Time is on our side?

Blake's chatting about the possibility of Charlie Maddox: Redux, and it's interesting post. I think, however, he puts too much stock in some things.

And the commission is going to be busy, busy, busy the next four years. At the end of it, we'll know if Partners for a Prosperous Athens worked, if rural landowners will have relief from a TDR program, if the tax burden on homeowners is lessened, if neighborhood-level planning is feasible, if city services can be extended to everyone, if we can build an economy around biotech and entertainment. There will be plenty to talk about.

Lots of things on top over the next four years - lots of important issues - but I think, with regard to PPA and developing our economy, it's going to take substantially longer than four years to see how all this pans out. It takes a while to adequately develop an economy, just as it takes time to attempt to break the cycle of poverty.

But politics is politics, and the next mayoral race - rightly or wrongly - will probably be a referendum on these types of issues.