I support the mayor's proposal for a strong inclusionary zoning ordinance, to create more affordable housing for both renters and home owners, dispersed throughout the city, and to keep housing in Madison for all residents affordable into the future.
It is especially important that lower income families are spread throughout the city. Otherwise, those with lower incomes are forced to drive (or pay for transit which they cannot easily afford) to distant locations to work, etc., which, if affordable housing already existed, they would not have to do that. There is already far too much needless motor vehicle travel in this city (as in most cities). With the right mix of income levels, business establishments to work in; shops to shop at; libraries to learn and recreate at (we already have this via branch library system, which is good); playgrounds and parks; community centers etc.; the destruction of the values Madison is famous for by excessive automobile traffic can be avoided. But the solution must be timely. The impacts due to continuous increases in nonresident motorized vehicle traffic in Madison over the period of the past three decades has made living in Madison unsafe and more polluted, for the low, high and medium income families alike. It seems more and more of the high and medium income families have been leaving the city; the low income families have no choice but to remain in the city, so the city is obligated to see that they have affordable housing, at the very least. Mike Neuman 4334 Waite Circle "In this unfolding conundrum of life and history there is such a thing as being too late." - Martin Luther King, Jr. ________________________________________________________________ The best thing to hit the internet in years - Juno SpeedBand! Surf the web up to FIVE TIMES FASTER! Only $14.95/ month - visit www.juno.com to sign up today! _______________________________________________ Bikies mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.danenet.org/mailman/listinfo/bikies
