A friend of the blog emails:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The supposedly pro-renter, pro-density council member, Mitra Jalali, has voted against the development on Lexington<\/a>. It’s a development that would replace a vacant lot rather than tearing down houses that single families could buy. It also was a development that was not asking for any subsidies.h<\/a>
Apparently, the city council thinks they can make Alatus (the developer) do it better or find someone who can do it better. Do what better is unclear. Of course, with Jalali’s push to enforce rent control, get rid of background checks, and reduce landlords ability to evict problem tenants, who will build anything here?
Well, there probably is some developer who funded Jalali’s campaign who “can do better.” But, we’ll see how much that type of donation costs us taxpayers when Alatus sues the city for this questionable decision. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\nIgnorance? <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Malfeasance?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
When you’re dealing with a movement whose unstated motto is “our ends justify our means”, that has single-party absolute power over all the knobs and levers of government, ignorance, the answer is “irrelevant”. <\/p>\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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