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New-Work-139 t1_j6k879h wrote

Reply to comment by WelcomeToTheBough in Affordable Housing Task Force to give final recommendations to Biddeford City Council by ZestycloseLine8751

  1. The article made no mention of party affiliation. Biddeford is generally liberal but the fact that they have corporate / landlord interests serving on the committee goes to show they’re at least attempting to be unbiased.

  2. Upzoning will no doubt be an important aspect of the proposal, but it’s on the whole less of an issue than Portland since Biddeford isn’t lacking for space as much as Portland is.

  3. As an aside, I’ve seen you post on multiple things and am so confused as to what you stand for. I’m largely conservative and a landlord that catches shit regularly on this sub for these qualities but at least I’m consistent. You just seem to crap on every idea regardless of what it is. On the whole this process in Biddeford has been significantly more conservative-friendly than what they’re doing in Portland. Yes, the council probably means left, but so does Biddeford as a whole. What’s your issue here?

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WelcomeToTheBough t1_j6k9cyj wrote

upzoning is a top Dem party priority (easy to research I promise). What do I stand for? Public housing NOW. I stand for real policy's that put roofs over everyones head, I dont want just slogans I want policy's that have public elements that leaves no human behind. Not policy's that mean you must have tech worker pay to live in Maine, a place that was once a broke people area.... Its not Maine governments fault we didn't build a ton of private houses and rentals 20 years ago when nobody could have predicted work from home + covid. Im sick of the lie that we should ding the political class for not knowing 20 years ago Maine would be super popular. I have NOTHING against new Mainers and im not for blocking any new private housing, im against getting rid of local control of zoning and saying have at it real estate! Im sick of all these progressive people thinking blanket upzoning solves anything.

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Upzoning is extremism for Dem party donors , aka real estate.

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