Author: howell

  • Saving the trees

    This demonstration began as an effort by a handful of people to save some trees and stop over-development. I suppose that being in the middle of all of that had a big effect on me.

    You win some, you lose some (those trees did get cut down), but it’s important to always have fun.

    Have a great weekend everyone.

  • Good news!*

    Last night we came home after voting and checked the election results using the A.I. called Brave Leo. It showed me as having defeated Jay Robinson for Place 4. Then I checked the City website.

    *oh, nevermind.

    Don’t ever trust A.I.

    It’s just as well since I had already congratulated Mr. Robinson earlier in the evening. He won the election by a large margin, against two challengers, and the voters of Fairhope have made it very clear that they like the way that things are going.

    I sincerely wish Jay all the best, and hope that the next four years are a success, both for him personally, and for our town generally.

    I have renamed this blog to reflect my share of the vote, and will leave it up for a few more weeks at least, since I believe that it contains some ideas worth sharing, and says some things that need to be said. I especially want to keep alive the words of Emily and Susie, who helped so much with this effort over the last two months. I am forever grateful to them both.

    Voter turnout was 25% on Tuesday, higher than expected, but it remains a fact that 3/4 of our neighbors choose to stay at home every 4 years. For an explanation as to why, I’ll turn to The Rolling Stones.

    Spare a thought for the stay-at-home voter

    His empty eyes gaze at strange beauty shows

    And a parade of the gray-suited grafters

    A choice of cancer or polio
    -Jagger/Richards “Salt of the Earth”

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  • The best years of their lives

    After the forum last week at the First Baptist Church, I was approached by Dale Taylor, the Post Commander down at the American Legion Post No. 199.

    Commander Taylor shook my hand and asked me what I thought the City might do to help the Legion. “What do you need?”, was my reply.

    It’s a pity that at one end of our beachfront we spend millions to refurbish the municipal pier, while at the other end there sits a historic building…

    …which has been vacant and unused since Sally. There has been a lot of discussion about the future of the American Legion Hall, but progress has been slow, much too slow. I visited the Fairhope Yacht Club a couple of weeks ago for the first time, for another candidate forum. They have a wonderful clubhouse, which is for members only. Our veterans deserve an equally impressive space. And by the way, the space that our veterans use for their meetings is open to the public.

    The picture at the top of this post is of my hero, Dick Gibbens. He and my Aunt Brenda were stationed in Germany when the Berlin Wall went up. Because of that crisis, she was sent home to Louisiana with two small children, and pregnant with a third. Dick and Brenda really did give some of the best years of their lives in service to our country. Let’s show a little gratitude.

    That picture with the truck was taken before I was born. Here’s how I remember Spec 5, Richard Thomas Gibbens III, U.S. Army…

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  • Full disclosure

    That’s a picture of me with my single biggest contributor, Einar Ristroph. He has always been my favorite among my Ristroph cousins.

    Here’s a more recent photo of Einar out in California –

    Einar made an in-kind contribution of $699 for some print ads with Gulf Coast Media. My other contributors were all from Fairhope –

    Charles Morehead$100
    Geraldine Payne$100
    Susan Simmons$18 (in-kind)

    Charles has known me since we moved here in ’78. He was a colleague of my Mom’s at the Corps of Engineers in Mobile. Charles and I evacuated to Moundville together during Frederic in ’79, so it’s fair to say that we go back a ways.

    Geri is a friend of Charles.

    Susan is a neighbor and a dear friend. That $18 is for the first box of card stock to print our flyers.

    As for expenditures, the biggest two have been card stock and ink (it takes a lot of magenta) to print my flyers. That had to be around 50 or 60 dollars total. Registration and hosting for the domain howellgibbens.com was around $30. I’m using the open-source version of WordPress, so the blogging platform is free. The little “share” buttons at the bottom of each post require a plug-in that costs around $5 a month.

    I also upgraded my campaign instagram account to “verified”, which runs $13 a month.

    My signs were left over from 5 years ago. We’ve put out fewer than two dozen.

    I had hoped to spend another $400 or so to broadcast a radio commercial on WABF. It is a catchy commercial, and the music is by a band that I adore, but they politely declined my request for permission to use it on the radio. This actually turned out to be for the best, since that expenditure would have put me over the $1,000 limit set by the State.

