One of the folks who circulated an online petition against the monstrous apartment complex proposed for, the Life South property, a proposal endorsed by city bureaucrats, has done a victory lap.
Just what was the victory?
To hear them tell it, that would be the rejection of the oft-modified proposal. That's it.
No strategic changes by folks who should care, and DHA should, but probably isn't amongst them. Nothing that takes note of the "ask for the stars to get the moon" approach often adopted by these developers. Nothing to address the fact that the city's Confederacy of Dunces who promoted and recommended approval of this foster cluck had no elected official representing the electorate.
Maybe these committees, or whatever the hell they are, should have at least one citizen representative from each district in the city. None of these citizens should serve in any other capacity in the city or the city adjacents: the large number of authorities, councils, committees...whatever they've thrown up as a "we didn't do it, they did" CYA. It should have at least one elected official from council or a first term mayor. In other words someone accountable at the ballot box. Otherwise we'll continue with what we have, a sham rubber-stamping whatever it is these unelected bureaucrats want, and they want what outsiders have told them to want. And maybe it is time for a Citizens Oversight Group to ride herd on this circus.
Until meaningful, enforceable changes are made, there has been no victory.
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