I understand this is a good place to learn what's actually going on at city government. I hope that's true. I'm looking for solid information regarding plans by the Shelter Advisory Board to make substantive changes to zoning governing the siting of supportive housing in the city.
We already have a 1/4 mile spacing law that is largely disregarded. Now I'm hearing that not only is there a proposal to do away with that law, but also with other zoning ordinances that would make it even easier to place further concentrations of supportive housing facilities in neighborhoods that are rapidly falling off the map of liveable places.
What can responsible leaders be thinking? How can the greed of developers and those in the supportive housing industry so completely overshadow common sense? We're talking about vulnerable people who need help, protection and safe places to live, not herding, and we're talking about good, caring people in urban neighborhoods simply asking for the chance to build and maintain safe, attractive places to live and raise families. Give us that chance.
Cathie O'Rourke
Whittier resident
--
--
PressCheck Printing & Graphics Inc.
ph 952-888-5011
Providing high quality multi-color printing, including short-run 4-color.
Remember: "If you want a thing well done, get a couple of old broads to do it." -Bette Davis _______________________________________ Minneapolis Issues Forum - A City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest, and more: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
