kleahey

Well said, David!

As someone who attended the meeting, I think this framing misses the central issue.

What was problematic about that evening was not the people in the room—it was the failure of leadership to convene a functional public meeting. There was no structure, no facilitation, no appropriate…

The overwhelming sentiment in the room was not “not in my backyard.” What I heard—repeatedly and quite literally—was: “Answer our questions.” Residents were asking for basic transparency about a $27 million project: how this site was chosen, what alternatives were considered, and why the …