dcmead.bsky.social
Always working on something. Politics junkie. Progressive former Green Party. BigCommerce expert. Boredom is my nemesis. Cathedral City, CA.
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If there was ever a city to do congestion pricing, it's nyc.
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It doesn't help that they keep planning protests on weekdays. Do one on a weekend and a lot more people will show up.
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Congress too. Let's not forget the tubes.
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And except the state legislators who keep insisting we can't have laws prohibiting development in high fire severity zones. Maybe it's time to revisit those laws so local governments can determine where it's actually safe to build.
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For all the "unbanked" people who still use cash, it's an immediate price increase of one to four cents on lots of purchases.
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Yeah good luck with that. He barely gets elected in moderate riverside county. No way he's winning in more liberal areas.
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I'm so angry this guy keeps getting reelected. It's embarrassing that he's technically my sheriff. Thank God my city has its own police department.
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Today's protests were poorly organized and it shows. Not a huge number of people, which makes it look like the majority like what Trump and musk are doing. If anything, it hurts the cause.
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No, he's a DUI Hire (stolen from a friend)
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States already do for the most part. That's why my husband (raised in Boston) learned about the Civil War while I (raised in Virginia) learned about the war of Northern aggression. If you want to reform the department of education, I'm all for setting some national standards.
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They seem to think they can will real live people out of existence. Same with childless women and atheists.
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Wasn't its legality barely approved originally, only because the terrorists were foreign combatants? I thought that's why they had to call them that, because otherwise they were entitled to normal due process and had to be held in the U.S.
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It's attributed to Socrates, not Buddha.
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If you don't want to be called a racist, stop saying and doing racist things. Not too difficult.
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So why aren't our senators doing anything? It can't possibly be legal.
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Why is Congress not doing anything about an unelected, unappointed, private citizen taking over OPM? has Elon musk actually been hired as a government employee? What is his salary and actual title? What authority does he actually have? This is absurd.
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This is actually super important. So much happens at the local level and most cities have just a few people who ever get involved. Run for a local commission and start making change!
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Seriously? I must have missed that part. It's difficult to sit through an entire Trump press conference without getting up for mental health breaks every few minutes.
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And don't forget disabled people. Notice they've been saying DEIA, not just DEI. because somehow being in a wheelchair impacts your ability to be an air traffic controller?
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Air traffic control not necessarily responsible, but DEI hiring practices definitely were? Of course no mention of the firing of the head of the FAA because Musk had a personal beef with him.
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I saw a recent study saying that the vast majority of medical procedures for "gender affirming care" on children were actually for boys who have overly large chest areas getting breast reductions. Boys who are remaining boys. Not changing their genders.
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Yes but at the same time I often feel helpless because there's not much i can actively do.
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And here in California, there's no point calling because I already know they'll be voting against him.
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Shop at Costco where they just protected their DEI efforts.
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So now all the liberals should boycott coca cola products like the right did with bud light because they gave a commemorative can to a trans podcaster, right?
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I heard they were considering doing a telethon to raise money for the fire victims instead. I think that would be a great idea.
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I can see that we're never going to agree on this and that's fine. I simply believe there's a middle ground here that serves all interests.
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No different than entitlements and conditions of approval that go with any land bought or sold. Unless you want to get rid of all zoning, in which case is a much bigger conversation about whether or not citizens should have any input into their cities and communities.
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Okay, fair to feel that way, I just feel differently. One of the reasons many people move to a city is its character. That includes all sorts of things beyond just housing. People like Austin because it's "weird". Take that away and it's no different than any other capital city.
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It isn't. Not at all. You can preserve a city's character, protect historic resources AND build housing. Homelessness is a lot more than a housing issue so I wouldn't really group it in there.
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No one is dictating what others can do with their property. Some people who own historic homes want to protect them. I don't see the issue with that. Historic neighborhoods typically only get certified when the majority of homeowners agree to do it.
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But if Chinatown and fisherman's wharf and cable cars were all gone, what would make it different from any other city? Do you not see any value in city's having their own personality? Or should they all just be the same?
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Buildings aren't designated historic because they're old. They have to have some historical or cultural significance beyond that. It's a very extensive application process with a lot of fees involved. It can take years to achieve. It's not being done willy not just because a building is old.
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So you believe in completely market controlled housing with no limits? Just hope that the price of housing comes down eventually because there's so much excess supply?
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I agree that we are not building enough housing for working class people or families. Nor are we doing enough to preserve existing "low a" affordable housing or requiring a high enough percentage of deed restricted affordable units in new multi-family projects.
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I believe there is a public benefit to having different types of housing to serve a diverse population. Cities typically agree with that as well. Zoning is the implementation of that objective.
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Agreed, so the question is how to best do that. Is it private citizens through something like the mills act? Local governments buying them? Zoning? There are many options and likely the solutions would be different depending on the individual city.
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I am certainly not saying that. I was pointing out that forced change or forced no change are equally bad. There are two points of view at the two ends of the spectrum and a lot of people whose opinions fall in the middle. Compromise can be had and finding it is what we elect our leaders to do.