Del Albright

 INTERVIEW AN IDIOT -- DESPERATE OR DELIBERATE DUMBING DOWN OF AMERICA What is with the media and news these days and who they interview on TV? By Del Albright A major wildfire whips through a neighborhood and leaves a path of destruction.  The TV news reporter grabs the first numb nut they can find to get an "interview."  Naturally the interview is meaningless most of the time as the interviewee has no clue about firefighting, or power shut offs, or the politics of his/her town, let alone how a fire behaves. Then we have a political crisis of national proportions and the TV news person grabs the first available sports celebrity for an interview.   Oh, finally, someone who understands national politics!  NOT! We get bombarded by bad information.  Daily. And I won't even get into the social media networks here...whew, that would take a college thesis to cover. My message here is simple: don't listen to the media or pay much ...

 SURVIVING IN THE WOODS MEANS NOT THROWING ROCKS AT THE SLEEPING GRIZZ! In Politics and Land Use It's Better to Let Dogs and Bears Alone By Del Albright In the political world of land use, which means politics, sometimes we are better off letting sleeping dogs lie and not poking the sleeping bear.  In other words, if an issue has been mostly settled, or is in a happy place, don't kick the dust to find the dog poop. Had enough of the metaphors? (smile). The reality is that when sitting at the land use table, or working with our partners in government, or fighting with our enemies from the wacko-radical world, it's almost like being in a relationship.  If you don't want a fight, don't push the buttons! Thank strategically.  If you poke the Grizz', what will you gain?  In the long run will it help your cause; or just create another road block to hurdle? Now on the other hand, we cannot let some things lie.  If that's the case...