Viva Towns (19-41 Mill St) | 4 + 3fl | U/C

[dtkmelissa]

I know one guy quoted in the article from the "Neighborhood Association" lives on Pequegnat. Not sure why he's working to stop development on Mill St. I guess retirement must be boring?

That's on the opposite side of the city! So wait...which neighbourhood association is he from?

Yeah...honestly, these folks are self defeating. You could argue there are reasonable objections that could be raised, but the reliability which certain groups oppose ANY development whatsoever makes it impossible to take ANY objections seriously, it's easy to dismiss them all, because they're usually anti-progress bullshit.

Assholes like that harm ALL of our ability to raise legitimate issues. So even if you don't care about affordable housing, or any serious issues, and just want front porches or something like that (a legitimate, but in my opinion minor objection), he's still screwing us over.

I definitely get this argument, but I also think it's valid for all residents' voices to be heard on these issues. As a member of WR YIMBY, I have spoken at numerous council meetings, including Waterloo, even though I live in Kitchener. I have had other delegations tell me that I should not be allowed to speak because only neighbours voices should be heard. That seems problematic to me (Also, I suspect that if I was against the development, I may have been welcomed to speak even though I didn't live nearby