| Carmelo supporter threatens protest on my quiet residential block. |
Nice choice for Assembly, Senator Stack.
First, Carmelo's HHA issued a press release threatening a "protest" at the SkyClub condominium building where the families of HHA Commissioners Dave Mello (2 small children) and Greg Lincoln (3 small children) live. As do many more families.
What's next? Maxwell Place? The Shipyard? The Tea Building? Does anyone who supports Reform or question Garcia's Vision 20/20 process face intimidation?
Why the protest?
Because Mello and Lincoln are Reformers aligned with Mayor Dawn Zimmer and no other reason.
And Reform is asking for an open process for the redevelopment of the HHA, called Vision 20/20. Reform has tried to hire a new auditor and attorney which has been fought by Garcia every step of the way. Garcia and his allies want to push Phase 1 of Vision 20/20 through without any public input or City Council review. Mayor Zimmer has already cited deficiencies in the plan- buildings have no back-up generators and the developer is not providing them, dangerous ground floor parking, and inadequate provisions for handicapped accessibility. The Mayor has already stated she cannot support the present plan.
So, instead of "going back to the drawing board" and addressing deficiencies in the plan, Garcia appears to be fomenting race and class warfare. He's orchestrated protests at the HHA, the City Council and now... people's private homes.
He has lied to HHA residents. Reform supports a Vision 20/20 redevelopment with commuity involvement and- among other things, back-up generators and active, green open space not asphalt parking lots.
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