I would appreciate anyone's support in regards to stopping the DEI ideology that has been integrated into our city's administration/ municipal departments. When they have to use such words as diverse, equity, and inclusional in their daily business, they are being exclusive to anyone not considered a minority. We should look at all people the same and stop separating ourselves or dividing us into groups by race/ color/ sexual orientation. We are all Americans. We should be seen by our work ethic and our character. The water department should not have to break it down on a chart what color/race people are who have not paid their bills thus having their water turned off. You either paid your bill or you did not. Period. If you need help, then x,y,z organizations can help you. We should not have one ideology being embraced over another or one group of people being uplifted over another such as the LGBTQI+. This is part of the global Agenda 2030 goals.
Sustainability is another buzzword driven through the Agenda 2030. I understand having to speak about the longevity of different monetary investments the city makes but when everything is about "sustainability". We need to question the ideology we are following... Not everything that sounds good is good. Sustainability is a social goal for people to co-exist on Earth over a long time. Are we here to meet global social agenda goals or long-term financial and constitutional goals for our city?
The Affordable Housing Summit was very interesting in regards to zoning... it was very socialist-minded to me. I know the "intentions" are for the good of the less fortunate. We all want affordable housing for those who are working hard in certain industries that pay less. Yet, the end resolve that I heard at the Affordable Housing Summit was “inclusional” zoning. Smaller homes/ shared land/ shared walls… allow more zoning. It was said that we must "overbuild" the amount of homes to get the prices to drop. It was recommended to build up the “zoner buffer”… allowing upzoning to 2/3 percent of the land. It is true that "supply and demand" affects the cost of things... But if we want to control/ slow the growth in the city and county building a TON of housing will only QUICKLY increase our growth. This affects our schooling/ hospitals/ infrastructure of roads/ water/sewer. It changes the whole character of our city and county.
The GenH Plan brought forward a questionnaire and it continually wants more and more input past each deadline because they have not gotten the results they wanted from the questions asked. The people do not want massive growth. They do not want to change the green space into massive amounts of apartments/ and high-volume housing.
This is my input and what I have observed.
Cher Silvius
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