Politicians there basically decided to cater to lower income voters instead of attracting higher rent payers from NYC. 

indeed, rent control can be very costly to a landlord aniwave for politicians to push the burden of providing under Market rent on to the private sector without their acquiescence.

I'm sure some politicians start out wanting to make a change for the good but got swayed by outside influences and pressure. 

It was due to investors like us writing to local and state politicians and getting active. 

There's a whole bunch of politicians that live there, who influence the state budget, who will certainly want to make sure that their own family members go to hospitals that are well funded. 

And that's because politicians have to rely on the uneducated masses to vote for them, and people vote for all sorts of stupid uneducated reasons.But when it comes to business, beards are just fine.

You can try to negotiate for yourself, but that usually does not work since the laws may require public sale.If you know of areas that have many parcels where the liens amounts are much greater than the parcel value, start talking with the local politicians and show them the lists of properties.

There's obviously zero reason that the Sunshine State shouldn't be leading the world in solar and it's taken massive effort by politicians, oil companies and other vested interests to suppress it.

It'd be nice if politicians (on both sides) actually listened to the people and made changes that mattered.

One silver lining for the future here maybe a few years from now is the Capital Journal had an article about a large property owner that filed bankruptcy a few years ago and his properties are finally working their way through the system - I didnt realize how many properties the guy owned - so maybe once they are in the hands of new investors things will change for the better - Wichita had a similar experience with the Minnesota Guys and what they did to downtown Wichita - really put a damper on any momentum for the city for 10-15 years.Topeka has just too many methheads and crime here, I'd think with better development and redevelopment some of that can be thinned out - Wichita has it's fair share but the way Topeka developed and lack of any forethought blows my mind - I think too many politicians were getting their pockets lined over the years - City should be far nicer for having property taxes that are far more expensive than Wichita and sales tax almost 2cents higher etc.