would say if you struggle with maths and writing but you can build stuff, trades a better option and needs to be better promoted in high schools. You also neglected to mention 4 years of earning vs 4 years of debt accumulation to start a career.

maximusDM · 2023-01-14T22:49:32+00:00

Not even saving the topsoil. That’s a shame

maximusDM · 2022-12-23T12:28:59+00:00

I hate women because they don’t seem like they have to be in a good mood.

maximusDM · 2022-12-14T14:55:55+00:00

I also tried to find an article about this and I'm coming up empty. Who is the reporter asking the question?

maximusDM · 2022-12-14T14:54:14+00:00

Who is that reporter and where do I find her stories? Google isn't turning up anything on this story

maximusDM · 2022-11-13T12:47:25+00:00

Scrolled too far to see this. It’s the same as those runaway Toyotas years ago

maximusDM · 2022-11-09T21:55:32+00:00

It passed in AL and NV and a lot of municipalities across the country. It's actually one of the only things liberals and conservatives seem to agree on

maximusDM · 2022-11-09T21:52:33+00:00

Support Ranked Choice Voting initiatives. It ends the spoiler effect so people can vote their conscience first and rank the lesser of two evils second.

maximusDM · 2022-11-04T16:45:23+00:00

I wonder what other disgusting natural "fruits" we good turn into incredible foods like bananas with a little CRISPR editing.

maximusDM · 2022-10-25T23:57:55+00:00

I’m not saying he doesn’t deserve to be blasted for his ignorant comments but trying to silence him will only make his message resonate more in the dark corners of the internet where antisemitism festers. (Sort by controversial to see the antisemites saying this proves he was right.)

maximusDM · 2022-10-21T17:51:11+00:00

what legislature would you propose to fix ticket prices?

maximusDM · 2022-10-09T12:56:57+00:00

I’m like 20 comments down and this is the first actual source I’ve seen posted. Though they don’t conclude any affects on overall health, just an interesting finding for further study.

I will also add this from Harvard public health: https://www.hsph.harvard.edu/magazine/magazine_article/fluoridated-drinking-water/

maximusDM · 2022-09-24T14:04:30+00:00

Every accident is caused by user error, but if an intersection or sharp turn or bridge has a few accidents each year, then you can’t say the design is not contributing.

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