The Ass and His ShadowA TRAVELER hired an Ass to convey him to a distant place. The day being intensely hot, and the sun shining in its strength, the Traveler stopped to rest, and sought shelter from the heat under the Shadow of the Ass. As this afforded only protection for one, and as the Traveler and the owner of the Ass both claimed it, a violent dispute arose between them as to which of them had the right to the Shadow. The owner maintained that he had let the Ass only, and not his Shadow. The Traveler asserted that he had, with the hire of the Ass, hired his Shadow also. The quarrel proceeded from words to blows, and while the men fought, the Ass galloped off.
Moral: In quarreling about the shadow we often lose the substance.
Aesop's Fables
Moral: In quarreling about the shadow we often lose the substance.
Aesop's Fables
Today's meeting attracted the right people, but then the right people always show up.
We outlined the proposal's history, revisiting EWU's story, True North's evaluation, and the Port's intentions. We framed the conversation, not around what the Port should do, but what the community might choose to do.
Then we opened the floor for comments. There seemed to be two "camps," one which lobbied for the Port to do nothing until Riding The Wave initiates and the other for the Port to run with this opportunity. I thought all present had fair opportunity to weigh in on their favored side, and those who spoke, did so eloquently (and well).
My most memorable comment in the session came at the end, when Dennis Hopwood of Key Technologies, a new-comer to the community and who also served for two years on Portland's Sustainability Indicator Project Board , said, "As a newcomer here, I want to congratulate you on how passionately you argue politics. I wonder, though, how much better it would be if that energy was focused on finding and retaining living wage jobs for the people who live here!"
Here's the handout from the session.
I'll make what will probably prove to be the last posting for this Blog a little later. I'm very tired.
david
We outlined the proposal's history, revisiting EWU's story, True North's evaluation, and the Port's intentions. We framed the conversation, not around what the Port should do, but what the community might choose to do.
Then we opened the floor for comments. There seemed to be two "camps," one which lobbied for the Port to do nothing until Riding The Wave initiates and the other for the Port to run with this opportunity. I thought all present had fair opportunity to weigh in on their favored side, and those who spoke, did so eloquently (and well).
My most memorable comment in the session came at the end, when Dennis Hopwood of Key Technologies, a new-comer to the community and who also served for two years on Portland's Sustainability Indicator Project Board , said, "As a newcomer here, I want to congratulate you on how passionately you argue politics. I wonder, though, how much better it would be if that energy was focused on finding and retaining living wage jobs for the people who live here!"
Here's the handout from the session.
I'll make what will probably prove to be the last posting for this Blog a little later. I'm very tired.
david
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