[the urban politician]

Give me a break. Some of you are NIMBY's too, just 'design NIMBYs'. What makes you think that you can dictate design to the developer? The only thing you all and that Alderman should be able to have a say over is density and massing. Beyond that, the community doth tread too much. No wonder why the neighborhoods are so lacking in dense development. You have to fight off a fucking den of lions to build anything substantial in size...