No more “Civility and Truth”
I’m renaming my blog and closing down my Substack newsletter.
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The Civility and Truth newsletter (obsolete)
In an effort to compensate for my infrequently updating this blog, in 2019 I created a Civility and Truth newsletter on the Substack platform. I never really used the site for the original purpose I envisioned, namely alerting people to new posts on this site. Instead I used it to send out articles that I really should have been posting to this site. But lately I haven’t been any more diligent in sending out new posts than I have been in updating this site. ...
A new plan for Symphony Woods
The Inner Arbor Trust is revising its plans for Merriweather Park at Symphony Woods to reflect new realities.
Electing the Howard County Board of Education by districts makes no sense
Yes, this is another post promoting ranked choice voting.
Ranked choice voting questions and answers
I answer questions about ranked choice voting raised by the Howard County Charter Review Commission and others.
A better way to elect the Howard County Council
Tweaking the council redistricting process is the wrong solution. Ranked choice voting is the right one.
More on the 5,000 "missing" affordable housing units
A clarification on the claimed shortage of affordable housing in Howard County.
Housing, schools, and public transportation
More thoughts on Howard County school redistricting and housing affordability.
The case of the missing affordable housing
The story behind the claim that Howard County needs 5,000 more affordable units.
Population density in Ellicott City, Maryland
A look at the numbers at the census block group and census block levels.