Election WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 2010
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WINTERER FROM PAGE 8 incomes and who cannot participate in Social Security should be asked to contribute more. Instead, pension and health benefits reform should focus on higher paid public employees. • WHEN IT COMES TO GETTING PUBLIC BENEFITS FROM DEVELOPERS, WHAT SHOULD BE THE TOP PRIORITY: AFFORDABLE HOUSING, PUBLIC ART, CASH MONEY, BIKE LANES OR CARPOOLING?
Affordable housing. But we should require more than one benefit from projects. • WOULD YOU SUPPORT PLACING A LIMIT ON THE AMOUNT OF TIME COUNCIL MEMBERS CAN SPEAK ON A PARTICULAR ITEM DURING MEETINGS?
Yes. • WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME YOU RODE A BIKE OR TOOK BIG BLUE BUS?
As mentioned above, my wife and I share a car so we ride the BBB and bike all the time.
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• DOES THE HOUSING-FIRST MODEL WORK FOR ADDRESSING THE HOMELESS ISSUE OR SHOULD WE FOCUS ON BUILDING MORE EMERGENCY SHELTERS TO GET PEOPLE OFF THE STREETS IMMEDIATELY?
Studies have shown that supportive housing to help the less fortunate costs taxpayers much less than providing emergency services to those without a permanent home. • FREE FORM: WHAT’S PUTTING A BURR UNDER YOUR SADDLE?
City Hall is adept at enforcing minor code violations such as residents putting dog poop bag dispensers in the public right of way or store owners advertising with sandwich boards. So why weren’t development agreements audited for compliance for over a decade? How is it that deed-restricted housing was leased to non-qualified tenants? Why are large businesses allowed to violate our laws on short-term rentals and use valuable housing as de facto hotels without paying our bed tax? I say it’s time to revisit our priorities.
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TO SEE WHAT'S BEHIND YOU, GO WITH THE COMPANY THAT LOOKS AHEAD. FACT: Ford is delivering exclusive new technology that helps improve everyday driving needs, such as changing lanes and backing out of parking spaces. BLIS (Blind Spot Information System) with Cross-Traffic Alert utilizes radar to detect a vehicle in the defined blind spot (in forward gears) and to alert the driver of cross-path traffic while in reverse. FACT: Ford is introducing MyKey, a key that parents can program to set top speed and audio volume limits to encourage safer driving by teens. MyKey, one of AAA's "Top 10 Picks for New Vehicle Technology," is standard on the 2010 Ford Escape XLT, Limited and Hybrid; Flex, Focus, Taurus, Lincoln MKT and Mercury Mariner. FACT: Ford pioneered the Personal Safety System, a suite of seven saftey technologies, including dual-stage front airbags and a passenger sensing system. In milliseconds, it helps determine the severity of a crash and how the airbags deploy, depending on passenger weight and other variables.
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