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Berkeley Yimby Jew Dad On the Housing Advisory Commission trying to make more and better affordable housing. Berkeley Civic Library: https://www.civic-library.com Blog: https://davidshere.github.io
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I thought that quitting weed would mean I'd be more productive and focus more on my goals, and lol, no.

Ok this is an absolutely brilliant answer. What would you cut they ask, nothing he says, I’m going to hire more people. But he says it by dumping on consultants. Brilliant.

Apropos of nothing…

Watching the Les mod 10th anniversary concert, like you do, and damn Fantine hits differently when you’re a parent. This shit is really sad!

It would be nice if BlueSky were a place where left of center ideas were injected into mainstream discourse, I’ll settle for a place I can post and scroll without my blood pressure spiking.

I just checked in there too, what a nightmare place

I understand why people believe that stuff - this comes from one of the most egregious parts of the whole story, which, more on that later. But it's just not true, the misconception is both insulting to professional staff toxic to our civic culture.

Because I can't help but get angry at people's NextDoor posts, here's a blog I wrote showing that all the noise about Hopkins Street and the Fire Department is wrong, and the city staff actually did the right thing, from the beginning. davidshere.github.io/posts/critic...

This is a great list

Gonna take a pass on that one, CBP

Strong agree

This is why I like to go in person to city council meetings when I have something spicy to say I basically always edit on the fly because yeah, makes a difference when they’re looking at you!