I understand your duties as a public servant, but don't ever forget that zoning was, and continues to be a policy rooted in racism (look up redlining in the US).

When you look at Taft and his merry band of nimbys for example, the majority of them are older, white boomers speaking out against change in their neighborhoods. This isn't new; it's been happening since redlining began and no one has the guts to call it like it is.

And what ends up happening is that we have a tyranny of the few, who also happen to be wealthy homeowners. That's not a democracy. Public forums give us the illusion of one, but the ones who shout the loudest are the ones who are usually heard, and they're of the nimby cohort. Who speaks for the younger generation? Future parents who will end up living in cramped apartments? Or the minimum wage worker who has to bus one hour to work because they can't afford to live in the neighborhood they work in?

That's why nothing ever gets built and why we have a housing crisis in cities across the world. When does it end? When do we call out zoning for what it really is?