HomeMy WebLinkAbout10-17-23 Public Comment - B. Waters - appointment of I-HO Pomeroy’s replacementFrom:Bob Waters.
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Subject:[EXTERNAL]appointment of I-HO Pomeroy’s replacement
Date:Sunday, October 15, 2023 10:59:16 AM
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Dear Commissioners:
I strongly suggest that Mark Egge not be selected by the Commission to complete I-HO Pomeroy’s term on the
Bozeman City Commission. Mark appears to be a libertarian ideologue who served on the Governor’s Housing
Task Force. He is affiliated with the right-leaning Frontier Institute, and his position and that of the Frontier Institute
on the weakening of R1 and R2 zoning restrictions is no secret. He has already weighed in on this issue via his
involvement with the Housing Task Force, and recommendations from that task force fed a legislative process that
led to mandated zoning changes and limitations on local control over responses to the housing affordability crisis. It
would be an insult to voters to give Mark Egge an opportunity to hold yet more sway over a decision as important
and consequential as the UDC update while serving as an unelected member of the Bozeman City Commission.
Bob Waters
509 W Harrison
Bozeman
406-587-1333
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