Friday, July 22, 2011

New Berlin Irony

By now, I am sure most of you have heard about the New Berlin settlement with MSP Real Estate to allow construction of 102 tax-credit units in a condo format.  Key point of irony:

The development is smaller in scope than the 80 affordable residences, termed workforce apartments, and 100 senior apartments that the City's Plan Commission approved in May 2010 and then rescinded two months later after public opposition erupted over MSP's plans.

It was never the senior apartments that the people objected to, even though parking issues was used as one of the rationales for the rejection.  So all that the protesting and moaning accomplished was a net increase in 22 "workforce housing" units.  Precisely the kind of units they found so objectionable.

What was it that David Letterman used to say? Ah, yes.  How do you like them apples?

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