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Bruce Morgan Dec 4 2025 at 4:02PM on page 1
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This document has nothing to do with good governance, nor does it represent the wants and needs of the majority of our residents. It is instead a performative moralistic screed with political implications that prioritizes the presumed needs of a small minority, an example of “social engineering”. In support of this contention I refer you to the first of three “pillars” of this plan: 1. Center Low-Income and Underrepresented Residents.
Ours is not a wealthy community, but neither is it impoverished. The vast majority of our low income residents have homes and sufficient food. All have access to schools, roads, and other aspects of our civilizational infrastructure. Those few who fail to benefit from opportunities that are open to all Americans are not victims of “structural racism” but are rather losers in the Darwinian struggle for existence. The needs of the few should be addressed, but those considerations should not outweigh the needs of the majority.
“Low-Income and Underrepresented” are code words. The presumption of this document is that Gainesville will someday become a densely populated urban hellscape dominated by poor black and brown residents, all of whom will require governmental assistance at taxpayer expense.
It is revelatory that the word “diversity”, another code word, is mentioned 40 times despite the fact that Gainesville is already one of the most diverse communities in the world. The word “exclusionary” is mentioned 21 times. In short, this document is “woke” in the worst sense of the word. It is an exemplar of the “abundance doctrine” which presumes that growth can continue indefinitely despite the reality that we live on a finite planet.
A further review of the document reveals that the proposed measures are not intended to be of benefit to our existing residents, but rather presumptive future residents who can be counted upon to vote for the most “progressive” leaders.
It pains me to have to remind you of the debacle that resulted from previous attempts to remove all zoning restrictions. Our city, including the Black community, rose as one to say “No!” Friendships were shattered, and some of you were voted out of office as a result, yet I see the core elements of that disastrous plan repeated here.
The number of units proposed under “Future Land Use Categories” are atrocious. The “American dream” is not possible when twelve single family homes are crammed into one acre, much less when Residential High-Density zoning permits up to 100 units per acre. A real sense of community is not possible under crowded conditions. We are not sardines, and do not wish to be treated as such.
Please shred the current lmagineGNV document, and instead imagine a future annual growth rate no greater than 0.1% which is the projected growth rate of the United States as a whole.
The bottom line is that Gainesville is a small southern town, not a "city" in any real sense, and it needs to remain that way.
Bruce Morgan
Ours is not a wealthy community, but neither is it impoverished. The vast majority of our low income residents have homes and sufficient food. All have access to schools, roads, and other aspects of our civilizational infrastructure. Those few who fail to benefit from opportunities that are open to all Americans are not victims of “structural racism” but are rather losers in the Darwinian struggle for existence. The needs of the few should be addressed, but those considerations should not outweigh the needs of the majority.
“Low-Income and Underrepresented” are code words. The presumption of this document is that Gainesville will someday become a densely populated urban hellscape dominated by poor black and brown residents, all of whom will require governmental assistance at taxpayer expense.
It is revelatory that the word “diversity”, another code word, is mentioned 40 times despite the fact that Gainesville is already one of the most diverse communities in the world. The word “exclusionary” is mentioned 21 times. In short, this document is “woke” in the worst sense of the word. It is an exemplar of the “abundance doctrine” which presumes that growth can continue indefinitely despite the reality that we live on a finite planet.
A further review of the document reveals that the proposed measures are not intended to be of benefit to our existing residents, but rather presumptive future residents who can be counted upon to vote for the most “progressive” leaders.
It pains me to have to remind you of the debacle that resulted from previous attempts to remove all zoning restrictions. Our city, including the Black community, rose as one to say “No!” Friendships were shattered, and some of you were voted out of office as a result, yet I see the core elements of that disastrous plan repeated here.
The number of units proposed under “Future Land Use Categories” are atrocious. The “American dream” is not possible when twelve single family homes are crammed into one acre, much less when Residential High-Density zoning permits up to 100 units per acre. A real sense of community is not possible under crowded conditions. We are not sardines, and do not wish to be treated as such.
Please shred the current lmagineGNV document, and instead imagine a future annual growth rate no greater than 0.1% which is the projected growth rate of the United States as a whole.
The bottom line is that Gainesville is a small southern town, not a "city" in any real sense, and it needs to remain that way.
Bruce Morgan
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