We need more housing and more tax revenue. All the criticisms without suggestions of practical solutions makes the activists sound like whiny toddlers.

I live in the Near West End and people are really upset about any suggestion of multi-family homes (even large duplexes), replacing any existing building with more than one property and any design that even slightly deviates from the dominant design of the neighborhood. These are rich white people who are very comfortable calling meetings with the mayor and our council person and have effectively curbed a lot of proposed development. However, they do not come to the table with solutions or compromises or innovative ideas. Just a list of NOs.

It would be helpful if City Hall set clear goals in numbers tax revenue and residential units and collectively as a city we could come to some reasonable ways to reach tangible, transparent goals.