APS: who is the best CB candidate on schools issues?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I can't believe I'm saying this, but I am also voting for Clement. Missing Middle is so stupid, and their projections for how it will impact schools are laughable.

I hope you appreciate how awful Clement would be as a county board member. Don't expect her to advance any positive agenda, respond to constituent requests, show up to civic meetings, or do any of the other basic functions of an elected leader. Missing middle will be decided within the next few months. We'd be stuck with Clement for nearly four years after that. Is that really what you want?

Yes. The board has gotten more and more ridiculous. We need a break from one party rule. Losing Vihstadt really hurt our county.

Vihstadt took his responsibilities as a county board seriously. Clement is a crank who won't show up to the job.

I know she's a whacko; but what is the basis for your assertion that she won't show up to do the job?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I can't believe I'm saying this, but I am also voting for Clement. Missing Middle is so stupid, and their projections for how it will impact schools are laughable.

I hope you appreciate how awful Clement would be as a county board member. Don't expect her to advance any positive agenda, respond to constituent requests, show up to civic meetings, or do any of the other basic functions of an elected leader. Missing middle will be decided within the next few months. We'd be stuck with Clement for nearly four years after that. Is that really what you want?

Sadly, yes. I know she's a nut. I wish she would stop running. I also think our CB is completely unresponsive and broken. So yes, I am willing to have 1 of 5 seats be a protest vote. And that's assuming she wins. If she doesn't win, but comes close, that also sends a message. So yes. I am going to vote for her.

Same here. I don’t like her and I am usually not a protest vote kind of person, but the CB has become a parody of itself and if the options are “more of the same,” “nutty Audrey,” or not voting at all…well, I’ll hold my nose and vote for Audrey.

[Anonymous]

I'm surprised that people young enough to have kids in APS don't support MM. In my neighborhood, the anti-MM are mostly elderly or people in bigass new builds who go private.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'm surprised that people young enough to have kids in APS don't support MM. In my neighborhood, the anti-MM are mostly elderly or people in bigass new builds who go private.

Why is that surprising? They understand it will short change the school systems which are already overcrowded and need a 4th high school

[Anonymous]

I have seen Clement speak at SB meetings in the past. Total whack. And I’m voting for her, if I can make myself do it. This missing middle proposal is just that bad.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'm surprised that people young enough to have kids in APS don't support MM. In my neighborhood, the anti-MM are mostly elderly or people in bigass new builds who go private.

Because young APS parents like me tend not to suffer as much from some common Boomer and Gen Xer afflictions: view homes as retirement accounts, fear of neighborhood change, anxiety over more neighbors, lack of faith in government’s ability to solve problems, and expectation that housing policy should be geared toward juicing property values. Perks of not growing up steeped in Reaganism?

[Anonymous]

It’s depressing how many homeowners are so committed to maintaining exclusionary zoning that they’ll vote for a candidate they know will do a miserable job.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It’s depressing how many homeowners are so committed to maintaining exclusionary zoning that they’ll vote for a candidate they know will do a miserable job.

Not committed to exclusionary zoning. I'm just asking them to build a 4th high school first!

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:It’s depressing how many homeowners are so committed to maintaining exclusionary zoning that they’ll vote for a candidate they know will do a miserable job.

Not committed to exclusionary zoning. I'm just asking them to build a 4th high school first!

So committed that you’ll vote for an unqualified candidate because you’re demanding a new school that the county board doesn’t decide whether to build and that projections show we don’t need. Congratulations.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I'm surprised that people young enough to have kids in APS don't support MM. In my neighborhood, the anti-MM are mostly elderly or people in bigass new builds who go private.

Because young APS parents like me tend not to suffer as much from some common Boomer and Gen Xer afflictions: view homes as retirement accounts, fear of neighborhood change, anxiety over more neighbors, lack of faith in government’s ability to solve problems, and expectation that housing policy should be geared toward juicing property values. Perks of not growing up steeped in Reaganism?

Millennial homeowner here. If I was only concerned about home value I’d be pro-missing middle.

I’m pro-affordable housing, not in favor of recklessly increasing population density with no plan for the impacts of it.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm surprised that people young enough to have kids in APS don't support MM. In my neighborhood, the anti-MM are mostly elderly or people in bigass new builds who go private.

Because young APS parents like me tend not to suffer as much from some common Boomer and Gen Xer afflictions: view homes as retirement accounts, fear of neighborhood change, anxiety over more neighbors, lack of faith in government’s ability to solve problems, and expectation that housing policy should be geared toward juicing property values. Perks of not growing up steeped in Reaganism?

Millennial homeowner here. If I was only concerned about home value I’d be pro-missing middle.

I’m pro-affordable housing, not in favor of recklessly increasing population density with no plan for the impacts of it.

What would non-recklessly increasing density look like to you? And how would you make housing more affordable?

[Anonymous]

The question was which candidate would be best for the schools. It's pretty clear that is the candidate who opposed missing middle. Even the biggest YIMBYs don't argue MM will make schools better. They just think slightly more crowded schools are worth it. Anyone else will look at the size of the high schools are realize that allowing the upcoming being contemplated could only be bad for school overcrowding. Unless they have an inside hookup to HBW.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It’s depressing how many homeowners are so committed to maintaining exclusionary zoning that they’ll vote for a candidate they know will do a miserable job.

I would support MM if they were talking about duplexes with one required parking space off-street per unit. But quads or more with 0.5 spaces per unit is insane. Plus anything above a duplex is not creating new home ownership opportunities at a lower price point, which is the problem MM is supposed to be solving. Also, if you think it's only going to be 20 units a year (I find that laughable), gradually implement it and only allow 20 the first year to assess demand before you throw existing zoning laws out the window. It's a crazy idea.

[Anonymous]

I have voted for Clement in the past, but I'm not sure I can do it again. I may vote Theo as my protest my vote. And I don't even really have strong feelings about MM one way or the other. Just hate one-party rule.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm surprised that people young enough to have kids in APS don't support MM. In my neighborhood, the anti-MM are mostly elderly or people in bigass new builds who go private.

Because young APS parents like me tend not to suffer as much from some common Boomer and Gen Xer afflictions: view homes as retirement accounts, fear of neighborhood change, anxiety over more neighbors, lack of faith in government’s ability to solve problems, and expectation that housing policy should be geared toward juicing property values. Perks of not growing up steeped in Reaganism?

Millennial homeowner here. If I was only concerned about home value I’d be pro-missing middle.

I’m pro-affordable housing, not in favor of recklessly increasing population density with no plan for the impacts of it.

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And missing middle does not produce affordable housing.