Interesting idea that a more streamlined project approval process could lead to greater number and variety of development proposals. Is there evidence for that? Also, is Wauwatosa unusual in the length of its process? (Of course this case was during the pandemic as well...)
I think I had in mind analogous situations like government contracting where there are significant hoops to jump through and intricacies involved in winning government contracts such that smaller companies or companies that derive little of their revenue from government work don't find it worth the hassle to even bother trying. The first comment here (https://www.reddit.com/r/technology/comments/1qzbjh/why_healthcaregov_sucks_because_they_hired/) is kind of what I was getting at although subsequent comments in that thread suggest some additional detail that is worth thinking about.
I also think I had in mind ideas like vetocracy (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vetocracy) where legislative bodies that have lots "veto-points" create huge bottlenecks in getting anything done.
I agree that more direct evidence would be interesting and that comparing Wauwatosa to other communities would be useful. Maybe worth a separate post...
Interesting idea that a more streamlined project approval process could lead to greater number and variety of development proposals. Is there evidence for that? Also, is Wauwatosa unusual in the length of its process? (Of course this case was during the pandemic as well...)
Thanks for your blog, it's making me think.
I think I had in mind analogous situations like government contracting where there are significant hoops to jump through and intricacies involved in winning government contracts such that smaller companies or companies that derive little of their revenue from government work don't find it worth the hassle to even bother trying. The first comment here (https://www.reddit.com/r/technology/comments/1qzbjh/why_healthcaregov_sucks_because_they_hired/) is kind of what I was getting at although subsequent comments in that thread suggest some additional detail that is worth thinking about.
I also think I had in mind ideas like vetocracy (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vetocracy) where legislative bodies that have lots "veto-points" create huge bottlenecks in getting anything done.
I agree that more direct evidence would be interesting and that comparing Wauwatosa to other communities would be useful. Maybe worth a separate post...