Date: September 9th, 2009

Distrust me just this once? Part 2, the enemies of trust

9 September, 2009 (10:43) | Communications, HOPE VI, Los Angeles, Public housing, Residents, Speculation | No comments

By: David A. Smith
 
[Continued from yesterday's Part 1].
 
 
“Who are you going to believe: me or your lying eyes?”
– Groucho Marx, Duck Soup
 
To redevelop Jordan Downs, one of Los Angeles’s largest and worst public housing properties, requires gargantuan capital – the figure $1,000,000,000 has been bandied about – and that, in turn, requires massive political capital, [...]