Jane Jacobs - economist / anti-planner

I have really enjoyed reading Jane Jacobs book Cities and the Wealth of Nations she was a real thinker.

National and International governments were not to her liking ... it's all about cities and their economies - that's what drives an economy - national averages are what national governments deal with and they mask what is happening in a big complex country ...

Anyway in times like we are going through more people should read this book - government redistribution is part of the problem not the solution.

More on Jane:
Jane Jacobs, The Anti-Planner

Urban Iconoclast: Jane Jacobs Revisited

Jane Jacobs, Austrian?

Joe Moraca the early days - March 1978

Well I will title this one "blue ghost" -- I like the gold and orange
drops contrasting with the blue...

oh did I say orange and blue look good together... like a national champ..

Another Nice Weekend - City Island Sarasota

How about this for a self portrait

Boats near the sailing squadron in front of the Van Wezel

Some Nice Pictures from the Sarasota Bayfront

I took these pictures just before Christmas ... yes Sarasota is a great place to be during the holiday season.

Nice Colors and Composition

I like this one the colors and composition just seem to work for me. I have no description or title...

Happy New Year??

So happy new year and all of that … for many of us 2008 was not a “happy” year. It was the year my house lost more in value than I have ever had in cash and my 401K turned into one of those new fangled 201K's … but I am still pretty happy and enjoy life.

Since I have a few days off for the holidays and have been meaning to look at some pictures that I painted way long ago in my youth I just took digital photos of them and am going to post some on the blog. I have not even looked at these in many many years..

Believe it or not these are from the late seventies another time of economic uncertainty and as a matter of fact they were painted in Jacksonville – where I spent most of last month.

joes painting

As I look at this one I see that I was in urban / farm mode then as I also am now. It's pretty crazy looking – I have never shown these to anyone before so I am “out there” more than normal. None of them ever got names and I have not painted since then. I want to start again I really enjoyed watercolors.

I voted!! now stop the junk mail and phone calls please

I voted Saturday morning. It was pretty crowded I predict a very high turnout...

So please stop with the phone calls and junk mail now will you!!!

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