tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2498525082522582900.post916554702145878876..comments2024-03-22T16:02:08.213-05:00Comments on The Wheel: The Old Guard vs The OutsiderMark Stegerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02376182294736839659noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2498525082522582900.post-74973863607308094422013-03-26T11:53:55.979-05:002013-03-26T11:53:55.979-05:00Bill McCalpin fact checks Michael Mooney's &qu...Bill McCalpin <a href="http://rumorcheck.org/OpenLettertoWickAllison.html" rel="nofollow">fact checks</a> Michael Mooney's "D Magazine" article.Mark Stegerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02376182294736839659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2498525082522582900.post-90159598015813946102013-03-25T11:44:45.767-05:002013-03-25T11:44:45.767-05:00Privately, a reader respectfully disagreed with my...Privately, a reader respectfully disagreed with my analysis that the "old guard" is interested in urban development. Here is my response to that reader:<br /><br />The current council members don't understand urbanism. But it's good that they *think* they are in favor of it. They've approved Brick Row and Eastside and PGBT form-based code and are keen to get the Cotton Belt line. Sure, I'm impatient with many of their decisions regarding these and other redevelopment projects, but imagine if the RCA slate of candidates had won in 2011. The RCA may have gone back in the woodwork this election, but their kind of thinking still exists. And it's a larger fraction of the electorate than people who approve the policies I've advocated on my blog.<br /><br />People who choose to support Maczka or Omar in hopes of finding a champion for or defender against urbanism are, in my opinion, merely projecting their own hopes onto these two. Maybe the election campaign will reveal more differences in their respective road maps for Richardson's future, but I haven't seen enough in their careers so far for me to differentiate their visions. All I know for sure is that no matter who is elected, the RCA isn't coming back.Mark Stegerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02376182294736839659noreply@blogger.com