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John Livingston

Op-Ed: Dinner Will Have to Wait

I have had to change this article at the last minute because the great victory that the preserve plantation legal team and our neighbors had anticipated for today was delayed for a few months and clutched from our outstretched hands by the pen of the Garden City Mayor and The Garden City Attorney. Both have […]

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John Livingston

And the Beat Goes On

I have been enlightened and energized over the past 6 months as our Preserve Plantation Neighborhood organization has become engaged in the effort to stop 750 single family homes (the vast majority high-density apartment units reaching heights of 65-feet in 4 plus story buildings) from being built on 22.5 acres of our legacy golf course. If approved […]

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John Livingston

The Projection of Power and Information

One of the things I learned early in the military was that decision makers—Generals and Admirals, are only as good as the information they use as a predicate for their actions and decisions. The good ones understand the “power of information”, but most importantly the power of information in controlling a narrative. The bad ones—and […]

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John Livingston

The Idaho Way

At the risk of sounding provincial or even parochial I would like to share my feelings about what is going on in Garden City and specifically the Plantation neighborhood. We are trying to fight off the development of our golf course. My wife and I like 256 other homeowners are very concerned as are neighbors […]

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John Livingston

Not in Idaho — Not in Garden City!

HomeSnaks is a Real Estate internet platform that coalesces Census, FBI, and Open Street Maps data that helps users understand real estate trends and what it is like to live in various communities across the country. In an April 14th, 2022, article by Kris Kolmer, Idaho was identified as the fastest growing state in the […]

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