Comments on: In Economic Outlook for San Diego, 2009 Branded a “Throw-Away Year” http://www.xconomy.com/san-diego/2009/05/15/in-economic-outlook-for-san-diego-2009-branded-a-%e2%80%9cthrow-away-year%e2%80%9d/ Business + Technology in the Exponential Economy Sun, 22 Nov 2009 19:43:29 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: KirkH http://www.xconomy.com/san-diego/2009/05/15/in-economic-outlook-for-san-diego-2009-branded-a-%e2%80%9cthrow-away-year%e2%80%9d/comment-page-1/#comment-58177 KirkH Fri, 15 May 2009 15:22:19 +0000 http://www.xconomy.com/?p=24961#comment-58177 Some choice quotes from Mark Schiepp "Recession is likely to be avoided in Southern California" "2008 will be the transition year; 2009 will be a lot better." "Among the forecast’s bright spots is commercial real estate." http://realestaterecord.blogspot.com/2008/10/mark-schniepp.html I'm just curious why someone with such a horrible track record is sourced to predict the future. A lot of people seem to think positive thinking alone will solve this crisis. That's my only guess as to why these guys are given a voice. Some choice quotes from Mark Schiepp
“Recession is likely to be avoided in Southern California”

“2008 will be the transition year; 2009 will be a lot better.”

“Among the forecast’s bright spots is commercial real estate.”

http://realestaterecord.blogspot.com/2008/10/mark-schniepp.html

I’m just curious why someone with such a horrible track record is sourced to predict the future. A lot of people seem to think positive thinking alone will solve this crisis. That’s my only guess as to why these guys are given a voice.

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