tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8394711926853801811.post282909300008786243..comments2024-03-28T02:35:57.735-07:00Comments on The Emeryville Tattler: City Council to Consider Building Moratorium Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8394711926853801811.post-73739652424940497552015-02-11T07:33:06.745-08:002015-02-11T07:33:06.745-08:00I loathe finding really important discussions onli...I loathe finding really important discussions online with the author of posts going undercover as 'anonymous'. it's just bad integrity. period.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8394711926853801811.post-62007305946818749672015-02-10T18:55:55.451-08:002015-02-10T18:55:55.451-08:00We don't have a choice in the matter. Our fut...We don't have a choice in the matter. Our future in Emeryville is set; we have to do what the developers want. If we do something we want, all will be lost. Other towns can do it, just not Emeryville.<br /><br />Your comment is filled with straw men. It's not developers of housing for newcomers I have a problem with it's bad development I have a problem with. As a result of a game-changing election, we in Emeryville are regrouping and reconsidering what kind of residential development we want after 2 generations of letting developers call the shots and we're not constrained by anything other than the law. The idea that we can't make the town how we see fit, that elections don't matter and we have to continue on putting the developers in the drivers seat because to not do so doesn't comport with some irrational and false right wing ideology is delusional. Brian Donahuehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12705682112476904502noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8394711926853801811.post-59514351479051145992015-02-10T09:21:47.112-08:002015-02-10T09:21:47.112-08:00So who builds housing other than a developer? Do y...So who builds housing other than a developer? Do you think someone other than a developer built the housing that you currently occupy? <br />So really its the developers of housing for newcomers that you have a problem with.<br />Burying your head in the sand and pretending that people will stop coming because you outlaw all new construction will not make things better. People will continue to come, and your already scarce resource will become more scarce and more expensive, further enhancing the effects of gentrification.By all means continue in your quest to turn emeryville into a xenophobic gated community wherein only those who are welcome, are those who already live there.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8394711926853801811.post-8748760327475902822015-02-10T09:11:16.362-08:002015-02-10T09:11:16.362-08:00Oh, and by the way; 'planning' means just ...Oh, and by the way; 'planning' means just that; planning. That means saying 'don't build here' and 'you can't build that there' and 'you can't build that now'. It's called 'planning'. It's really cool. All the hippest cities are doing it. There's nothing delusional about it. It's fun! And it also means people get the city they want rather than the city the developers want.Brian Donahuehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12705682112476904502noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8394711926853801811.post-78371321707562846872015-02-10T07:59:56.066-08:002015-02-10T07:59:56.066-08:00'Republican' is an invective? Are you sur...'Republican' is an invective? Are you sure? I think you ought to check out that political party more closely. I think you'll find a lot there you'll like. For instance the idea that a municipality should be able to have any effect on private property rights. You'll note their ideas dovetail nicely with yours. However you should be forewarned; republicans are hypocrites on private property rights and the rights of municipalities. Try to build the house you want in a republican enclave such as Danville or Blackhawk (presuming it's different than every other house). See what happens. You'll note there are two branches of the same party, the 'libertarian' and the 'authoritarian' and both branches exist within each republican. They bring one or the other out, depending on how it can be used in a particular moment. You might want to consider settling on the libertarian one and staying put. That would make you an outlier among republicans. Brian Donahuehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12705682112476904502noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8394711926853801811.post-9215592104319343442015-02-10T07:10:23.640-08:002015-02-10T07:10:23.640-08:00heavens! such foul invective! A republican! Will t...heavens! such foul invective! A republican! Will there be an angry lynch mob outside my home when I leave this AM?<br />Thanks for the good laugh.. Only in the bay area is the response to a scarcity to force my scarcity by law. I wouldnt say that encoding into law that no housing may be built would be considered planning, but hey we are all allowed our own delusions.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8394711926853801811.post-89168201975799118942015-02-09T18:20:13.087-08:002015-02-09T18:20:13.087-08:00Another republican putting forth the idea that gov...Another republican putting forth the idea that government is impotent and incompetent. We have to leave it up to the free market, is that it? Wait for it to trickle down? Citizens can't have anything nice in their town because we have to constantly bow down to the "government is bad" god? A people planning their town is not something that can be abided because....why? Because hosannas must be sung to the free market. Planning is anathema to the free market. Is that it?Brian Donahuehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12705682112476904502noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8394711926853801811.post-72138127866608816732015-02-09T17:30:49.823-08:002015-02-09T17:30:49.823-08:00This might be the stupidest idea I have ever seen ...This might be the stupidest idea I have ever seen put forth by one of the smaller bay area city governments, and that is saying something. You think housing is expensive now? Enact a moratorium and see what happens.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8394711926853801811.post-16789651613998198312015-02-05T12:09:19.236-08:002015-02-05T12:09:19.236-08:00Thank You Jac. I am so thankful that some thought ...Thank You Jac. I am so thankful that some thought is being put into this. It is such an important first step in reclaiming the city for the people who actually want to live and create a life here long term. The shortsightedness of building expensive housing for the "young and single" is not sustainable. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8394711926853801811.post-81502080908177882012015-02-04T20:26:28.307-08:002015-02-04T20:26:28.307-08:00This is a big story. Think it's being buried ...This is a big story. Think it's being buried by the police shooting story?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com