INC NEWS - Triangle Business Journal on How to Pay for Schools

[Reyn Bowman]

If it had said that, then it would be fine.  I'm more worried about the
integrity of the process than forwarding a case.

If the story had said, this is what a specific portion of our readers
thought who happened to see the poll online and it can only be used in
that context and not generalized to any other population, that would be
fine.

I'm not diminishing the beliefs of their 300+ readers...nor sanction
diminishing the strong feelings of the businesses noted below.   Equally
valid, paid or not.  But the integrity of public polling vs. using it to
forward agendas is important.

-----Original Message-----
From: Kelly Jarrett, DISC [mailto:kjj1 at duke.edu] 
Sent: Friday, June 29, 2007 10:19 AM
To: Reyn Bowman
Cc: pat carstensen; inc-list at durhaminc.org
Subject: Re: INC NEWS - Triangle Business Journal on How to Pay for
Schools

Reyn:
Nonetheless, it is the voices of people who cared enough to weigh in on 
the matter. And given the extremely powerful, well-funded homebuilders 
and realtors lobbies whose voices are loudly pressuring our Raleigh 
legislators to resist impact fees, it is refreshing to hear other 
voices. And perhaps our elected officials in Raleigh should take heed. 
Because after all, the pro-developers/builders/realtors lobbies that are

resisting these measures are also just a snap shot of what some people 
(are paid to) think.
Kelly J.

Reyn Bowman wrote:
> Pretty powerful headline for a survey that isn't generalizeable to the
> population.  Because participation is self selected and not random, it
> is really just a snap shot of what those respondents though, not the
> Triangle.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: inc-list-bounces at rtpnet.org [mailto:inc-list-bounces at rtpnet.org]
> On Behalf Of pat carstensen
> Sent: Thursday, June 28, 2007 4:51 PM
> To: inc-list at durhaminc.org
> Subject: INC NEWS - Triangle Business Journal on How to Pay for
Schools
>
>
> Poll: Impact fees best way to pay for schools. The best way to pay for
> schools, Triangle Business Journal readers say, is to pass on the
costs
> to those building new homes. (062707zc.htm)
>
http://triangle.bizjournals.com/triangle/stories/2007/06/25/daily19.html
> ?jst=b_ln_hl
>
> It's a small number of responses though
>
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