Anybody catch this article in today's Statesman? http://www.statesman.com/news/content/news/stories/local/11/15/15housing.html This is so obviously a false...
Chris Bradford's covered this at his blog too: http://austinzoning.typepad.com/austincontrarian/2006/10/znas_affordable.html It'd be awesome if you and others...
I just did another post -- i'd be glad to merge/edit my two posts as a letter and circulate tonight ... I would gladly sign a letter. But I think the hearing...
This would have to be an online thing - just would be looking for a list of people willing to add their name as being generally in support. I'm out of town so ...
... That would be fantastic. Once we have a list of signers (I might be able to recruit a couple of neighbors as well), will we just email it, or would ...
Dear Ardent: I am touched by ZNA's concern for the welfare of your future tenants. It is not everyday, after all, that a neighborhood association invites an...
Sick baby at home, so this didn't go out last night. I'm e-mailing to Council this morning. A group letter is a good idea, but we'll need a fair amount of lead...
Hi - I read Chris Bradford's letter to city council, and think it's pretty good. Whether or not the ZNA is being disingenuous in opposing the re-zoning is...
... Thanks for reading it, and to Chris for writing it. ... I agree with you in principal, but I think you need *some* parking if you're going to sell condos...
I was at the meeting Thursday night, one of two people in the audience who supported the rezoning. Every time a ZNA or Bouldin rep got up and hammered the...
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As I recall, the original purpose of this group was to act as a counterweight against groups who routinely oppose any and all high density development,...
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... I don't think anyone has any idea how big the potential market of well-off, one child or less, urbanites in Austin is. Having a downtown employer seems...
Good comments. I'd also add that the 'bubble' concerns me not in the least - in fact, the more properties that get built, the better; for those future...
Ideally, we'd come up with something short and fairly uncontroversial in its reasoning - something that Patrick or anybody else who shows up could read in ...
I doubt very much whether there's any statement we could agree on with Wal-Mart, but I thought I should alert some of y'all to my crackpot rebuttal activities ...
I think that the city needs to hold fact sessions with these non- density groups and inform them of the real facts and benifits of having taller buildings in...
The anti-density groups are not ignorant. jdawgboyatx <JDawgboy@...> wrote: I think that the city needs to hold fact sessions with these non- density...
You'd think that would help, but my experience with the BCNA makes me wonder. In the debate about the Spring I made the argument that 200 units in the Spring...
So far the following folks have indicated they'd sign on in support of this statement: Me (Mike Dahmus) Chris Bradford Chris Cosart Brian Lindauer Patrick...