Comments on: A different kind of city editor http://editdesk.wordpress.com/2009/05/19/editor-jargon-trees/ Thoughts on editing for print and online media Thu, 16 May 2013 02:29:06 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Jess http://editdesk.wordpress.com/2009/05/19/editor-jargon-trees/#comment-724 Thu, 21 May 2009 16:37:44 +0000 http://editdesk.wordpress.com/?p=2000#comment-724 I’m a reporter in a town that is drafting its first tree ordinance. For about eight months, I’ve had to sit through meeting about critical root zones, optimum root zones, etc. etc. etc.

They’ve simplified the ordinance over and over again, removing definitions and consolidating others – and it hasn’t yet been passed or been up for a vote – because of fear of confusing developers.

But it has kind of stripped the ordinance of its original might. I am, however, ALL for a translator to sit at planning and zoning meetings as a go-between for the public and the planners, who are often real-life caricatures.

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