What was interesting was the emergence of progressives embracing YIMBY rhetoric (NYC, Seattle and LA off the top of my head) and its seeming success as a political platform (Minneapolis with the notable traditional left NIMBY failure).
I was going to say, why are we irate that the guy who declared DeBlasio the greatest NYC mayor of his lifetime and basically ran on DeBlasio’s platform ended up hiring DeBlasio people?
EJ Lagasse bringing the first two Michelin stars to the South. Bet the bros at Saint Germain are pissed.
Thrilled for Sue Zemanick to get the other star. She ran Gautraeau’s for years and her spot in Mid-City, Zasu, flies way under the radar.
This is a good post, I don’t know why it’s getting shit on. Progressives have refused to acknowledge that tolerating public disorder in blue cities (1) has been fuel to the MAGA fire and (2) has become increasingly unpopular in blue cities themselves. Hence all this performative ICE brutality in the first place.
It’s an interesting development. Weiner has played the game, but Pelosi wants to anoint her daughter Christine. Weiner has no real statewide recognition but is immensely popular in the city as the foremost YIMBY legislator in the state and has built his own machine. And then there is Sukait Chakrabarti, who is a nobody but has tech wealth and was AoC’s CoS, funding his own campaign from the left (by San Francisco standards). I suspect Pelosi may be on the verge of retirement, but things could get spicy.
It’s in the Marigny, not the Quarter, and I’ve always heard good things about things but I’d say it’s on the trendier side of hotels. Elysian Bar is cool. But yes if you are hanging uptown it’s a trek back at night.
Helluva lot younger than Villaraigosa, and she is committed YIMBY + has institutional influence, whereas Porter is newfound in the former and lacking in the latter (which is why I think it’s fair to hold her accountable for being pretty insufferable). Anyways, I just find the sexism angle sort of weak in the context of a state in which women consistently hold the most prominent positions at federal, state and local levels.