As a historian, I’m strongly in favor of the promotion of institutional memory, so when Bill Campbell helps us remember where we’ve been, I’ll try to pass along some of his “Dispatches from Retirement.” ;-))
May 20, 2014
Lenore,
I read a fascinating piece by Katherine Kersten in the Wall Street Journal today about Minneapolis: “Turning the Twin Cities Into Sim City: The Metropolitan Council’s plans include making sure there is a proper mix of races and incomes in each suburb.”
If you want to get to the bottom of it, read the fascinating book by Stanley Kurtz, Spreading the Wealth: How Obama is Robbing the Suburbs to Pay for the Cities”.
He spoke precisely on this topic at the Philadelphia Society meeting, October 2012; worth reminding our member to listen to again:
Bill