Citizens: real estate prices are out of control! We can’t afford to live here! City coucilmember: “what if we... *takes off glasses* ...raise prices even more?”http://www.dailycamera.com/news/boulder/ci_31813621/boulder-sets-affordable-housing-linkage-fee-at-30 …
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"Four of us that are up here now campaigned very strongly on linkage fee increases," Young said. "So I think the election speaks for itself."
I think most people actually do want lower prices and genuinely believe that slowing down growth will do that, but city council-members have a moral obligation to understand economics and should be held to a higher standard.