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“According to the sales pitch, the new housing units would include low-income high-density housing apartments,” his presentation said. “This would mean that we

“According to the sales pitch, the new housing units would include low-income high-density housing apartments,” his presentation said. “This would mean that we would have uneducated people living in Cupertino. A lot of other residents and I are concerned that this would make the current residents of Cupertino uncomfortable, and would split our city in half.” Wow, I guess the individual believes its fine for these people to clean and cook for them, but they should really be bused in from somewhere else so they don't scare the children. What a friggin depraved understanding of the lives of people just trying to get by or pull themselves up by what means are available.

masonic 8y ago
That was one random school student's comments. Meanwhile, keep reading: "Its recent plan doesn’t include more than $35 million in city fees compared with an alternative project. It doesn’t have a traffic mitigation plan and calls for taller buildings, up to 240 feet, close to the height of San Jose’s tallest towers." So, no traffic mitigation plan (essentially all traffic being dumped onto Wolfe Road there, with the rest dumped onto Stevens Creek Blvd) and no standard development fees (where are those low-income kids going to go to school?). and "Vallco’s SB35 affordable housing plan includes low- and very-low-income units, but not moderate-income units that are typically available for teachers." Zero moderate-income units and only enough below-moderate income units to qualify for SB35 exemptions.
- protomyth 8y ago
  I really don't care about the rest. This person got away with saying something as asinine as that. The fact I got down-voted and you defended that comment just makes me a bit sick.
  - masonic 8y ago
    you defended that comment No, I dismissed it. No one ranting youth sets policy. Fortunately, neither does someone who doesn't care about the critical facts of an issue.
    - protomyth 8y ago
      You backed up the comment with a bunch of points from the rest of the article. Why bother replying to me with that when my point was about the attitude shown by one person that seems to have gone unchallenged? In the context of my post, I really don't care about the "critical facts" because I was commenting on the attitude of someone testifying. "I dismiss his comment but he's actually right and here is why" isn't really interesting.

masonic 8y ago

That was one random school student's comments. Meanwhile, keep reading: "Its recent plan doesn’t include more than $35 million in city fees compared with an alternative project. It doesn’t have a traffic mitigation plan and calls for taller buildings, up to 240 feet, close to the height of San Jose’s tallest towers." So, no traffic mitigation plan (essentially all traffic being dumped onto Wolfe Road there, with the rest dumped onto Stevens Creek Blvd) and no standard development fees (where are those low-income kids going to go to school?). and "Vallco’s SB35 affordable housing plan includes low- and very-low-income units, but not moderate-income units that are typically available for teachers." Zero moderate-income units and only enough below-moderate income units to qualify for SB35 exemptions.

protomyth 8y ago
I really don't care about the rest. This person got away with saying something as asinine as that. The fact I got down-voted and you defended that comment just makes me a bit sick.
- masonic 8y ago
  you defended that comment No, I dismissed it. No one ranting youth sets policy. Fortunately, neither does someone who doesn't care about the critical facts of an issue.
  - protomyth 8y ago
    You backed up the comment with a bunch of points from the rest of the article. Why bother replying to me with that when my point was about the attitude shown by one person that seems to have gone unchallenged? In the context of my post, I really don't care about the "critical facts" because I was commenting on the attitude of someone testifying. "I dismiss his comment but he's actually right and here is why" isn't really interesting.