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Of Telescopes, Mirrors, and the Government We Deserve

By Andy Caldwell

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May 04, 2025
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Last week, I wrote about the phenomenon of county supervisors looking through the wrong end of the telescope in their attempt to create affordable housing in the county. Their two-fold problem has to do with the fact that the affordability of housing can’t be addressed without regard to the fact that 70% of the county is living in poverty as indicated i…

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