Inclusionary Zoning Didn’t Ruin the World
Seriously, it didn't! It has some flaws that need fixing, but all the dire predictions don't seem to be true. Last week...
City Solutions to Affordable Housing
"Galoot" on thedailypage forum asked what Cities can do for affordable housing beyond the state and federal programs such as Section 8. It's...
Council Recap – The Rest of the Meeting
Continued . . . .BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS#40 SHERMAN TERRACE WATER MAINSRobert Schniker - support - passes on speakingRichard Meyer - Sherman Terrace was...
TIF Policy – What’s Next?
The committee finally finished its report! Only a year late!The report is done and now it goes off to the Board of Estimates...
The Friday Snarkarama
I have about 30 blog topics in my queue that I haven't gotten to, I might not have snarky comments about all of them,...
Edgewater Heavy Round Up, But a Few Other Things . . ..
This is all I have for today, I got up late and thought I could work on it at work, but 20 minutes in,...
Homeless Services vs. Economic Development
What a ridiculous choice to have to make! Your input needed tonight! I believe the federal law and intent dictate what the...
Property Tax Exemption Subcommittee Meeting
Live blogged! (I can do that when I'm not on the committee)David Sparer, Judy Wilcox, Greg Rosenberg in attendance. (Committee members) Joined...
A sign of the times.
Yesterday, I was the housing counselor at the Tenant Resource Center from 9 to noon. During that time, I had 9 people come...
Common Council Recap: November 6th 2007
A short meeting, only an hour. That's always trouble for us in the months to come. Or actually, more likely, next week...
Allied Drive: They don’t know.
Yesterday I went to the meeting on Allied Drive to see the grand unveiling of the "plans" for Allied Drive. Fortunately, I didn't...
IZ Myths (or Lies or Spin) – #1 – 5
I was going to do a blog entry about the IZ myths, or lies, or spin that I have been hearing and I was...