Monthly Archives: January 2014

Here’s what ‘sustainability’ really means

By LYNN DANNHEISSER
lynn@dannheisser-law.com
In 1987, the United Nations introduced the concept of sustainable development as “development that meets the needs of the present generation without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs.” In the ’90s, based on mounting scientific evidence that overpopulation, industrial growth, consumerism, environmental change, among other factors, were […]

TDR’s – The New Gold

International Municipal Lawyers Association 74th Annual Conference

How to structure the use of transferable development rights to potentially create open space and millions of dollars of income for cities, property owners and developers:

Sunny Isles Beach, Florida: A TDR success story
by Lynn M. Dannheisser. Esquire
Land use and Local Government Lawyer
Miami, Florida

“This is an informational and educational report […]

By |January 16th, 2014|TDR's|0 Comments|

Pseudo-cyber journalists and their ‘truthiness’

By Lynn Dannheisser lynn@dannheisser-law.com
We are in a crisis in local government today. Besides addressing corruption and fiscal irresponsibility, which has eroded citizen confidence, we have to create an environment where responsible, publicly minded people are willing to come forward to serve in government. This becomes less and less likely with one of the culprits […]

By |January 3rd, 2014|Blogging|0 Comments|