Happy Veteran’s Day! In particular I’d like to highlight my husband (right), who rose to Lieutenant Commander in the Navy. He served in active duty and in the Naval Reserve. Proud of his service and thankful for brave men and women like him who take the oath to “support and defend the Constitution.”

Urban infill development makes no sense in Lake Tahoe’s rural communities. Wildfire evacuation modelling and a comprehensive environmental analysis would underscore the development dangers, but they haven’t been done. #LakeTahoe #wildfire #EIS

Amid the AI fascination, we must keep in mind that writing is thinking.

www.nature.com/articles/s44...

Agree! I dug into the cozy relationships between developers and state and local politicians where I live. The piece made many uncomfortable simply because I called out the cronyism that was hiding in plain sight.

As voters, two weeks post election realize the impact of their vote, Martin Luther King Jr.’s words ring truer than ever: “Nothing in all the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity.”
Strength to Love (1963) ch. 4

There’s something extra cool about seeing your research and writing in print #LakeTahoe #policy

In final remarks, pre-recorded and played during the 2023 Lake Tahoe Summit, the late Senator Dianne Feinstein warned about the many threats #LakeTahoe faces from #overdevelopment, climate change, invasive species and #wildfire www.rgj.com/story/opinio...