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How to prevent NIMBY-ism: a Public Relations Approach
Introduction NIMBYism, or "Not In My Back Yard," is a term used to describe the opposition to a proposed development or project in one's own community. NIMBYism can be a major obstacle for land developers and commercial real-estate developers, as it can lead to...
Announcing The ‘@’ Award: Twitter Power Users of the Florida Legislature
The '@' Award & Twitter Power Users Ranking of Florida’s Elected Officials Today Ozean announces 1) the 2023 Twitter Power Users of Florida's Elected Officials Ranking and 2)The ‘@’ Award. “It is no secret that significant political communication is happening on...
Blog Challenge: How can Republicans overcome self funding celebrities or popular businesspersons and become the party of the majority again?
This is a question that needs to be broken apart. How can Republicans overcome self funding celebrities or popular businesspersons? Why would we? A celebrity or popular business person begins with one or two the most valuable things in politics - name ID & money....
Blog Challenge: Regulators and Authority
The question asked is "What will it take for federal regulators to actually exercise their authority? (e.g. DoJ & Antitrust, SEC & insider trading, EPA & fracking/pipelines)?" Ahhhh, regulators. One the most boring, yet critical functions of...
Blog Challenge: How do you change someone’s mind in politics?
This one is basically asking me to distill a seemingly lifetime of work into a blog post. Let’s say upfront that I am going to speaking in sweeping generalities. Human behavior is complicated, nuanced, messy, and at times unpredictable. Attitudes or Behavior I...
Blog Challenge: Religion in America
“Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of...
Blog Challenge: What is the most important messaging challenging facing Republicans? Same for Democrats?
I like this question because it forces you to think about Republicans and Democrats in context. It is a question that deserves a lot more time than I have today, because of FuBball! (GO USMNT!) While I will write a more detailed post for each party on messaging...
Political Behavior and Schools of Fish
I was on my walk today, and a decent metaphor explaining political behavior came to the surface: a school of fish. I think I was imagining myself standing in a cold stream being mocked by trout, but that morphed into a school of fish. The underlying psychology of...
Why are politicians so afraid to vote for what’s best for our country as opposed to what their party wants?
I think some it is explained by sincere differences in policies. “Best for the country” is up for true debate. There are those that truly believe ‘an unregulated militia’ is ‘best for the country’. Others believe a ban on war-like weapons is...
What is the solution to extreme divisiveness?
Oh, now you have stepped into one the greatest modern debates in political science. Abramowitz versus Fiorina. Sorting versus polarization - and now we have calcification. Let’s get ready to rumble!!!! In broad strokes, Morris Fiorina has...
Blog Challenge: What do you do?
My father and I have started meeting for breakfast once a week. No agenda, just eggs and chatter. We were chewing the fat about it being busy at work, and he looks at me and asks “What is it that you guys do?” That hit hard – my own father doesn’t know what we do....
Blog Challenge: Will there ever be a “multi-party” system (i.e. 5-10 parties) or are we stuck here?
Will there ever be a "multi-party" system (i.e. 5-10 parties) or are we stuck here? Short answer, we are stuck – at least for the foreseeable future. There are roughly three types of party government – single parties (China), two party (USA), and multi-party,...