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Little Progress to Unity
RECEIVED Thu., Feb. 27, 2020
Dear Editor,
It’s clear after two readings by the City Council of the new Land Development Code that there is little progress toward unity. Council Members Alter, Kitchen, Pool, and Tovo say that their constituents oppose the rewrite. Among their constituents are well-to-do NIMBYs opposed to new development. But weren’t council members elected to do the right thing?
It would cut the LDC challenge down to size if each of our 10 districts would build an additional 13,500 living units in the next 10 years? That would meet the agreed-upon LDC goal of 135,000 units. And what could be more fair?
It’s clear after two readings by the City Council of the new Land Development Code that there is little progress toward unity. Council Members Alter, Kitchen, Pool, and Tovo say that their constituents oppose the rewrite. Among their constituents are well-to-do NIMBYs opposed to new development. But weren’t council members elected to do the right thing?
It would cut the LDC challenge down to size if each of our 10 districts would build an additional 13,500 living units in the next 10 years? That would meet the agreed-upon LDC goal of 135,000 units. And what could be more fair?
Dick Kallerman