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I like Norman Krumholz, I really do. For years, I've been an avid reader of materials describing the Cleveland policy planning approach. Whenever Krumholz has spoken at APA conferences, I've made it my business to attend. We have, on several occasions, invited him to speak to planning students and faculty at M.I.T. His retrospective piece, therefore, comes at something of a surprise. After all the hullabaloo, has equity planning produced nothing more than a three year deferral of transit fare increases? Is it true that Mayor Stokes gave little recognition to the planning commission's efforts in his book? Obviously, I had a very wrong picture of what equity planning has accomplished in Cleveland. Lofty intentions are no substitute for weak performance.