A+ coalition building by Progressive Democrats leader Hector Oseguera. Is this his strategy for getting >30% of the vote next time?oseguera2020 t1_jbz59f1 wrote
Reply to comment by nasty_brutish_longer in A+ coalition building by Progressive Democrats leader Hector Oseguera. Is this his strategy for getting >30% of the vote next time? by clade_nade
More than happy to hear your suggestions on effectively taking on the HCDO.
JerseyCity_Nuyorican t1_jbz9glk wrote
It's definitely not by tweeting shit like that. What do you propose to lower housing costs (both for tenants and homeowners)?
oseguera2020 t1_jbzawq3 wrote
Affordable Housing was the number 1 issue during my campaign. If you’d like a full rundown on what I proposed you can find it here:
JCComplainer t1_jbzmc12 wrote
Everything here is fine but it's not what would fix the situation (and what has happened since, to a degree): actually legalizing more housing, over the wishes of our friend, the OP of the tweet.
What's more, it has to happen on a regional and national level, against the resistance of "communities", i.e. a minority of busybody homeowners and parking-obsessed motorists who have endless energy and in many cases financial incentives to fight this.
EDIT: The fact is that Jersey City (and I realize you ran to represent more than just parts of JC) has done more than almost anywhere else in the country to support new public and social housing and the results have shown that this is still extremely problematic in practice.
The new Holland Gardens will still be trapped next to a traffic sewer which the governor is actually trying to make worse.
The city recently managed to turn a small mostly-Section 8 building into new Section 9 public housing- a building which only could be built in the first place because of JC's relatively permissive approach to development, and it was a complicated deal to do. We still have over 1,000 unused public housing units allowed and unbuilt.
Meanwhile, Jersey City has also been turning the old Honeywell site to a publicly-owned social housing complex- on the wrong side of a highway where there were no neighbors to complain. Where, other than driving, the main way to get out will be a light rail extension run by a hostile NJ Transit that does not care how slow trains get and has already cut frequencies dramatically since the HBLR opened.
nasty_brutish_longer t1_jbzbiic wrote
I doubt I have any that you aren't already familiar with: coalitions and vote drives and all the hopeless drudgery critical to democracy. No easy wins.
And I think that's harmed by tacit endorsements of divisiveness, however ill-defined the group it's aimed at.
oseguera2020 t1_jbzg910 wrote
The folks commenting on this thread had their (overtly negative) opinion of me solidified regardless of what I do or don’t Retweet.
No-Practice-8038 t1_jbzlq58 wrote
I didn't have any strong opinion on you until I saw that tweet.
And was born with melanin in case you were wondering.
ja_dubs t1_jbzsxvi wrote
Blatantly false. This is the first time I have heard of you. The tweet and your interactions in the thread are my first impression of you and they are strongly negative. This has nothing to do with policy and everything to do with your lack of decorum.
idontbs t1_jc0187z wrote
Convenient excuse. I had no idea who you were until I saw this thread.
drs7896 t1_jc2d4ca wrote
Literally had no idea who you were until I saw that tweet, now I know you’re a confirmed bigot, so good to know lol
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