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Originally Posted by Williamoforange
Lmao, Leiper is nowhere near a yimby and his idiotic fights against high density in his ward only feeds nimbyism in the suburbs. Since why should stittsville accept a high rise at a location where no mass transit is even planned, when an urban ward won't accept it within walking distance of mass transit.
And you don't need to take my opinion of this, just look at the comments on his announcement on Facebook. People cheering asking him to convince there councilor to fight high density in there suburb.
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I think Leiper is generally regarded as pretty thoughtful in his approach to projects. He definitely isn't a mindless NIMBY. And I don't think his position on projects in his ward has anything to do with NIMBYism in the suburbs - that is pretty much all home grown.
Your comments seem to ignore the fact that he is a democratically elected councillor and is supposed to represent the interests of his constituents, the vast majority of whom don't agree with the view that highrises belong anywhere in the the central city. That's not to say he needs to go to bat for the NIMBY voices, but he can't entirely disregard community sentiment either. No politician who goes 100% all in on development and disregards the concerns of his voters entirely is going to be elected, or if he is, is going to stick around long enough to make meaningful change. There needs to be some element of balance in the positions he takes if he wants to succeed.
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