    That covers it, I think. If you have any questions, concerns, or want me to get it down to the penny, just let me know.

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  • My work here is done

    For awhile now I’ve said that a top goal of my campaign was to get my wife off of facebook. Last night I asked Olga to cross-post to that platform my “Proposal No.2” regarding the Fairhope Library Board.

    She replied, “I’m sick of facebook”.

    I would like to send a special thanks to all of the stupid, rude and unpleasant commenters out there who helped me achieve this goal. Well done. I could not have done it without you.

    To everyone else who commented thoughtfully to Olga’s facebook posts, or to this blog, we appreciate your words and kindness very much.

    This has been an interesting experience to say the least, but we’re glad it’s coming to an end and our life can get back to normal.

    Don’t forget to vote on Tuesday.

  • Proposal No.2

    I propose that the Fairhope Code of Ordinances,
    Chapter 13 -LIBRARY, Section 13-2,
    be revised as follows –


    Sec. 13-2. – Board—Established; composition; function; appointment, terms and compensation of members; filling vacancies.

    (a) The city council hereby establishes a library board consisting of three (3) members.

    (b) The government and supervision of the library shall be vested in the board.

    (c) The board members shall be appointed as follows:

    – (1) The Mayor of the City of Fairhope shall serve as a permanent member of the board for the duration of their term in office.

    – (2) Two additional members, representing diverse ideological perspectives (one progressive and one conservative), shall be appointed by the mayor and city council to reflect the community’s values.

    (d) The terms of the two appointed members of the library board, as first appointed under this revision, shall be as follows: One member shall be appointed for two (2) years; the second member shall be appointed for four (4) years. After the first term, all appointments to the library board shall be for four (4) years.

    (e) All vacancies shall be filled by the mayor and council, including expired and unexpired terms, ensuring continued representation of diverse ideological perspectives.

    (f) All members of the library board shall serve without compensation.

    (Ord. No. 637, §§ 2—6, 4-23-79; Ord. No. 920, §§ 1, 2, 2-8-93; Ord. No. 1534, 3-5-15; Ord. No. [New], [Date])


    In my very first post about the library I wrote…

    The way that the system is supposed to work is…
    (our elected) officials choose a library board, whose philosophy and outlook lines up more or less with that of the town…


    …We are where we are because that system broke down
    .

    The New York Times has reported that there is a “heated divide” in Fairhope over our library.

    But “heated divide” isn’t at all accurate. It’s more like 20% of us are bitterly divided, the rest don’t really have a strong opinion one way or the other.

    No, our real problem is that there is hardly any division whatsoever on the Library Board. No one on the board seems to have a strong opinion. They also keep an awfully low profile. That New York Times reporter couldn’t find a single member of the Fairhope Library Board worth quoting for her article. The very ones who got us into this mess go unnamed.

    I propose starting over with a smaller, much more transparent board that will give every Fairhoper a strong voice in the oversight of the library. This lean and mean board will have three members –

    Our mayor will represent the overwhelming majority of Fairhopers who are not ideological. Of the other two members, one will be a well known ideological progressive, and one will be a well known ideological conservative. Strong opinions will be represented, and no one will be left out.

    I understand that Sherry may be reluctant to be part of such a scheme, but there is a mutual love between her and the town, and a trusted, common-sense leader is desperately needed. It may be possible to persuade her with an offer of travel.

    For the progressive and the conservative members, I have some people in mind, and I am open to suggestions. I would invite every other candidate for City Council to start suggesting nominees ASAP.

    This proposal is being made in all seriousness. If the voters choose to hire me next week, I will push hard for this restructuring of the Fairhope Library Board.

    Let’s get our Library (and the Sundial) pointed in the right direction.

    (UPDATE) I would nominate Elizabeth Williams, head of the Baldwin County Chapter of Read Freely Alabama, to be the well known progressive on the new board. I grabbed a pint with Ms. Williams last night at Fairhope Brewing Co. and she told me that the council has already had her application on hand for quite some time. I don’t agree with many of her positions, but I’m certain that both of Heather’s mommies would feel secure with Elizabeth as an advocate.
    As for the well known conservative, my thoughts on that nominee will have to wait until after the election.

