We have an instructive use/abuse of power admission today. Best of all it's
from our fearless leader.
David Brauer uses and names names.
Margaret writes then David responds.
As a former president of the Kingfield board, I'd like to respond to a
couple of Margaret's comments.
She writes:
Take my neighborhood of Kingfield as an example--largely middle class-- and
the last time I checked, not a haven for people who are homeless. From
having been on the KFNA board and now on the NRP steering committee I
shudder to think where housing dollars will go if left to the control of the
Kingfield Neighborhood. The last board meeting I was at, much was being made
of the two (potential) single family units for low income people that may be
built. Those two units will merely replace the two houses that the KFNA
board and the City Council and the Mayor supported being torn down for the
Ace Hardware Parking Lot.
Me:
Something for people to remember: the infamous Ace Hardware homes were NOT
affordable housing. They were more expensive than many homes in our
neighborhood, including on Margaret's block.
Our original plan with the Ace homes was to move them off Ace's property and
make them affordable - using up to $100,000 in NRP money (for which I earned
Keith Reitman's enduring condemnation; being caught between Keith and
Margaret gives me a wry satisfaction). The move didn't work out for many
reasons, but Kingfield's interest and financial support weren't two of them.
CM: Not quite sure of rules here, but using listmembers names and their
opinions for basis of discussion.
Margaret subsequently quit the board, so she wasn't around when Steve
Jevning (current president) and I spent countless hours trying to pressure
Ned Abdul, the developer of the nursing home at 4429 Nicollet, to include
low-income housing - in a 29-unit development, by the way.
CM:
Here we have a
1.Board President of a neighborhood group- Zoning/schmoning the neighborhood
boss doesn't like your idea
2. Editor of two of the largest and influencial non-daily papers-What did
Truman say "don't pick fights with people who buy ink by the barrel"
3. List master of the most influencial municipal policy based list/serv
forum in the universe. With the power to
exclude from the forum.
"..I spent countless hours trying to pressure"
How would you like to bump into that? I suppose the cause was good. Sorry
Mr. Abdul, it's just democracy.
This is just chilling.
Craig Miller
Glad to be out of the city
Living in Rogers
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