Thank you for your service, Evan. You were a level-headed and reasonable voice on a dysfunctional body. Very sorry to see you depart. I hope the council finds a replacement in your mold.

Being Chair of the Rent Control Committee must be one of the worst jobs in MV politics. This issue is so incredibly politically divisive that no one is ever fully satisfied --- rent control activists, landlords, tenants, or the community at large. No matter what you do, some significant special interest group gives you heat. It's a wonder that they can get anyone competent to sit on these "lightning rod" committees.

No big suprise here. Both Ramirez and Ortiz should have never been appointed. They lacked the experience and maturity to deal with the more experinced members of the RHC. Oftentimes they would merely echo Juliet Brode 's talking points and were unable to politic w the other members. Unable to offer creative solutions. They oftentimes would vote against policies that were proposed to help tenants because they weren't exactly what the tenants wanted.

Um...previous poster, there's no one on RHC named Ramirez. I wonder what they have in common that you would confuse them. Hm, it is a mystery.