The Council of Government has a Southwestern Commission that has a program called OPT-IN, which is short for the exciting Opportunity Initiative. It is another chance for people to feel inclusive as they are slyly cajoled into believing they themselves are instrumental in developing the same Smart Growth initiatives everybody else is “creating.’ The objective is to have a magnanimous vision derived from simplistic models, derived from matching assumptions, of how to best lord it over other people.

“The quickest way to stop growth is to cut off the water supply,” [master visioneer] Gianni Longo said.