Thanks Joel, over half of our employees live on the grid. Everyone who lives, works or plays here helps to make our city better.

The 92 people at the B&L who got a paycheck last week are grateful for all the people who make midtown a great neighborhood, whether they walk, bike or drive here.

I found his speech refreshingly honest and many of the arguments against allowing the drafting specious, at best. Just seems like trying to quelch an important, and perhaps inconvenient, discussion about our city. Most everything can be improved, why does the council think we shouldn't talk about it?