Bad handling of Connected Communities didn’t improve public’s trust in City Hall (Cincinnati Enquirer 6.18.25) Zinser Op-Ed 005

This editorial was the second one submitted about Connected Communties. I wanted to continue on trying to unmask  Connected Communities as an “ideological,” top down, zoning reform and not a policy that is based on grass roots “community engagement.” I wondered whether Columbus and Cleveland were enacting “upzoning” ordinances and sure enough, they were. That seemed important to tell people.  The entire way that the mayor, the council and the city manager handled Connected Communities was, for lack of a better word, dishonest. Just like the sale of the railroad.  That is what this Op-Ed is about.

 

 

Connected Communities an unproven housing solution driven by politics