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  • The right tool

    This video was shot from my bedroom window in İstanbul, Turkey.

    I’ve written before about some of the great mechanical contractors I’ve known and worked with, but these three guys are at the top of my list.

    Have a wonderful weekend.

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  • Defending Rebecca Watson

    isn’t that difficult, and it should be done by every candidate for Fairhope City Council. I hope to be among the first of us to make known my opinion of Mrs. Watson.

    Her name came to my attention soon after the race began, always in negative terms. Instinctively, my sympathies leaned towards her critics. I am by nature libertarian, anti-authoritarian, and adamantly free-speech. I prepared this film clip as an example of what I thought of whenever I heard her name. I was excited to have a chance to reintroduce the long lost word “comstockery“.

    Next I stumbled upon this article written by Mrs. Watson. I was taken aback when I read it, and I still consider that article to be wicked and cruel.

    I first began to have second thoughts about her when someone commented on my blog –

    July 16, 2025

    K

    Mr. Gammon is being endorsed by moms4liberty. Do you believe someone that shares those values should be given a position to make decisions about what is available in our library?

    Now this comment from “K” raised my eyebrow. The phrase “shares those values” in particular stood out as a fine example of guilt by association. (Please click on that link just to see wikipedia’s example – “My opponent for office just received an endorsement from the Puppy Haters Association. Is that the sort of person you would want to vote for?”)

    Then my wife began to show me other, more vitriolic attacks, directed not just at Mrs. Watson, but against me as well. Among other things, I was accused of being a “flat earth, maga jerk”, or something similar. These bullying tactics only made me more sympathetic to this woman from California.

    Finally, I spoke to Rebecca Watson. It was a perfunctory call, to discuss the logistics of the upcoming forum at the First Baptist Church. As we were about to hang up, she asked me, “Do you know who I am?” This was asked, not in an entitled, Reese Witherspoony way, but rather as a curious “How is it possible that you are running for City Council and you’ve never heard of me”. I told her that I had some understanding that she was associated with a group called “Moms For Liberty“, about whom I knew very little. She said that she had left that group and had joined (or founded) a new group called “Faith something-or-other“. (I pause here to note that I did check out Moms For Liberty’s website today for the first time, and they do show a woman named “Rebecca” as the head of the Baldwin County Chapter, so she ought to get that fixed). If I sound like I don’t care about these groups, it’s because I really don’t care about these groups. They are all the Puppy Haters Association to me and I am vehemently opposed to guilt by association.

    Mrs. Watson and I continued to talk for another 45 minutes and she explained her positions regarding not just the availability to children of books which she considers inappropriate, but the larger issue of the indoctrination of children. As I listened, I thought that her remarks were not that different from comments I hear every time I go out knocking on doors or talk to my own neighbors. Those conversations always seem to go like this –

    Me – “What do you think about the library?”

    Neighbor – “I think that everyone should have access to as much information as possible. I am opposed to censorship of any kind… but… children are a special case.”

    The next day I pulled down from our own bookshelf this book –

    It is an interesting book, written in 1875. This was a generation before the Single Tax Colonists, but the ideas were similar – various Utopian theories were being tested at the time all over the country. Charles Nordhoff, the author of my book, visited several of these communitarian societies and described, with a sympathetic eye, what he saw there. I searched for “children” in the index, and on page 281, I read this (the underlining is from the previous owner) –

    “…though I should grieve to see in the eyes of my own little ones an expression which I thought I saw in the Oneida children, difficult to describe – perhaps I might say a lack of buoyancy, or confidence and gladness.”

    To me this sounded just like Rebecca Watson on the phone the night before, describing the kids she saw in California. It is a real thing, I’ve seen it, and it needs to be discussed. You may find this kind of talk abhorrent, but it’s a stretch to call it hateful. On this point, I agree with Mrs. Watson 100%.

    You don’t have to agree with Rebecca Watson, but you do have to respect and defend her right to voice her opinion.

    If the only counter arguments you can make against her are guilt by association, ad hominem attacks, mob appeal, argument from authority, ugly cartoons, and name-calling, you will only succeed in driving more people like me away from our natural dislike for her position, and towards defending it.

