By Jessica Mullins
More than 200 community members, many apparent critics of the Plan Bay Area, packed the Marin County Board of Supervisors Chambers Thursday night for a debate on whether the controversial regional housing plan is good for the region and Marin.
The panelists included Marin County Supervisor Steve Kinsey, Randal O’Toole of the Cato Institute, Napa County Supervisor and Association of Bay Area Governments President Mark Luce and Mass Transit Consultant Thomas Rubin of Oakland.
After each of the presenters gave initial demonstrations the debate was opened to a Q&A forum.
The meeting scene was a similar one that has played out countless times in the last year, a standing-room only crowd with several attendants holding anti Plan Bay Area signs.
At the meeting, proponents of the plan (Kinsey and Luce) were interrupted by hecklers multiple times.
At the beginning and end of the meeting, moderator Marin County Superior Court Judge Verna Adams asked people to raise their hands if they were for or against the plan. The majority of the attendants were anti Plan Bay Area. At the end of the meeting, when Adams asked if anyone had changed their mind, no one raised their hand.
We posted some photos from the meeting on our Facebook page.
More than 300 people recently filled the Marin Center auditorium for a May 6 public hearing on the plan.
Check out this Marin Independent Journal article for more about the meeting.
Also, check out this blog post reacting to the debate Novato resident Tina McMillan posted on Novato Patch.
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