How fortunate you were able to meet him. I’m sorry to hear of his passing. From his comments on ‘Band of Brothers’ he seemed like a wonderful person. Thanks for the post.
The mayor said ''We are being priced out of our own homes,''
I meant that if higher demand for land in that area is HURTING the existing homeowners, the city planners aren't doing their job. It up to them to strike a right balance between attracting new building without going crazy. I was thinking along the lines of lowering taxes for the folks if they're victims of poor local govt and being "priced out of our own homes" . Not more regulations or tinkering.
I thought it was pretty fair, maybe a little on the 'nonjudgemental' side but no barf alert needed. Occasionally wasting time pointing out unimportant cultural differences, like their different style of bowling shoes!!!! How did that get past the editors?!! Bowling shoes!
I thought this article gave a good short backround of the dangerous mentality that drives men to want to 'make a name for themselves' and defy God like in the tower of Babel story.
I'm not sure if terrorism can be linked to this, but something to think about, nevertheless.