Matt Meyer Gives His Developer Friends This Lovely Parting Gift. Kevin Caneco’s take is right on:
My statement on outgoing CE Matt Meyer veto of ORD 24-008 (Impact fees)
You’re a mean one Mr. Grinch…
Last night I learned outgoing CE Matt Meyer vetoed Substitute No. 1 to ORD 24-008 which adjusted and raised impact fees on new construction for the first time since the 90s. This sound and sensible legislation was passed by County Council on December 10th with a majority of Council voting yes. This legislation finally made rich developers pay their fair share while increasing much needed fees for our fire services, EMS services, parks, libraries and other county services. Outgoing CE Meyer siding with developers over hard working people is saddening to me and quite the lump of coal to hard working New Castle County residents. The talking points from Developers caring about affordable housing is akin to me saying the NY Jets win the super bowl this year.
Our fight is not over, I urge incoming CE Marcus Henry to side with the majority of Council and residents of NCC over developers. Our work is not done, we will pass this legislation, as much as the obstructionist developer lobby tries to stop us.
Councilman Kevin Caneco
Meyer’s explanation, such as it is?:
Now is not the time to increase the cost of housing in New Castle County…
…This County is facing an unprecedented housing crisis, not only for the most vulnerable among us, but also for so many working families across our community. While the spirit and intent of these two ordinances is commendable, the actual implementation is much more complex and could lead to increasing the cost of homes, which will inevitably be passed on to home buyers.
Is this mic on?: Developers aren’t building homes for the ‘most vulnerable among us’, or, for that matter, ‘working families’. Oh, and County taxpayers are paying for the services that developers should be paying in order to provide the necessary infrastructure for the new development.
Not to mention, but I’ll mention it, Meyer vetoes these ordinances during the holidays? The day after Christmas, no less? He wanted to bury this. Consider it unburied.
This sucks, as does Meyer’s ‘rationale’ for doing it.
The deadliest air accident ever in South Korea killed 179 people on Sunday, when an airliner belly-landed and skidded off the end of the runway, erupting in a fireball as it slammed into a wall at Muan International Airport.
The twin-engine Boeing 737-800 was seen in local media video skidding down the runway with no visible landing gear before crashing into navigation equipment and a wall in an explosion of flames and debris.
Best Bowl Tie-In Ever:
Haven’t had a Pop-Tart in something like 30 years. But they sure looked good to me yesterday…
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