Updates from Letty – May 24, 2026

Happy long weekend – May is affordable housing month so it’s fitting that we had a lengthy discussion on Virginia Village in a joint work session with the Planning Commission, EDA, and Housing Commission this week. A common critique and question I hear is that we’re building too many luxury […]

Updates from Letty – May 15, 2026

We adopted the FY27 budget without fanfare this week (press release here, my comments here, and you can go back to read my previous posts) so I’m going to detox from the budget in this week’s post. Instead this week’s post is about transportation with two calls to action… The […]

Updates from Letty – May 9, 2026

Happy weekend! This week’s post will be briefer with highlights across a number of topics: Happy Mother’s Day weekend – it will be a busy weekend in the Little City all about celebrating women. I’ll be volunteering at the Women’s History Walk today and then supporting a good cause and […]

Updates from Letty – May 1, 2026

Happy May! For those with kids in schools as well, you’ll sympathize that May feels like the December calendar. Solidarity if you’re also juggling a lot right now. Two main topics I’ll share – we’re nearing the finish line on budget (thank you for all the input I’ve personally received) […]