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INCLINE VILLAGE, Nev. — Abbreviated: Wikipedia defines “Deconstructivism” as “characterized by ideas of fragmentation, an interest in manipulating ideas of a structure's surface or skin … which serve to distort and dislocate some of the elements of architecture.”
I propose that Mr. Aaron Katz is a “Deconstructionist,” not the likes of the deceased French Philosopher Jaxcques Derrida, who said, “there is nothing outside the text.”
But unfortunately, without considering standard business or government practices and never mind human interaction, the similarity is in that it is solely text that Mr. Katz appears to rely on and use as the structure of his argument for evaluating the foundation of the Incline Village General Improvement District.
Also similar to Derrida is the frustration, related to this practice, of a community of citizens who wants IVGID to be the best it can be, but do so with a plan, and not the derisive demolition of the entire entity. It appears that Mr. Katz's harassment of the IVGID board is just that, solely to tear it all apart without considering the ramifications of such an inflexible and caustic approach.
To accomplish the numerous platitudes he espouses at every IVGID meeting that I have attended and that he repeated at his Sierra Nevada College “Fireside Chat” introduction last Thursday, would indeed accomplish a deconstructivist's “fragmentation” of our functionally-unique-mountain-community's governance. This manipulation of ideas, structure and disassembly of Incline's governing body, does exactly, “distort, and dislocate some of the elements of (its) architecture.” I propose that the architecture of IVGID is more than the words of its Articles of Confederation, so to speak. Much as all governments begin as words and morph into reality.
I believe it is a dysfunctional-deconstructivists' approach that Katz uses irresponsibly to demand a plethora of seemingly random changes. To disassemble the system based upon the statements I heard him say, such as to deny the Junior Golf Program, is denying the potential that these junior players already own rec passes, or better yet we are investing in new paying clientele for the future, or how about a town with a heart.
In all businesses and government this would also be considered an “industry standard” — a promotional advertising technique that may in the future help subsidize the expense of the golf course. As a result of this program, my daughter has benefited greatly and now buys season passes to play. I submit that this attempt at micromanagement of IVGID departmental functions and others I have witnessed such as his complaint regarding purchasing of Diamond Peak rental equipment that only proved him unqualified to make the recommendations that he did.
In previous years, I was present when a rational and articulate explanation for single-source purchasing for the rental department was presented by its manager – Mr. Katz was not present for this presentation. I suspect that is why he might not understand that his recommendation would put into jeopardy the guarantees incumbent with single-source purchasing. Nor understand the expense of training staff for multiple vendor equipment and the complication of making safe binding settings with three variables rather than just one, which again would complicate and probably raise the insurance package Incline has regarding this small yet profitable department.
Please leave it to the pros. Don't micromanage or tear apart the governance of a town that has produced a place one, such as he, finds appealing enough to purchase a retirement home in — doing so without a plan is reckless.
Having said this, it is only fair to acknowledge that I have also witnessed small movements by IVGID to address, with positive results, Mr. Katz's reasonable observations.
“Deconstruction requires work,” Jaxcques Derrida said. I suggest time as well. I also suggest that Mr. Katz should work in earnest to correct just one aspect, some aspect, any single aspect of a problem he may have identified at IVGID; present real and substantiated facts pertinent to that which he desires to change or correct; then work within the system that this community has built over the years.
Deconstructivism in architecture has given the world some of its most interesting modern structures, and may be of value if responsibly applied to government. This practice in architecture is one of my favorite disciplines, but it always comes with a plan that looks more like a structure then a bomb blast.
— Steve Dolan is an Incline Village resident.
I propose that Mr. Aaron Katz is a “Deconstructionist,” not the likes of the deceased French Philosopher Jaxcques Derrida, who said, “there is nothing outside the text.”
But unfortunately, without considering standard business or government practices and never mind human interaction, the similarity is in that it is solely text that Mr. Katz appears to rely on and use as the structure of his argument for evaluating the foundation of the Incline Village General Improvement District.
Also similar to Derrida is the frustration, related to this practice, of a community of citizens who wants IVGID to be the best it can be, but do so with a plan, and not the derisive demolition of the entire entity. It appears that Mr. Katz's harassment of the IVGID board is just that, solely to tear it all apart without considering the ramifications of such an inflexible and caustic approach.
To accomplish the numerous platitudes he espouses at every IVGID meeting that I have attended and that he repeated at his Sierra Nevada College “Fireside Chat” introduction last Thursday, would indeed accomplish a deconstructivist's “fragmentation” of our functionally-unique-mountain-community's governance. This manipulation of ideas, structure and disassembly of Incline's governing body, does exactly, “distort, and dislocate some of the elements of (its) architecture.” I propose that the architecture of IVGID is more than the words of its Articles of Confederation, so to speak. Much as all governments begin as words and morph into reality.
I believe it is a dysfunctional-deconstructivists' approach that Katz uses irresponsibly to demand a plethora of seemingly random changes. To disassemble the system based upon the statements I heard him say, such as to deny the Junior Golf Program, is denying the potential that these junior players already own rec passes, or better yet we are investing in new paying clientele for the future, or how about a town with a heart.
In all businesses and government this would also be considered an “industry standard” — a promotional advertising technique that may in the future help subsidize the expense of the golf course. As a result of this program, my daughter has benefited greatly and now buys season passes to play. I submit that this attempt at micromanagement of IVGID departmental functions and others I have witnessed such as his complaint regarding purchasing of Diamond Peak rental equipment that only proved him unqualified to make the recommendations that he did.
In previous years, I was present when a rational and articulate explanation for single-source purchasing for the rental department was presented by its manager – Mr. Katz was not present for this presentation. I suspect that is why he might not understand that his recommendation would put into jeopardy the guarantees incumbent with single-source purchasing. Nor understand the expense of training staff for multiple vendor equipment and the complication of making safe binding settings with three variables rather than just one, which again would complicate and probably raise the insurance package Incline has regarding this small yet profitable department.
Please leave it to the pros. Don't micromanage or tear apart the governance of a town that has produced a place one, such as he, finds appealing enough to purchase a retirement home in — doing so without a plan is reckless.
Having said this, it is only fair to acknowledge that I have also witnessed small movements by IVGID to address, with positive results, Mr. Katz's reasonable observations.
“Deconstruction requires work,” Jaxcques Derrida said. I suggest time as well. I also suggest that Mr. Katz should work in earnest to correct just one aspect, some aspect, any single aspect of a problem he may have identified at IVGID; present real and substantiated facts pertinent to that which he desires to change or correct; then work within the system that this community has built over the years.
Deconstructivism in architecture has given the world some of its most interesting modern structures, and may be of value if responsibly applied to government. This practice in architecture is one of my favorite disciplines, but it always comes with a plan that looks more like a structure then a bomb blast.
— Steve Dolan is an Incline Village resident.
