Does Utah Planning Work?

[Bruce]

Planning and the work of planners was futile, Aaron Wildavsky argued, if it could not deliver any of its proclaimed and observable results. The real test for planning, and planners, Wildavsky suggested, was for planning to show successes because of planning rather than the “random occurrences” that would happen anyway (Wildavsky, 1971, p. 96). My question to all Utah planners and me is, are the plans we formulate capable of turning their aspirational statements into reality? I believe that unfulfilled words, goal statements, or unrealized promises undercut the value of planning.</span>

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