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To: Former Proud Canadian; rmlew; Paleo Conservative
"Announced in August, the settlement calls for the county over seven years to override local zoning and other rules to force the construction of at least 750 low-income housing units, most to be located in relatively affluent towns. The intention is to increase the number of poorer minorities living in these areas."

The ironic thing is that most of these low income units will be constructed in the limousine liberal towns of Scarsdale, Chappaqua, Briarcliff Manor, etc. Other than Asians, these towns have very few "people of color," poor people, or Republicans.

The funny thing is, despite these affluent towns, Westchester already has large populations of poor and working class minorities in Yonkers, Mount Vernon, Peekskill, Ossining, and Port Chester, among other towns. Many of these border affluent areas like the one's mentioned above. The one last barrier are the school systems, which are segregated according to town (ie not consolidated county-wide as is the case in Florida). This battle in effect pitches the Marxist-Leninist "levellers" against the brie and Chardonnay liberals who still want to protect the schools they pay five digits in property taxes for.

9 posted on 11/05/2009 7:21:50 AM PST by Clemenza (Remember our Korean War Veterans)
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To: Clemenza
This battle in effect pitches the Marxist-Leninist "levellers" against the brie and Chardonnay liberals who still want to protect the schools they pay five digits in property taxes for.

Many of the brie and Chardonnay liberals send their brats to private school. Their goal is not to protect the public schools for the benefit of their own children, but to protect the public schools for the benefit of their real property values.

12 posted on 11/05/2009 7:28:12 AM PST by Labyrinthos
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