I applaud this young lady for all of her accomplishments.

I scold the city for making housing LESS affordable. Since the city wants to amend the Urban Renewal District, and divert up to $48 million AWAY from schools and city provided services, I expect the city manager to propose more property tax measures when the services (pools, Cahoots, libraries, ect.) are cut due to a depleted general fund.

Increased property taxes make housing more expensive for everybody, including low income renters. The city (mayor, city manager, and half of the council) do not care. Funding their pet projects in the downtown are more important than providing services, living-up to their stated goals of making housing more affordable (so they say), and honoring their 2010 promise of terminating the URD. They are proving themselves to be liars!