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  • A proposal

    I propose that the City of Fairhope issue a bond for the purpose of setting up a Legal Defense Fund. The LDF will in turn defend against lawsuits brought by developers. As to the amount of the bond, off the top of my head $20M seems about right, but that’s probably overkill. 2 or 3 million dollars ought to be enough; let’s say $4,000,000 to be on the safe side. My hope is that the money in the fund would never need to be used, but rather the mere existence of the fund would be enough to deter litigious developers, who would move on and go pick on other towns.

    We spend millions on fire trucks and fire apparatus, and then pray that we will never use any of that equipment. No one considers that money to be poorly spent.

    Our town is getting clobbered, and we need to lawyer up.

    There will be lots of hurdles and challenges to overcome. Alabama follows something known as Dillon’s rule, which limits municipal authority to powers expressly granted by the state. I’m not so sure that such a bond could be issued without an amendment to the Alabama Constitution. The good news is, it’s not so very hard to amend the Alabama Constitution. It’s been amended so often that it is the longest written constitution in the world. In fact, it was amended recently for Baldwin County golf carts.

    Anticipating the need for a Constitutional Amendment, I offer this draft version-

    Draft Constitutional Amendment for Baldwin County: Legal Defense Fund Bonds

    Proposed Amendment to the Constitution of Alabama of 2022

    Baldwin County Local Amendments, Section [XX.XX] – Municipal Bonds for Legal Defense Funds

    Section 1. Authorization to Issue Bonds
    A municipality in Baldwin County may issue general obligation bonds, not to exceed ten million dollars ($10,000,000) in aggregate principal amount per municipality, for the sole purpose of establishing and maintaining a Legal Defense Fund to defend against lawsuits that seek to diminish the municipality’s character and charm, as defined by its zoning ordinances, environmental regulations, historic preservation policies, or other measures protecting community identity.

    Section 2. Public Purpose
    The establishment of a Legal Defense Fund under this amendment is declared to serve a public purpose by preserving the cultural, aesthetic, and environmental character of municipalities in Baldwin County, including but not limited to protecting historic districts, tree preservation ordinances, and sustainable development practices that reflect community values.

    Section 3. Voter Approval
    No bonds shall be issued under this amendment unless approved by a majority of qualified electors of the municipality voting in a referendum held in accordance with Section 222 of the Constitution of Alabama of 2022. The referendum shall specify the maximum amount of bonds to be issued, the purpose of the Legal Defense Fund, and the terms of repayment.

    Section 4. Limitations and Requirements
    (a) The total outstanding bonds issued under this amendment shall not exceed one percent (1%) of the assessed value of taxable property within the municipality, as determined by the most recent county tax assessment, or ten million dollars ($10,000,000), whichever is less.
    (b) The annual debt service on such bonds shall not exceed five percent (5%) of the municipality’s annual operating budget.
    (c) Funds from the Legal Defense Fund shall be used exclusively for legal expenses, including attorney fees, court costs, and related expenses, incurred in defending lawsuits that challenge municipal ordinances or policies intended to preserve the municipality’s character and charm.
    (d) The municipality shall establish transparent procedures for administering the Legal Defense Fund, including annual reporting to the public on fund expenditures and litigation outcomes.

    Section 5. Legislative Implementation
    The Alabama Legislature may enact laws to implement this amendment, including regulations to ensure fiscal responsibility and compliance with state law, provided such laws do not impair the authority granted herein.

    Section 6. Effective Date
    This amendment shall take effect upon its approval by a majority of the qualified electors of Alabama voting in a statewide election, as provided by law.

    Once we get all that out of the way and have a robust litigation war chest, we need to make sure that we have a City Council and a City Attorney that love to litigate, and if anybody messes with our character and charm, we will eat their dog.

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  • The Bay

    As the work wraps up down by the municipal pier, I’d like to congratulate everyone involved on a job well done. They’ve strengthened the facility and secured it’s future for the next generation. The marina on Fly Creek is another waterfront facility that we can all be proud of.

    My concerns are more focused on the activities around the pier and park, or rather the lack of activities. Above the door at Greer’s, and also just inside of Walmart, is a photo banner that features a picture of the pier.

