<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">If you're planning to go to the Berkeley City Council meeting tonight to express your opinion about what benefits might or might not justify the 194-foot proposed building which is being promoted for Downtown Berkeley, you should read these two new commentaries on the state of the city and its downtown:<br><p class="">
              <a href="http://berkeleydailyplanet.com/issue/2015-05-22/article/43336?headline=Interesting-Times-Part-2-News-Analysis---Tim-Hansen"><span class="">New: </span>Interesting Times: Part 2 (News Analysis)</a>
              <i>Tim Hansen</i>
              <i>05-26-2015</i>
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              <a href="http://berkeleydailyplanet.com/issue/2015-05-22/article/43337?headline=Housing-First---But-Not-in-Berkeley-Public-Comment---C.-Denney"><span class="">New: </span>Housing First - But Not in Berkeley (Public Comment)</a>
              <i>C. Denney</i>
              <i>05-26-2015</i></p>And if you don't plan to go, maybe you will change your plans after you've read them.<br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><br></div></div>