By: Diane Benjamin I’ve done many stories on Opticos and Missing Middle Housing. Review this story, it contains what the Council told staff they wanted back in July 2024 to solve the “housing crisis”: https://blnnews.com/2025/05/31/remember-when-i-told-you-staff-wouldnt-drop-it/ There is ZERO in those instructions about creating “walkable neighborhoods” or hiring a consultant from California. That didn’t stop Jeff […]
By: Diane Benjamin One more thing from Monday’s Council meeting: Mollie Ward made a comment at the end of the meeting. She was one of the 4 who voted for the Missing Middle Housing plan. Hit play: . She recently attended an event honoring people who died riding bicycles. She attempted to shame the council […]
By: Diane Benjamin The title is the real article headline. If you want to read this story you have to jump through their hoops to do it. https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/interactive/2024/walkable-neighborhoods-suburban-sprawl-pollution/?tid=wa_hardregwall_auth The story was written by an immigrant from New Delhi. A few excerpts: People, however, do not live according to the preferences of planners. Pew Research Center recently […]
