‘We've developed a norm that insulates planning staff from direct criticism, with the refrain "don't critique staff, critique politicians" repeated whenever citizens challenge professional recommendations.’
Reposted from Sushil 🍣🍁
Planning departments aren't neutral experts—they're institutions traumatized by decades of NIMBY meetings, encoding unreasonable opposition into 'professional wisdom.'

When we're forced to learn planning jargon we are playing a rigged game. 👇

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