Marketing of Inevitability in the Boothbay Region
RDS- Rich Developer Syndrome- Where the assumptive power of money trumps common sensibility
After my last Substack post, a rambling rant on the manner in which the Boothbay roundabout was sold to the public, I got to thinking about how local leadership frequently exaggerates the amount of traffic on the peninsula or else projects a continual increase in traffic as if high traffic is a measure of progress, and as if the “progress” they envision is inevitable., and therefore can be superimposed on the present and demands can be made that something needs to be done about the projected future traffic congestion Now!- in the manner of a strategically planned self-fulfilling prophecy.
In the May 4th, 2021 article in the Boothbay Register, BRHT looks to Martha’s Vineyard’s housing model, Cindi Watson said the following while speaking for the Boothbay Region Housing Trust.
“They're (Martha Vineyard role model group- note by author) talking about an island and we're talking about a peninsula, they're talking about commuters coming over on the ferry,” said BRHT’s …
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