tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5723709701684173708.post1976924004089155137..comments2024-03-28T17:55:31.180-04:00Comments on The Gossips of Rivertown: Pursuing Inclusionary ZoningCarole Osterinkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16010623982526286408noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5723709701684173708.post-77384468170459977152021-05-10T18:20:48.502-04:002021-05-10T18:20:48.502-04:00and run it so poorly?
power hungry and a sociopath...and run it so poorly?<br />power hungry and a sociopath, how lucky for HudsonJeffrey Perryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04900418559890548746noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5723709701684173708.post-66681506944378401552021-05-09T19:33:54.788-04:002021-05-09T19:33:54.788-04:00....and let's not forget he tried to push some.......and let's not forget he tried to push someone down a flight of stairs<br />who challenged him in a public meeting. How in God's name does someone this destructive and unhinged run our city government? John Darbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12020094757400809243noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5723709701684173708.post-35824537816012330912021-05-09T16:46:01.466-04:002021-05-09T16:46:01.466-04:00And what is 'workforce' housing? All very...And what is 'workforce' housing? All very confusing. Jenniferhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10964219905365378579noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5723709701684173708.post-87346240588341528182021-05-08T15:12:42.499-04:002021-05-08T15:12:42.499-04:00Tom's skin is so thin you can see right throug...Tom's skin is so thin you can see right through it. Dropping Council members who speak out during meetings, muting participants from public comment, and using public forums as a platform to forward his own self-aggrandizing agenda. It would be comical it wasn't so destructive to the fabric of the community.John Kanehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03300676479057228139noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5723709701684173708.post-22567803389588657592021-05-07T22:40:56.233-04:002021-05-07T22:40:56.233-04:00Tom Depietro, when justifying his abolishment of s...Tom Depietro, when justifying his abolishment of standing committees, said that the department meetings had become "free-for-alls." Which is to say, too many residents (no more than 2 or 3 usually) spoke up at meetings trying to stay involved and trying to keep department heads accountable. This is how tyrants and dictators operate, and how democracy dies.BILLhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06165652134301551300noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5723709701684173708.post-58183483187220176332021-05-07T19:47:22.965-04:002021-05-07T19:47:22.965-04:00This comment has been removed by the author.M. Morrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17700158637530451349noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5723709701684173708.post-46406983028229119482021-05-07T19:16:21.056-04:002021-05-07T19:16:21.056-04:00Standing committees were abolished in favor of ad ...Standing committees were abolished in favor of ad hoc committees. https://gossipsofrivertown.blogspot.com/2021/02/news-from-common-council-meeting-part-4.html The ad hoc committee on inclusionary zoning consists of Rebecca Wolff and John Rosenthal, with Tom DePietro and Jeff Baker, counsel to the Council, also attending. DePietro announced the need for such a committee in February, and it has met a couple of times since then.Carole Osterinkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16010623982526286408noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5723709701684173708.post-51814224993526315152021-05-07T18:43:36.504-04:002021-05-07T18:43:36.504-04:00There's always seems to be confusion about th...There's always seems to be confusion about the term "affordable housing". But what is "market rate" housing? I hear people conflating "market rate" with "organic growth", one of the most misleading terms I've ever come across. signifierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03601047461286366304noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5723709701684173708.post-31471924820840826392021-05-07T16:58:29.356-04:002021-05-07T16:58:29.356-04:00I must have been asleep at the wheel, but didn'...I must have been asleep at the wheel, but didn't CC abolish committees? Now they have an ad hoc committee to address inclusionary zoning. Do we know who's on this committee and when it was established? Peter Meyerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16077048678660809331noreply@blogger.com