Slum Landlord law moves forward

Mesa is moving forward with a slum landlord law. Better late than never, I guess. Whats interesting to me is that this article turned into a direct competition between the two people running for Mesa City Council district 1. Who knows if Massad is making a mountain out of a molehill, but its interesting how Tolman and Richins get face time on this issue. It sort of fits, I guess, since Richins is a community revitalization guy and Tolman is a property manager.

Its interesting how the comments have blown up into a Tolman vs. Richins debate. I am not sure if the people blaming the tenants for roaches are Tolman fans, or if they have just had bad experiences with renters before. The commenter "scream" once again proves that he has no idea how development incentives work because he keeps acting like the city is dolling out money from their pocket instead of discussing how the money is generated from the project itself. The guy points out that Richins supported Waveyard and Riverview, which last time I checked, were fairly popular when they were voted on by the people.

In the end, the one thing we have learned is this: people may want to vote for Tolman, but they might want to think twice about renting from him.