Thursday, July 19, 2007
The divine "we"
Linda Maio, on stealing property:
"We have a treasure in our community, it's true that it's been languishing but we've taken other wonderful places, recognized their value and we've stepped up to the plate to restore those," said Councilmember Linda Maio. "Unfortunately," she added, "we decided we aren't going to step up to the plate on this one. That would require effort, money, and sacrifice. Instead, we'll just saddle the owner with our commitment deficit." It's about the most straightforward depiction of Berkeley progressivism we've seen for a while: Justice always requires a commitment... by others.
(Again, the Daily Cal leaves out some important context and just throws the number "$600,000" out there, without comparing it to the $6.5 million that the property is actually worth)
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