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10.

TRANSPORTATION, WATER & INFRASTRUCTURE COMMITTEE

Meeting Date:	11/10/2016
Subject: COMMUNICATION/News Clippings
Department:	Conservation & Development
Referral No.:	N/A
Referral Name:	N/A
Presenter:	John Cunningham, DCD	Contact:	John Cunningham (925)674-7833

Information

Referral History:

Communication items are added to the TWIC agenda on an as-needed basis.

Referral Update:

Communication Received:

News, etc: Freakonomics Radio*

In Praise of Maintenance: Has our culture’s obsession with innovation led us to neglect the fact that things also need to be taken care of? http://freakonomics.com/podcast/in-praise-of-maintenance/

* Freakonomics Radio is an award-winning weekly podcast with 7 million downloads a month; it also airs on public-radio stations across the country. Host Stephen Dubner has surprising conversations that explore the riddles of everyday life and the weird wrinkles of human nature—from cheating and crime to parenting and sports. Dubner talks with Nobel laureates and provocateurs, social scientists and entrepreneurs — and his Freakonomics co-author Steve Levitt. Freakonomics Radio is produced by Dubner Productions and WNYC Studios.

Recommendation(s)/Next Step(s):

RECEIVE communication and DIRECT staff as appropriate.

Fiscal Impact (if any):

N/A

Attachments
10-20-16 Vasco Support letter