A City's Rep
A city's reputation is important for a variety of reasons. It's important for residents, businesses and tourists.
This week's column tackles Fairfield's reputation. Fairfield has gotten a black eye recently with it's scandals among city officials.
Cities like Berkeley and San Francisco have well-developed reputations. When you hear about certain things happening in those cities, you expect it, given the city's reputation.
This weekend, an artist from San Francisco will be photographing a bunch of nude people in trees in Berkeley as part of an art project. 'Nuff said.
Just a few years ago, San Francisco passed a law making it illegal for people to defecate in public? You mean, it was legal before then? Evidently. 'Nuff said.
Then you have San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom's sexcapades. 'Nuff said.
There's a cost when scandals rock a town's leadership. There's a loss of prestige. Potential new residents may decide to move to another city with less turmoil. Potential new businesses may be frightened away. There's another cost. If there's scandals in government, city officials will find it harder to get the public onboard if they need to raise revenues. The public is going to be far less charitable about supporting a new tax when government officials misbehave.
Anyway...that's what I tackled this week.
This week's column tackles Fairfield's reputation. Fairfield has gotten a black eye recently with it's scandals among city officials.
Cities like Berkeley and San Francisco have well-developed reputations. When you hear about certain things happening in those cities, you expect it, given the city's reputation.
This weekend, an artist from San Francisco will be photographing a bunch of nude people in trees in Berkeley as part of an art project. 'Nuff said.
Just a few years ago, San Francisco passed a law making it illegal for people to defecate in public? You mean, it was legal before then? Evidently. 'Nuff said.
Then you have San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom's sexcapades. 'Nuff said.
There's a cost when scandals rock a town's leadership. There's a loss of prestige. Potential new residents may decide to move to another city with less turmoil. Potential new businesses may be frightened away. There's another cost. If there's scandals in government, city officials will find it harder to get the public onboard if they need to raise revenues. The public is going to be far less charitable about supporting a new tax when government officials misbehave.
Anyway...that's what I tackled this week.
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