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Al Bellenchia
Feb 4
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Off to DC this week to school some folks on how local tax policies subvert public investments in affordable housing. Hot stuff…but that may not be your cup of tea.

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"This level reach of blue is not my sea;

Here are sweet waters, pretty in the sun,

Whose quiet ripples meet obediently

A marked and measured line, one after one.

This is no sea of mine, that humbly laves

Untroubled sands, spread glittering and warm.

I have a need of wilder, crueler waves;

They sicken of the calm, who knew the storm.

So let a love beat over me again,

Loosing its million desperate breakers wide;

Sudden and terrible to rise and wane;

Roaring the heavens apart; a reckless tide

That casts upon the heart, as it recedes,

Splinters and spars and dripping, salty weeds."

- Dorothy Parker.

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Lisa Beardsley
Feb 4Liked by Al Bellenchia

Thank You, Al, for this important work you're doing in the 'crueler waves' and I hope you speak loudly, as we need affordable housing as one of our top priorities in this country. Best to you on this journey!

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