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Originally Posted by 427MM
More of us need to get involved in Austin's broken Neighborhood Plan Contact Teams. Even the City Auditor found them to be inequitable and unsustainable. Sadly, these often outdated plans don't adhere to fair housing goals and often these teams attract wealthier, whiter, single-family homeowners who resist change above promoting all of Austin's goals such as affordability, walkability and transit. If you can, go to these meetings and speak up! Let's all hope that our City Council will force these groups to be more representative of the communities they are to serve.
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Daniel Llanes, Fred McGhee, Susanza Almanza and the Red Guard are just as obstructionist, if not more, than your average Crestview/Hyde Park association member. We actually don't have a neighborhood contact team here in Holly and in the end that is probably just as well, as many do as much harm as they do good. I may disagree with city planners sometimes but they can actually look at the big picture, rather than Austin as a collection of fiefdoms. If you want to promote affordability there are several things that could be done which don't have anything to do with neighborhood associations.
I'm very laissez-fare so please upzone my SF parcel to CBD because it will sky rocket in value, e.g. Rainey Street.
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