To the editor:
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The proposed parking garage is poorly planned, grossly out of scale with its surroundings, incompatible with the residential neighborhood, and an irresponsible waste of public resources for private development with no community input and no public benefit. The project has been misrepresented from the start, and the city’s planned development process used to circumvent normal zoning requirements to allow a combination of excessive height, bulk, and density not permitted anywhere in the 50th Ward. Opposing this disastrous project is an urgent issue for the community, but not the basis of a campaign. This fight will be over long before the election.
In contrast, I believe we can manage change for the good of the community. My campaign is about giving a voice to the diverse constituencies that make up the 50th Ward, about working together to create a vision and a plan for the future, and about advocating planning solutions that address the needs of business and economic development while respecting and preserving the unique character of our neighborhoods and commercial districts.
