_"how affordable does Eugene need to be?"_

That is a very insightful question, which hasn't even gotten a quick look by staff working on Envision Eugene.

It's too deep a topic to do justice here, but there are multiple facets: subsidized housing, workforce housing, family-friendly housing are all aspects of the question.

Subsidies are not a good, generalized solution, although I support housing subsidies for some situations. Zoning and developer incentives are critical. And finally, there must be adequate supply of developable land. Community-driven planning (real, not the sham we have here) is the best way to get some plans on the table that the community would support and might actually do some good.

The problem in Eugene is that the "Emperor has no clothes" and yet the Mayor and council majority (and sadly the primary voters) seem content.

The stuff that comes out of our Planning & Development Department is pitiful, and yet there's no accountability.

And so it goes ...

- Paul