Don Peebles' Sour Grapes of Wrath: Charm Offensive or Offensive Charm?
From Don Peebles' new book The Peebles Principles (which we would rename The Sour Grapes of Wrath):
"Pacifica is a peculiar town: they like to say no just to say no."
"The concept Trammel Crow had proposed would have greatly benefited the city, but the no-growth side was blind to it."
"Their virulent antigrowth philosophy had almost bankrupted the city."
"Pacifica had a reputation for an antigrowth attitude that was extreme even by Bay Area standards."
"I even held a debate with a former mayor who was against the project because it would bring too much traffic to Pacifica."
" ... she even paraded around the city's annual arts and crafts Fog Festival, dressed as a big frog. The Pacifica Tribune ran a front-page photo of the frog hugging me."
" ... the opposition fought me literally to win nothing, rather than new opportunities for their community. They were blinded by fear of change, misinformation, and a distrust of developers."
"Without the cap on the number of rooms, we can develop time-share and condo-hotel units and, as business grows, expand the hotel by adding more rooms and suites."
"Ultimately the 'no' side will wake up and realize just what they lost, and will likely try to get me back to the table with incentives."
Will the Editor please remove the condescending, leering photo of the insecure millionaire, please?
(editor: ROFLMAO!)
Posted by: todd bray | July 27, 2007 at 07:38 AM
If you have an Amazon.com account, you can sign in, search for Peebles book, and read some excerpts online.
Posted by: Larry Rosenstein | July 25, 2007 at 10:25 PM
Purely offensive would be about it.
"the opposition fought me literally to win nothing..."
Well, can't expect good writing to go along with great wealth, I suppose.
The problem is that I need to have an advance copy or some other free way to peruse this man's lies about a community that he holds in great contempt, yet that beat him at his own game. I'll be damned if I'll spend a dime on it.
Anyone got a copy of "Peebles' Potemkin Village" to loan?
-monkframe
Posted by: monkframe | July 25, 2007 at 07:18 PM