God, can they please just put a pin in all of this stuff for a hot New York minute? We’re over here trying to stop a mentally ill criminal from unfolding an authoritarian regime and to stop our democracy from crumbling. We don’t have the bandwidth to keep up with all of this million mile a minute local development crap to also have to protect our community every 15 minutes. I’m literally exhausted. Don’t we have a 1200 permit per year limit? How can we possibly be staying within that limit with all this stuff? I’d like to see them addressing those limits and prioritizing what projects in the pipeline best fit our long term goals. I don’t want to stop everything. We literally have to keep growing because Colorado is growing. I want them to stay within the permit limits, keep it to agreed upon heights and density, ensure we have the resources and services to support the added residents (including water), consider the impacts on traffic, wildlife, infrastructure, etc., and make sure the project actively contributes to our agreed upon vision of the outcome. If there’s a one off issue that causes concerns, let’s address it. Otherwise, if these things are all in line, I don’t want to oppose it. If I’m wrong here, sell me on it. I’m too tired to look at it closely enough to see it clearly, so I’m open to push back. Sell me.
No matter how often I write to the people you recommend Karen, I feel helpless and hopeless that anything will change. This is about greed, about not giving a damn about the environment/animals/traffic nor lack of water. More taxes, more money.
I get what you’re saying Jennifer. Sometimes it feels overwhelming to try to make our voices heard. I’ve felt ignored by local, state, and national leaders on so many occasions. But there have also been times where I’ve felt heard. I believe it lies in the numbers. Elected officials can ignore small numbers, but big ones could cost them their jobs. That’s why we have to speak not only to them, but to each other. That’s why Karen puts in so much time and hard work to make it easier for all of us to understand these issues, trying to remove barriers to our voices. Meanwhile, residential developments do not garner enough taxes to even begin to cover their costs to the city, so I don’t believe that greed for tax money plays into it, though it is easy to see why people might think that. Different leaders have different philosophies about growth, and their are many complicated issues that come into play about why the city isn’t better at managing the pace and direction of our growth. Public opinion matters, even when it doesn’t always go our way. We have an election coming in November, when we should deep dive into the views of current leaders and candidates, and make it clear where our priorities lie with our votes.
God, can they please just put a pin in all of this stuff for a hot New York minute? We’re over here trying to stop a mentally ill criminal from unfolding an authoritarian regime and to stop our democracy from crumbling. We don’t have the bandwidth to keep up with all of this million mile a minute local development crap to also have to protect our community every 15 minutes. I’m literally exhausted. Don’t we have a 1200 permit per year limit? How can we possibly be staying within that limit with all this stuff? I’d like to see them addressing those limits and prioritizing what projects in the pipeline best fit our long term goals. I don’t want to stop everything. We literally have to keep growing because Colorado is growing. I want them to stay within the permit limits, keep it to agreed upon heights and density, ensure we have the resources and services to support the added residents (including water), consider the impacts on traffic, wildlife, infrastructure, etc., and make sure the project actively contributes to our agreed upon vision of the outcome. If there’s a one off issue that causes concerns, let’s address it. Otherwise, if these things are all in line, I don’t want to oppose it. If I’m wrong here, sell me on it. I’m too tired to look at it closely enough to see it clearly, so I’m open to push back. Sell me.
No matter how often I write to the people you recommend Karen, I feel helpless and hopeless that anything will change. This is about greed, about not giving a damn about the environment/animals/traffic nor lack of water. More taxes, more money.
I get what you’re saying Jennifer. Sometimes it feels overwhelming to try to make our voices heard. I’ve felt ignored by local, state, and national leaders on so many occasions. But there have also been times where I’ve felt heard. I believe it lies in the numbers. Elected officials can ignore small numbers, but big ones could cost them their jobs. That’s why we have to speak not only to them, but to each other. That’s why Karen puts in so much time and hard work to make it easier for all of us to understand these issues, trying to remove barriers to our voices. Meanwhile, residential developments do not garner enough taxes to even begin to cover their costs to the city, so I don’t believe that greed for tax money plays into it, though it is easy to see why people might think that. Different leaders have different philosophies about growth, and their are many complicated issues that come into play about why the city isn’t better at managing the pace and direction of our growth. Public opinion matters, even when it doesn’t always go our way. We have an election coming in November, when we should deep dive into the views of current leaders and candidates, and make it clear where our priorities lie with our votes.
I understand those feelings well. I wish I had some wise words to share. For myself, I go with if you walk away, they win.
The state took away our managed growth controls so there are no 1200 permit limits per six years (not one year) any longer. 😩