Movement strategists consider five factors when selecting battlegrounds, she said, and the District met each condition: a legislative and an executive branch controlled by supporters, local political champions for education or
urban renewal, local business
support, a weakened teacher union, and grassroots backing.
Like providing appropriate housing for indigenous people living on the city centre fringe, providing sustainable infrastructure
support for the burgeoning
urban sprawl, reinvigorating discussion on
urban renewal by population density consolidation, managing the extensive stormwater runoff that pollutes the beaches and waterways, while wasting precious rainwater.