You should get your car inspected like the rest of us

Completely braindead response from the PG editorial board. How surprising!

Congress broke their strike, albeit with some concessions to the workers

Very funny to look down your nose at people who mow their lawn while also playing golf

Just more of your usual reactionary outrage

That's a logical full-of-sea

It shouldn't be this hard but you misunderstand the sticking points here

Thanks for offering to pay up!

Man shut up with this dog shit

If the developers get so far down the road on a project of this size without reviewing it for general compliance with the zoning code then they are incompetent and deserve to lose that money. The city is not going to block projects that are generally compliant, they want the development to occur too. The reviews are about making changes at the margins, ensuring compliance with all city requirements, etc.

It doesn't seem like that's what they are trying to tell you

If there aren't specific rent caps associated with a project then it's a profit grab

The process needs to be expedited and simplified but it is still important, and the developers don't deserve the benefit of the doubt here. I think it also makes sense for them to be a large funding source for the department. This fee may well be too high but I think the proper number is closer to the new fee than the old. And the fact that the city is again going to be subject to onerous legal proceedings over something like this is bullshit - another case of developers overpowering the city through sheer wealth. If it's so onerous the city should feel those effects in declining development, not bullshit legal wrangling. That's an additional cost for everyone, but the developers don't give a shit about that!

The review is also more complex than that, often requiring ZBA and CDAP review/approval outside of the normal staff review (which also includes cross-referencing with existing city plans, not just reviewing the zoning code).

This is some boomer shit

https://www.strongtowns.org/journal/2019/3/6/non-glamorous-gains-the-pennsylvania-land-tax-experiment

Big developments are subject to more scrutiny than just basic compliance with the zoning code, and 5 or 6 planets for a city with numerous projects of this scale (and many smaller ones) is too few.

We could marginally slow traffic on a single stretch of road with chicanes or we could marginally slow traffic on many stretches of road with speed bumps. I know which I'd pick! This overheated stuff about their alleged harms does you no favors.

E: I'm no fan of Gainey but this program started under Peduto. Just a very weird thing to get on Gainey's case about.

If CO staffs are full of people like this who are itching to kill someone (entirely possible, I don't know) then we've got big problems and maintaining the death penalty as is would surely be a mistake.

If you think recycling paper products is no better than throwing them in the landfill then you really are an idiot. You'd have the beginnings of a point if the topic here was plastics but you haven't bothered to understand what you're talking about at all.

Cardboard is the most recycled material in the US and over 90% is recycled each year. This rate has been above 80% since 2009. It is the material with the strongest argument for recycling!

Oh yea I'll make sure to go to the factory and have my goods packaged in reusable packaging instead of cardboard. Cardboard is extremely recyclable and the actual recycling rate is pretty good. If you can't differentiate between that and other types then you've got no business telling other people how to act on this topic.

Survey should be $500-800 or so, maybe a little more if they flag the corners.

This is idiotic. Some recycling is ineffective but not all. Don't make excuses for laziness.

They don't need this facility to get proper training, and proper training doesn't prevent them from abusing people. Nice try though

Are you kidding? Basically every public institution is treated this way. Fuck off with this bullshit.

If you don't think the pandemic fucked up supply chains then you're an idiot