    If you look closely at that banner, you see nothing but a few capsized and half sunk boats.

    The marina on the pier has looked that way for years, but now it’s just plain empty. As a boy I used to throw a cast net from one of the two crabbing piers while listening to the sound of all the sailboats’ halyards slapping against their masts. That sound needs to come back.

    I understand that control of the marina is tied to the restaurant lease, and that there are issues with the basin silting up, but there has got to be some way to bring more life back to our “town square”.

    Closer to my neighborhood, at Magnolia Beach, things are similarly dead. True, it is a wonderful place to walk and grab a photograph of a sunset; here’s one of mine…

    …but there ought to be more going on. Why isn’t there a dingy tied up to that piling on the right? What’s wrong with inviting people to leave a few kayaks and canoes overturned on the beach overnight? Risk and liability issues could surely be worked out, and if it got too crowded we could regulate it in some way.

    I’d like to revisit the No Dogs on the beach rule as well. Plenty of people simply ignore it. Why not set aside part of the beach as dog friendly?

    Those last two pictures look to me like something out of a zombie movie. Whenever my family goes to Bay Saint Louis, or Apalachicola, or drives down Bayou Lafourche, we see so much more hustle and bustle on and near the water. We gotta catch up.

    The Center for Traditional Louisiana Boat Building in that link is the work of my cousin Vickie Eserman, so please check them out if you’re over that way, and don’t be shy about helping with a donation.

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  • Seeing what you want to see

    This post is being written entirely for the benefit of one person, so continue reading at your own peril. It is long, pretty boring, and not at all entertaining.

    Yesterday I posted a short video which I had edited together the night before. That video pulls several comments from the public opinion survey section (appendix B) of Fairhope’s 2024 Comprehensive Plan. Most of the comments I chose for my video contained the phrase “slow down”. At the end of the video I cut to a close up of the same phrase on my yard sign. Someone on facebook critiqued that video thusly –

    I first used the phrase “Let’s slow down…” in 2020, during my first campaign for City Council. I have recently downloaded the 2024 Comprehensive Plan and I’ve been studying it. In the course of doing so I began to search (CTRL – F) for certain words and phrases. I was surprised when I saw that “slow down” appears 26 times in the Comprehensive Plan. I searched for any phrase that would represent a different perspective, and I couldn’t find one. Just to be sure, I wrote a little program to create a table of two-word phrases and their frequency in the Comprehensive Plan…

    PhraseFrequency
    the city512
    of the447
    small town400
    in the312
    town feel214
    to the209
    it is181
    on the171
    to see164
    should be156
    like to143
    to be140
    and the136
    city of125
    the small117
    for the116
    i would115
    it s112
    is a109
    place type107
    would like107
    comprehensive plan105
    city s102
    mixed use96
    randall gross93
    with the88
    gross development88
    development economics87
    the downtown82
    such as80
    don t79
    the community79
    the bay77
    of alabama77
    i love75
    this place75
    you like73
    there are70
    love the68
    downtown area64
    that are64
    land uses62
    there is61
    of this61
    that the60
    as a60
    like the57
    the area56
    i like54
    development economic54
    baldwin county54
    this plan54
    london aol53
    road london53
    house road53
    randall house53
    fax randall53
    consultants fax53
    economic consultants53
    african development53
    africa african53
    aol africa53
    fax aol53
    connecticut fax53
    washington connecticut53
    aol washington53
    meade aol53
    belle meade53
    place belle53
    harding place53
    nashville harding53
    that is52
    place types52
    from the52
    in a51
    by the51
    the following51
    aol randall50
    in this50
    and other49
    single family49
    as well48
    planning commission48
    can be47
    all the46
    land use46
    for this45
    of community45
    city council45
    no more44
    at the44
    within the44
    is not44
    need to43
    access to42
    green space42
    are not42
    would you42
    the growth41
    sense of41
    with a41
    well as41
    for a40
    based on40
    quality of40
    to live39
    public works38
    continue to38
    how would38
    has a38
    development of38
    is recommended37
    like about37
    do you37
    of life37
    i don36
    place to36
    number of36
    the planning36
    the public36
    historic preservation36
    do not36
    see change35
    city limits35
    what do35
    recommended that34
    variety of34
    parks and34
    is the34
    and development34
    trade area33
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    economic development33
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    performing arts31
    of housing31
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    multi family30
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    t want25
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    growth and24
    town charm23
    affordable housing23
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    mobile bay21
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    That table is fascinating to me because it gives us a peek into the thinking of our friends and neighbors. For example, it makes me happy to see that “I love” (75 times) is on the mind of so many people. Scrolling down the list, after “I love”, the next thing that seems to have a point of view is “more parking” (29 times), followed by “stop building” (28 times). You can search the table yourself. For instance, if you type “growth” the first result that expresses an opinion is “slow growth”. If you type “more”, the first result is “no more”.

