Link to letter on the Times Colonist website
A voice of reason about our housing supply
Re: “Victoria council needs to be selective about housing it approves,” Aug. 12.
Why is it that elected officials are unable to apply the same rational logic to inform city policy as Edy Bradley?
As a James Bay resident, Bradley describes how housing development proposals not only severely impact that neighbourhood but others including Victoria West.
Like others, we have written several letters, which the city ostensibly encourages, expressing grave concern for the unprecedented development of the Roundhouse site; “over reach” as Bradley describes.
Multiple highrises which would make an already densely-populated area even more so, affecting livability.
Bradley reasons how each Greater Victoria area should develop commensurate with need, 49 new units per area.
Inherently, we tend to be resistant to change in our own neighbourhoods. However, when the issue is rationally analyzed, this is perceived as fair in the eyes of most taxpayers, thus palatable.
Extending Bradley’s logic and concern for equity to other areas of public interest, I vote “Edy Bradley for mayor.”
—Elizabeth Dean, Victoria