WSJ: Does it Again
It would be kind of cool if the WSJ Editorial folks would actually write about facts, instead of making them up. Here's their...
A WTF morning.
So, I started three different blogs this morning, I delayed two of them cuz the links I was trying to use on the city...
The People’s Affordable Housing Vision
Or should that be hallucination at this point?We've been talking about it for years . . . we've taken some steps forward and more...
Short Common Council Recap
Snooze.While we dealt with 190 items on the agenda last night, very few of them got any attention at all and we were done...
Inclusionary Zoning Updates
As the market slowed, so did the production of housing, including inclusionary zoning units, but we recently got an update that although there were...
Creating Other Affordable Housing Programs . . .
So, one of the knocks on Inclusionary Zoning is that there are other ways to create affordable housing, particularly that we should use the...
Realtors work in good faith . . .
Not.You may have seen the recent article in the Isthmus about the Realtors take on inclusionary zoning, and here's another one in the Sunday...
Property Tax Exemption Fix?
Well, kinda, mostly.Yesterday afternoon, news spread throughout the community that the State was going to fix the property tax exemption in the omnibus bill,...
Inclusionary Zoning Recommendations
The Mayor asked the Inclusionary Zoning Committee to come up with recommendations for the Inclusionary Zoning Program. Today, the committee will begin the...
WTF? Friday
This morning, I was calling today "Snarky Friday" based on my snarky postings this morning. But now . . . I'm steaming...
The "Problem" with the Homeless
Has war been declared on the homeless? Should we fence off our parks, prevent people from getting food from food pantries and prevent...
Random thoughts of the day . . .
Short and sweet . . .1. I want my paycheck too.2. Thank goodness that did not work out. Didn't even make...