Understanding Your Local Redevelopment Agency (CRA) ~ A Handy Help Guide ~ The Original CRA References (and what it really means): "IT HAS LONG BEEN KNOWN"... (Nobody bothered to look it up) "A DEFINITE TREND IS EVIDENT"... (Our data is practically meaningless.) "WHILE IT HAS NOT YET BEEN POSSIBLE TO PROVIDE DEFINITE ANSWERS TO ALL YOUR QUESTIONS"... (Despite our many past failures, we still hope to push forward this new project.) "THREE OF OUR EXPERTS' REPORTS WERE CHOSEN FOR FURTHER DETAILED STUDY"... (Because we didn't understand their other reports!) "TYPICAL RESULTS ARE SHOWN"... (This would be their prettiest graph with skewed numbers.) "THESE RESULTS WILL BE IN A SUBSEQUENT REPORT"... (I might get around to this sometime, if pushed.) "IN MY EXPERIENCE"... (Once) "IN CASE AFTER CASE"... (Twice) "IN A SERIES OF CASES"... (Thrice) "IT IS BELIEVED THAT"... (I think?) "IT IS GENERALLY BELIEVED THAT"... (A couple of the others think so, too.) "CORRECT WITHIN AN ORDER OF MAGNITUDE"... (It's wrong!) "ACCORDING TO OUR STATISTICAL ANALYSIS"... (Rumor has it.) "A STATISTICALLY ORIENTED PROJECTION OF THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THESE FINDINGS"... (A wild guess.) "A CAREFUL ANALYSIS OF OBTAINABLE DATA"... (Most of our notes were obliterated when Jim knocked over a glass of beer). "IT IS CLEAR THAT MINOR ADDITIONAL WORK WILL STILL BE REQUIRED BEFORE A COMPLETE UNDERSTANDING OF THIS PROJECT OCCURS"... (I don't even understand it) "AFTER ADDITIONAL STUDY BY MY COLLEAGUES"... (They don't understand it either.) "THANKS ARE DUE TO JOE BLOTZ FOR HIS ASSISTANCE AND TO CINDY ADAMS FOR HER INVALUABLE DISCUSSIONS"... (Mr. Blotz did most of the work and Ms. Adams tried to explain it to me.) "A HIGHLY SIGNIFICANT AREA REQUIRING FURTHER EXPLORATORY STUDY"... (A totally useless topic selected by the P.A.C. committee.) "IT IS HOPED THAT OUR DETAILED REPORTS WILL FURTHER THE PUBLIC'S GENERAL UNDERSTANDING OF OUR PROJECT"... (I'm just praying that everyone is still so confused that I'll have time to retire before this thing hits the fan!) [NORBY's TABLE OF CONTENTS] [RETURN to Main Page] previous page Powered by MSN TV next page