The politics of fear (& IZ)
I read Paul Soglin's Inclusionary Zoning - A Lesson for the Left this morning, er afternoon, when I got up. At first, I chalked...
Smart Growth Madison Inc. Changes their Mind . . .
So, not only has Smart Growth Madison, Inc. a lobbyist group for Madison developers changed their staff from Delora Newton (who now works for...
How the Realtors (and other groups?) want to gut the IZ ordinance
At noon today, Phil Salkin presented a plan to "amend" the inclusionary zoning ordinance for the City of Madison to the Mayor's workgroup. Phil...
SGM: Where are you?
More than 2 weeks ago, I sent this letter to Smart Growth Madison, Inc. So far . . . no official response. However, two...
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...
Monday Morning Round Up
So, it was a very busy week last week and this week looks to be more of the same. Anyways, here's a few...
Ald. Judy Compton took lessons from the Chamber of Commerce
Folks, we have more bad numbers . . . this time, It is those big stacks of paper that Judy Compton has been waiving...
Inclusionary Zoning & the American Dream: How much equity should a homebuyer get when...
Recent local discussions about changes or repeal of Madison's Inclusionary Zoning* program have focused on several issues. The first one I'd like to address...
Inclusionary Zoning: How many incentives are enough?
The City of Madison adopted an Inclusionary Zoning program a little less than two years ago. The theory behind the program is that the...
Downtown: Land of Luxury
Rob Zaleski's Cap Times article yesterday called Downtown Quickly Becoming a Land of Luxurywas one of those articles where you read the headline and...
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Inclusionary Zoning – Twists, spins and goes in circles
And we end up nearly where we started?WARNING: Talking about equity models is boring. If you don't want to hear alot of wonk...