Hippies suck!
Posted on 01/15/2007 7:50:38 PM PST by SmithL
TIBURON, Calif. -- Some residents of this upscale San Francisco suburb plan to fight a proposed Habitat for Humanity housing development over concerns that the project would decrease property values and increase traffic.
The international nonprofit partnered with the owner of a 16.5-acre tract in the town's Eagle Rock neighborhood to build four single-family homes for low-income families, but neighbors fear negative effects on the community.
"Habitat for Humanity is to bring the neighborhood up, not to bring the neighborhood down," said Bill Roberts, a 40-year Eagle Rock resident.
Roberts said he and dozens of other neighbors are raising money to hire an attorney to fight the project.
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Marin county... anywhere else I would be on the side of the residents, but I am glad these people are reaping what they sow.
How are four single-family homes going to increase traffic and lower property values?
This is truly rich ! Typical liberals, all for the poor as long as someone else foots the bill. Traffic !?, from four houses ?
It's like they have their designated words to apply to a variety of topics and that's all the level of thought required to win the argument.
"Vietnam", "Quagmire", "the Children", "Global Warming", "Hitler", "Traffic" and, the word du jour, "escalation", quite a narrow vocabulary for those so ostensibly well-educated.
Because 'poor' people will be living in them. Can't have that, you know.
San Franciscans want to help the poor, you understand, but they want them to be somewhere else.
This is delicious!
The issue is density. It's only 16.5 acres.
A Habitat house on 4 acres? I'll take one.
Well it is Califlower so with 100++ illegals in each house, 30 or so dead cars in the front yead and BBQing pigs in the back yeard....things can go downhill pretty quick.
(For the mods, stuff houses in Phoenix have had over 100 folks inside)
"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus
The one I like is, "Any thinking person would agree that..." and you can bet that whatever comes next, I'm not going to agree with.
It's ok for thee but not for me!
Mmmm-hmmm!
How do you know these folks are liberals? Have you asked them?
Tiburon is pretty high end, and as such probably has fewer
socialists and hippies than the rest of Marin.
I wouldn't want a bunch of the unwashed in my neighborhood either. The cars on the lawn and graffiti would be unsightly.
Yes, quite true.
LOL...the hypocrisy of Marin types is quite rich!
I suppose we're all hypocrites in some regard, but in Marin, it's just so obvious.
If Bill Roberts wants to control what is developed on the 16.5 acres he should have bought them.
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