Carol Becker wrote:
To quote Woodstock (from Peanuts) "Every time someone comes up with a good
idea, someone else brings up the budget."
The Niland affordable housing proposal would have cost as much as the City
currently spends for the Fire Department, an amount of money it simply
There is nothing wrong with holding our elected officials to their word and
to what is in print. We have a serious affordable housing crisis in our
city and the current administration and council leadership has spent most of
their time on corporate welfare instead of addressing basic issues such
I was going to offer some comments in response to Carol Becker's. However, I was
beaten to the punch by others. In any case, I fully agree that Council Member
Niland's proposal would have been expensive and might have been reaching for Heaven
when only the stratosphere was attainable.