    With a fresh pot of coffee, I went ahead and wrote another program to count the occurrence of three-word-phrases…

    PhraseFrequency
    small town feel205
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    the city of117
    the small town100
    the city s100
    randall gross development88
    gross development economics87
    i would like85
    would like to83
    this place type74
    city of alabama71
    road london aol53
    house road london53
    randall house road53
    fax randall house53
    consultants fax randall53
    economic consultants fax53
    development economic consultants53
    african development economic53
    africa african development53
    aol africa african53
    fax aol africa53
    connecticut fax aol53
    washington connecticut fax53
    aol washington connecticut53
    meade aol washington53
    belle meade aol53
    place belle meade53
    harding place belle53
    nashville harding place53
    aol randall gross50
    london aol randall50
    the downtown area44
    i love the42
    of the city42
    as well as41
    how would you38
    you like to37
    would you like37
    i don t36
    you like about36
    to see change35
    do you like35
    what do you35
    sense of community34
    that the city33
    quality of life33
    public works department32
    is recommended that32
    i like the31
    it is recommended31
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    recommended that the26
    the city should25
    to see more24
    planning zoning department24
    in the downtown24
    single family detached24
    don t want23
    the number of23
    for the city23
    to the city23
    small town charm22
    place to live21
    place type is21
    performing arts center20
    suburban mixed use20
    to see the19
    some of the19
    based on the19
    a variety of19
    it is a19
    and randall gross18
    town feel i18
    needs to be18
    there is a18
    within the city18
    love the small17
    town feel and17
    small town atmosphere17
    r r r17
    the city could17
    need to be17
    the city and17
    of this plan17
    parks and recreation17
    love to see16
    town feel the16
    on a per16
    in the area16
    because of the16
    the development of16
    would love to15
    small town feeling15
    and small town15
    i d like15
    a small town15
    all of the15
    for this place15
    this plan s15
    one of the15
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    commission city council14
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    square feet of14
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    the eastern shore14
    side of the14
    form this place14
    the city limits14
    on the city14
    and character of14
    place types map14
    the bay and14
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    i would love13
    to see a13
    t want to13
    department planning commission13
    per acre basis13
    more control over13
    in baldwin county13
    the use of13
    and the city13
    twin beech road13
    mixed use centers13
    north south thoroughfares13
    fiscal impact analysis13
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    sources u s12
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    x x x11
    in order to11
    low impact development11
    character of development11
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    part of the11
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    the comprehensive plan11
    retail market analysis11
    population households income10
    income trade area10
    out of control10
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    want to see10
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    Now we’re talking! The phrase “small town feel” is number one, appearing 205 times in the 2024 Fairhope Comprehensive Plan.

    To me, all of this data is pointing in one direction, and it is further confirmed by other data in the body of the document –

    In an earlier post, I defined three schools of thought regarding the rapid growth of Fairhope –

    • Those unhappy with Fairhope’s current rate of growth
    • Those resigned to it as inevitable
    • Those who think it is a positive good to be encouraged

    Looking at the public opinion survey, I’d guess that the first group is maybe 1/3 of the town, the second group is 2/3, and the third group is tiny (perhaps as few as 5 duly elected individuals). If anything, I’m being generous, since the word “inevitable” only appears 6 times in the survey.

    I’ve been accused before of confirmation bias, of only seeing what I want to see, but I’m not guilty of that here. My video shows the words of a large group of Fairhopers. We’ll find out how large in less than 3 weeks.

    As for your slander of Raymond Scott’s “Powerhouse”, tens of millions of Looney Tunes fans would beg to differ.

