I've gotten to know the fellow that sponsored Question 2 (online: I wouldn't know him on the street).
41 years, and no substantial reform. No substantial improvement in housing. The housing built doesn't help the really poor. The Inspector General's report concluded 40B was rife with fraud.
But the developers love it.
For my town to reach its 40B goals through 40B alone, we'd have to double the amount of housing in the town overall. We can't.
It's a bad law.
Why doesn't it change through the legislative process? Because the law (because of its flaws) has the support of powerful interests that have lots of campaign money.
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Date: 2010-11-02 02:16 pm (UTC)41 years, and no substantial reform. No substantial improvement in housing. The housing built doesn't help the really poor. The Inspector General's report concluded 40B was rife with fraud.
But the developers love it.
For my town to reach its 40B goals through 40B alone, we'd have to double the amount of housing in the town overall. We can't.
It's a bad law.
Why doesn't it change through the legislative process? Because the law (because of its flaws) has the support of powerful interests that have lots of campaign money.
Vote as you see fit. I voted in favor.