Dennis, Alex, Bill, Stephen

Wojtek Sokolowski sokol at jhu.edu
Thu Sep 23 10:21:07 PDT 1999


At 07:00 AM 9/23/99 -0700, Brad DeLong wrote:
>> >Local activist Becky O'Malley blames developers for the plan.
>> >"Speculators hiding behind the smart-growth banner have started
>> >drawing their bullseyes on attractive viable cities like San
>> >Francisco and Berkeley," she says.

My, my, and who is benefiting from the current situation? The landlords who due to housing shorttages can demand higher rents and hide behind 'grassroots activism' and 'environmentalism' to prevent increase of housing supply that would lower their rent income. of course, those dopey berkeley hippies have not yet figured that out - hence their knee jerk reaction against anything thaht smacks of a "big city" or "economic development."

wojtek



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