That my friend, is how the world works.The politicians favorite race is the one where they go unopposed.But I keep faith.

Lots of municipalities don't want the warehouses any more....because of the low wages....they want higher skilled and higher waged jobs.I'm guessing these also probably draw from a wide range area of the people who work there, not just the immediate area.If anything may help apartments in the area.Now the HDQ2 project...that might be a different story...although from what I understand what happened was/is very different than what maybe they pitched or the local politicians thought it could be.Now I understand Amazon decided to spread people out all over the country for what typically were HDQ type jobs...so while NOVA was awarded a site...I'm don't think it will turn out like everyone thought.Many of those jobs are very good and high paying though...so I'm sure it added some pressure to an already hot market.   

This is the same if you are a performing artist, a teacher, or a politician, with a captive audience who is putting their "trust" In you.

This is the type of thing that happens when politicians care more about their constituency than they do about repaying lobbying favors, settling with campaign contributors and padding their and their friend's pockets...Pretty cool concept actually!

He is a golf player not a politician, not a priest, and not a symbol.

So just to be clear, Ben is the master of "politician debate" in which he states a premise that is made up, and then will argue that premise till the day he dies. :) That said, the "2% rule" is just a fancy way of quickly screening properties.

So now you have Govt laws that are almost impossible to change because everyone is worried that someone will get left behind and will be cheated out of their rights, which makes voters unhappy, which means incumbent politicians lose offices....which AINT gonna happen (wink).For one example: people still resist voter ID laws. 

But if you can put those funds to work in a new deal, I'd say don't sweat the $22/mo; put the funds in a new deal.Sorry for flip flopping - maybe I should have been a politician.

That's just a gateway drug for rent control.I admit to normally being lazy about political matters and usually don't write to politicians. 

But generally speaking, politics can change rapidly when politicians are faced with serious threats (e.g. see Seattle's original plan to impose the head tax and the backlash from the tech industry).