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Though this is the title of the article, I believe this is a false framing. I think a better title would be... "People of Denver choose to respect conservation
by uberman 4y ago
Though this is the title of the article, I believe this is a false framing. I think a better title would be... "People of Denver choose to respect conservation easement rather than lift it to support major political donor."
What kind of precedent would have been sent if the city choose to purchase a property owned by a political donor in order to dissolve a conservation easement granted to the city on that property only to immediately sell it back to the donor?
Why would anyone in Denver have ever placed any additional property into a conservation easement?
- gladiatr72 4y agoTax breaks
- ttyprintk 4y agoYeah, the effort to vote this down doesn’t particularly fit the nimby slur. We have to fight for conservation easements and that part of Denver will always be up-and-coming rather than upper-middle-class. Yimby enthusiasm does coincide with the interests of land developers, who prioritize market-rate before they have the budget to build subsidized. Conservation interests do coincide with Nimby where a centric park is concerned. In this case, the latter won.