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You should not up vote it even once. Because next it will be, "the wrong business is using the space" and not generating enough revenue. This is how we ended u

You should not up vote it even once. Because next it will be, "the wrong business is using the space" and not generating enough revenue. This is how we ended up with condemnations of private property. Someone decided that it could be put to better use, as in generate more taxes. Kelo vs New London ring any bells? Simply put. Once a foot in the door of abusing the rights of private property owner's is there, there is no end in sight of justifications to come

lr4444lr 9y ago
And lest people think you're exaggerating about how the administration thinks, this recent gem from our current mayor: "What’s been hardest is the way our legal system is structured to favor private property. I think people all over this city, of every background, would like to have the city government be able to determine which building goes where, how high it will be, who gets to live in it, what the rent will be. I think there’s a socialistic impulse, which I hear every day, in every kind of community, that they would like things to be planned in accordance to their needs. And I would, too. Unfortunately, what stands in the way of that is hundreds of years of history that have elevated property rights and wealth to the point that that’s the reality that calls the tune on a lot of development."[0] [0] http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2017/09/bill-de-blasio-in-conversation.html http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2017/09/bill-de-blasio-...
- sidlls 9y ago
  Seems like a good idea to me, actually. We need more socialism, as a rule, not more capitalism.
  - tnae90rnt2 9y ago
    Call me cynical, but it doesn't sound like socialism to me. It sounds like an oligarchy anointing themselves the rule makers for a new segment of the population. Because it won't be "the people" making the decisions, it will be "these particular people."
pavel_lishin 9y ago
Ow! Warn people before you put in a slippery slope, I almost broke my leg!

lr4444lr 9y ago

And lest people think you're exaggerating about how the administration thinks, this recent gem from our current mayor: "What’s been hardest is the way our legal system is structured to favor private property. I think people all over this city, of every background, would like to have the city government be able to determine which building goes where, how high it will be, who gets to live in it, what the rent will be. I think there’s a socialistic impulse, which I hear every day, in every kind of community, that they would like things to be planned in accordance to their needs. And I would, too. Unfortunately, what stands in the way of that is hundreds of years of history that have elevated property rights and wealth to the point that that’s the reality that calls the tune on a lot of development."[0] [0] http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2017/09/bill-de-blasio-in-conversation.html http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2017/09/bill-de-blasio-...

sidlls 9y ago
Seems like a good idea to me, actually. We need more socialism, as a rule, not more capitalism.
- tnae90rnt2 9y ago
  Call me cynical, but it doesn't sound like socialism to me. It sounds like an oligarchy anointing themselves the rule makers for a new segment of the population. Because it won't be "the people" making the decisions, it will be "these particular people."

pavel_lishin 9y ago

Ow! Warn people before you put in a slippery slope, I almost broke my leg!