Riff Raff Rules

Democrats don't like nice neighborhoods:

On Saturday, the Connecticut legislature passed a bill, H.B. 5002, which should be called the Destroy Connecticut Towns Act. It's headed to Gov. Ned Lamont's desk for signature. The new law dictates how many low-income and moderate-income apartments each Connecticut town must provide, and mandates that towns also foot the bill for the schools, parks, public transportation and other services low-income residents will need. Local taxes will soar. The bill explicitly says its purpose is to ensure "economic diversity" in each town. This is about social engineering, not remedying housing shortages. Democrat Bob Duff, the state senate majority leader, says "it's extremely important ... that we don't segregate people based on a ZIP code." Everyone, regardless of income, should have the opportunity to choose to live in any town. The bill mandates that the wealthiest towns, mostly in lower Fairfield County, provide most of the new housing, even though that raises the cost. Land costs less in other towns, and lower-income people this bill is supposed to serve are more likely to find bus transportation and affordable stores in these other towns as well. Connecticut lawmakers are nixing local rule. Ordinances that protect the appearance of a town have to be overruled. The bill states that multifamily buildings of up to 24 units will no longer have to provide off-street parking. Envision cars lining every residential street. Towns also will be forced to welcome vagrants who want to sleep in parks and public lots. The bill outlaws "hostile architecture," meaning park benches with armrests and divided seating, or stone walls with spikes on top that deter sleeping in the rough. Instead, the bill launches a program of mobile showers and mobile laundry services on trucks to serve the homeless wherever they choose. Picture the mobile showers pulling up to Greenwich Common Park on the town's main street, or Waveny Park in New Canaan.

Not in their neighborhood, unless politicans force them to...