    And PowerPoint? PowerPoint!?! Them’s fightin’ words. If anything bears a resemblance to that chartjunk spewing abomination, it’s the first 196 pages of the Comprehensive Plan (everything before appendix B).

    On this particular issue, Edward Tufte is far too gentle.

    Thank you Sir for your comment.

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  • The Comprehensive Plan

    “I would love for Fairhope to not grow anymore.” – 2024 Fairhope Comprehensive Plan

    I’ve written before about how we in Fairhope don’t have a clear goal when it comes to growth, and that we must have a goal before we can agree on a plan.

    It turns out I was wrong, we do indeed have a very clear, definite goal, at least as stated by those participating in the Public Opinion Survey conducted as part of the Comprehensive Plan.

    Unfortunately, that clearly stated common goal is buried in Appendix B, way in the back. That goal belongs in the front, right on the cover, ahead of all the maps, renderings, pie charts, and jargon.

    It would also be good if it could be distilled down to something short and memorable, a two or three word phrase that could fit on a bumper sticker or a yard sign…

    By the way, the only phrase that I could find in the Comprehensive Plan that was more popular than “slow down” (25 times), was “stop building” (28 times). Maybe that can be my slogan next time.

    And I said it once before, only yesterday, but it bears repeating that the big loser is “If you’re not growing, you’re dying” (0 times).

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  • Cookie-cutter subdivisions

    I don’t want to see miles of cookie‐cutter subdivisions on treeless, scalped lots. – 2024 Fairhope Comprehensive Plan

    The expression “cookie-cutter” appears 13 times in Fairhope’s 2024 Comprehensive Plan. For what it’s worth, “Smart-Growth” only appears twice in the Comprehensive Plan, and “If you’re not growing, you’re dying” doesn’t appear at all.

    This past Sunday the family and I headed deep into cookie-cutter land, to Fairhope Falls. I have written and spoken previously about how the people in some of our subdivisions probably socialize and enjoy life more than those of us in the older neighborhoods, and Sunday’s outing proved me right. In the half hour I spent introducing myself and handing out flyers, I met four different men cutting their own lawns with walk behind mowers, two men trying to program a robot lawn mower, four or five people out walking, a dozen or more people hanging out at the pool, and two boys who had laid their bikes in the grass, and were fishing in the pond.

    Several garages were open, and each was full of tools and projects. (I didn’t see a Spitfire fuselage in any one’s garage, but it wouldn’t have surprised me if I had). We enjoyed ourselves so much that I intend to devote most of the time left in this campaign to meeting people in the boring & repetitive subdivisions (two more words I stole from the Comprehensive Plan).

    Having said all that, I don’t want to see ground broken for one more big residential development around Fairhope. I feel the same way about the newest Fairhopers that grandparents feel about a grandchild they have been asked to raise unexpectedly. They love that child as their own, and will do anything in the world to see him succeed (just ask Obama or J.D. Vance), but they are not asking the child’s mother to give them six more.

    Let’s slow down, and do our best to make Fairhope one town again. These aren’t cookie-cutters, they’re people, and the ones I’ve met are pretty great.

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  • The Sundial (cont’d)

    “It is one’s duty to use silly metaphors on serious questions.” – G. K. Chesterton

    Yesterday I found myself back behind the library trying to explain what needs fixing with our big, beautiful, spherical sundial.

    Comments and questions are always welcome.

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  • The best 4×4 by far

    It’s Saturday, and that means it’s time for me to pander yet again to another one of Fairhope’s Special Interest Groups. Today I bow down not to a group, but rather to a Special Interest Individual. I am speaking of course of Fairhope’s Series IIA Land Rover owner.

    Pictured above is my old ’67, on a camping trip out in west Texas.

    No matter how many Range Rovers, G-Wagons, and Cyber Trucks fill our town, I will always yield to any hand cranked vehicle that I meet on our streets. Furthermore, if elected, I promise to personally help install a capstan winch on any local Series Land Rover not already so equipped (Aeroparts or Fairey Winch not included in this offer).

    Whatever the outcome of this month’s election, we should all turn out and show our support for Fairhope’s British Car Festival in the Fall. It’s a fun show and a great bunch of people.

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