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You understand that OP and others are talking about R1 zoning, right? Splitting a single family home into two lots of homes? Or building an inlaw in the backyard? I'd truly enjoy a discussion for exceptionally high density city planning, but our missing housing isn't from highrises. It's legally mandated half acre lots of mostly lawn.
Big corps and developers are not bidding on government contracts to pave over a suburban half acre. For sure they do big projects and what you point out is a problem with those, but it's an independent problem from R1 zoning.
Hell, corps are doing shitty things with today's regulations! Why shouldn't we change our laws to prevent housing exploitation and build more housing in R1 zones?
Saving people by purposefully denying them the means to build affordable housing? I don't know, man. Who's exploiting who?
Refusing to build higher density housing is an awfully inefficient way of regulating predatory market capture.
About 20% of drivers in the US are unlicensed. Car dependency means you can revoke someone's licences all you like and they'll still drive anyway (because they need to).
Your #1, urban planning with viable car alternatives, is necessary to make driving a privilege again. Until then people will drive, legally or otherwise.
To be fair, that's a quote from a custom bike shop with a particular and specific style. It's akin to showing up at a high end European car dealer and asking for a Ford Focus. You'll be laughed off the lot.
Sorry about your injury. It's a bummer to lose out on something that brought joy.
I've talked with the shop folks about checkout notes. They said they can try to pick out but cannot guarantee it. For the most part it's highschool/college kids at the front desk and will grab the first sandal for an ordered SKU.
It's further complicated by their logistics. The last time I was in the shop there was only one pair of sandals in the model and size I wanted, and the source models were all mixed together (no made-in USA wall; that wall was a new special release). If I wanted a different color, then I'd have to buy a foreign made sandal. The quality is still great, but I like to support locals if at all feasible.
My trick is to make a trip to the factory store. I have family in socal and the sandals last so long that I just buy a spare pair to keep in my closet once every year or two. More hassle, but it comes with the benefit of great beaches and downtowns. ;)
All that said, they do maximize their US production. The reason they're limited in capacity is the glue that's used. VOCs in the glue are restricted in quantity and hence they can only make so many sandals a day before they run out of their daily limit of glue. The family made a choice to expand their brand and the only way to do that was to build another factory. China makes sense in this context.
I love my Rainbows. They're great.
FYI, most of their sandals are made in China now because of their limited production capacity.
You have to look for the "USA" mark in the middle of the sole at their factory store for their locally made sandals. Online orders don't allow you to specify a country of origin.
Funny, I just watched Evan Edinger's video on this tunnel. It's shocking how poorly thought out it is.
Keep fighting the good fight, Londoners!
I'm out of the loop. What'd WotC/Hasbro do this time?
Frankly, if we’re going to be fucking with people’s property rights anyway, I think it would actually be better public policy to confiscate the whole car.
I agree and would happily vote yes for any measure adding such language to our state and federal laws.
Property seizure, especially with cars, is already a big part of many (all?) state's law for unpaid taxes and debts. All we would need to do is tack on speeding ticket/points/whatever to allow the state to quickly and easily seize cars.
When does it end?
When we can get our act together to pass and enforce such laws. Until then I'll take any legislative actions that restrict car drivers.
We can be angry about proposed laws not going far enough, but trying to stop good progress in the name of perfection will allow drivers to continue terrorizing the streets. This is especially true in purple and red states, but it'll be a fight everywhere (California is desperately in love with cars).
That has never been a right, except on private land that the driver owns. Driving in public has always been a privilege.
That's why I pointed out a doctor and other civil servants have the same power. We can argue about semantics, but the answer remains the same: a judge can revoke your driver's license and is empowered for much more, like confiscating your property, sending you to jail, and removing your ability to vote.
I highly recommend reading the link I left in my earlier comment. It seems you haven't read it. Although perhaps I should include a trigger warning: traffic violence by a driver in a brand new truck who had their license revoked multiple times by a doctor and a judge.
When does it end?
It appears they changed the article contents? I looked and couldn't find anything about making a parking fee or gas tax. Only that the state is removing a 1% grocery tax and is giving each county the option of keeping or removing the tax.
Maybe there's another article or meeting minutes?