ERIC PREVEN'S NOTEBOOK

ERIC PREVEN'S NOTEBOOK - The smash and grab gang had a good week, and the porch pirates are ramping up for December. 

ERIC PREVEN'S NOTEBOOK - Though we are fourth in the nation among large cities in the category of veteran victimization, we have a lot to learn from San Diego when it comes to military contracting fraud. 

ERIC PREVEN'S NOTEBOOK - Nearly 15 years ago Peter Guber wrote for Harvard Business Review “Make the ‘I’ in your story become ‘we,’ so the whole tribe or community can come together and unite behind your experience and the idea it embodies.” 

ERIC PREVEN'S NOTEBOOK - The purpose of the seasonal 4-day conference among legislators and lobbyists held each year in Maui, Hawaii is to provide a setting, away from the Capitol, for elected officials and a diverse group of industry experts to consider policy matters in a nonpartisan manner with mai tais and tickle attacks from landside Editorial boards. 

ERIC PREVEN’S NOTEBOOK - Street furniture is Bob Blumenfield's jam.  He loves the "Outfront Media" component and everybody pulling together at the corporate level.

ERIC PREVEN'S NOTEBOOK - We were discussing the benefits of a chiropractor -- a cousin told a story of a friend who went in for an adjustment and had her neck broken.  I told her straight up, in that case, "I'd hire a lawyer."