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Head of the NIMBY group Coalition for a Livable Alexandria, Roy Byrd, gives his anti-housing statement before the council while asserting that the pro-housing support is driven by special interests. When asked by Councilman Aguirre who these special interests are, he becomes angry and refuses to respond.

In his comments, Roy Byrd mentions a survey conducted by CLA showing that the majority of city residents support his anti-housing viewpoint. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1tHgjC8FXp...

Notable facts about this survey:

The voter data used to solicit residents was acquired from the Koch-backed data broker i360.
The response rate was less than 3%.
CLA actively encouraged their own membership to take the survey.
The response demographics are heavily skewed: 81% white vs 59% of residents, 32% over 65 vs 12% of residents, 79% were homeowners vs 43% of residents.

01:24 Accuses the pro-housing opposition of being special interest groups, and also accuses the city council of being biased in favor of them.
01:50 Talks about CLA's survery purporting to show city residents are against pro-housing zoning reform.
03:15 Councilman Aguirre asks Roy Byrd if he would elaborate about special interests
03:35 Roy Byrd gets mad, refuses to answer this simple question

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