tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5723709701684173708.post1797025505395939926..comments2024-03-28T11:21:19.200-04:00Comments on The Gossips of Rivertown: Rent Stabilization and HudsonCarole Osterinkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16010623982526286408noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5723709701684173708.post-70205212301491813002019-03-30T15:33:57.550-04:002019-03-30T15:33:57.550-04:00Gilson seems to have it right, but the story got t...Gilson seems to have it right, but the story got to the important stuff -- "Hudson is really freaking out over the assessments" -- and then hid behind a paywall.... Peter Meyerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16077048678660809331noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5723709701684173708.post-43257955202503450452019-03-27T20:50:18.133-04:002019-03-27T20:50:18.133-04:00Rent Control in Hudson conflicts with high assessm...Rent Control in Hudson conflicts with high assessments and high taxes. <br /><br />You will end up with Hudson bankrupted like Detroit was bankrupted.<br /><br />I will not live to see it, but it is a really dumb idea. However, no one ever said the masses were smart. j kayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08669649380477390089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5723709701684173708.post-22922419191842066082019-03-27T13:51:16.354-04:002019-03-27T13:51:16.354-04:00Excellent article by Gilson -- cogently points out...Excellent article by Gilson -- cogently points out precisely why Bujan and Halloran are correct while the rest of the Council votes in knee-jerk reaction: besides being of little to no application in Hudson, they don't address the underlying problems (economic development and education reform) causing the symptom (a perceived "housing crisis"). Real leadership pertains, at least in part, to pointing out when ideas are poor, not just rubber-stamping them because they "start a conversation" (which has been on-going in the city for at least a decade). John K. Friedmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16514407793203424954noreply@blogger.com