The mayor’s upzoning plans will deeply damage SF’s neighborhoods
“There is no logic that can be superimposed on the city; people make it, and it is to them, not buildings, that we must fit our plans.” —Jane Jacobs “Some who are fortunate to have communities still do fight to keep them, but they have seldom prevailed. While people possess a community, they usually understand […]
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Lowell City Council updated on flood relief efforts | #citycouncil
LOWELL — During Tuesday night’s City Council meeting, Councilor Wayne Jenness called Lowell “the biggest small town I’ve ever lived in.” He was describing Lowell’s emergency response and recovery operations to the devastating post-Thanksgiving flood that destroyed the internal systems of a Lowell Housing Authority building on Moody Street in The Acre neighborhood. The eight-story […]
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Smart Ass Cripple: Disabled Voters in Indiana Get an Absentee Voting Rights Win | #elections | #alabama
Last time around, I told the story of people with print disabilities who were suing the state of Alabama for the right to be able to cast an absentee ballot privately—that is, without anyone’s assistance. Well, the same thing is happening in Indiana. If you have a print disability, completing a task that requires reading […]
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Disability activist drops suit versus city, takes job with mayor
A lead plaintiff in a high-stakes, handicapped-rights lawsuit against the city has agreed to drop her claims — two days after being named the new commissioner of the Mayor’s Office for People with Disabilities. Lawyers for Christina Curry filed legal papers in Manhattan federal court Thursday saying she’s “dismissing individual claims without prejudice” against the city in a […]
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