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An op-ed in another journalistic vehicle today claimed that Tim Waters,
candidate for the City Council seat for Ward One, has a handle on
affordable housing. I beg to strongly differ. I've listened to him, and
I've also been deeply involved in the "affordable" housing game since 1999.
That includes a stint on the Board of the Longmont Housing Authority from
2010 to 2013.
Mr. Waters clearly strikes me as one who has no answers, only questions.
That can be laudable, but his stance is to complain and to say "We need . .
. (fill in your favorite societal or economic shortcoming)." This is the
stance an advisor or consultant would take, not a decision maker. Those who
have to push the green or the red button when the chop suey is getting cold
require a different breed of gene, and I think Mr. Waters just doesn't have
it. How would I know? I am the "advisor" type; I wouldn't run for office at
gunpoint.
One who is running for office, and one who should, is Mr. Josh Goldberg.
His candidacy is not fluff or fault-finding or pie-in-the-sky wishing. Josh
is reasonable, rational, broad-minded, and positive. That to me is exactly
what is needed at every level of government in the USA today. With Josh you
don't get a flashlight in the cellar, you get a carefully considered and
conscientiously applied dose of mousetrap (if that is needed) and
insulation, where warranted.
Ward One: do yourselves and the City a favor. Don't vote for anguish. Vote
for attention. Vote for Josh Goldberg.
Gregory Iwan
Longmont, CO
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