Lauren Do writes a rebuttal piece to the arguments that have been made against the initiative. It is re-posted here:
“Louise” reposts from the Island the ballot argument against the Alameda Point Revtalization Initiative and then asks that folks “substantiate” their opinions and that “blanket assertions” are not adequate. Except for the fact that the arguments against the Initiative aren’t substantiated either, but rather blanket assertions themselves.
Before I get into the whole pissing match that will probably be the standard between now and February when the votes are finally tallied, I just want to first say that there are a lot of people that I respect who disagree with my position on the Initiative. And hopefully folks on either side or on neither side can agree to disagree without assuming nefarious motivations of one another.
And with that here are the points that were specifically addressed in the arguments against the Initiative:
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