{"id":1293531,"date":"2022-02-12T16:07:29","date_gmt":"2022-02-12T21:07:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1293531"},"modified":"2022-02-12T16:07:32","modified_gmt":"2022-02-12T21:07:32","slug":"dave-chappelle-denies-killing-affordable-housing-plan-at-ohio-council-meeting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dave-chappelle-denies-killing-affordable-housing-plan-at-ohio-council-meeting\/","title":{"rendered":"Dave Chappelle Denies Killing Affordable Housing Plan at Ohio Council Meeting"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fdave-chappelle-denies-killing-affordable-housing-plan-at-ohio-council-meeting%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1293531&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/media.breitbart.com\/media\/2018\/06\/ChappelleJealous1.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">Comedian Dave Chappelle has denied that he spoke against a plan for affordable housing during a city council meeting in his Ohio town.<\/p>\n<p>Early reports claimed that during a February 7 meeting of the Yellow Springs, Ohio, town council, Chappelle objected to a plan to add low-income housing to a housing project.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>Chapelle reportedly <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/entertainment\/2022\/02\/10\/dave-chappelle-threatens-to-pull-investments-from-ohio-town-over-low-income-housing-project-you-look-like-clowns\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">asked<\/a> why the council was pursuing the housing plan \u201cwhile it kicks out a $65 million-a-year company\u201d \u2014 supposedly a reference to Chappelle\u2019s company, Iron Table Holdings LLC, Breitbart News reported on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI cannot believe you would make me audition for you. You look like clowns,\u201d Chappelle is seen saying in a video. \u201cI am not bluffing. I will take it all off the table. That\u2019s all. Thank you.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Wtf man. <\/p>\n<p>Dave Chappelle showed up at a local council meeting and threatened to pull his business from the town if they built an affordable housing development. <\/p>\n<p>He wasn\u2019t even trying to block the whole development\u2014just the affordable units. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ST5v7AuQ6G\">pic.twitter.com\/ST5v7AuQ6G<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Sawyer Hackett (@SawyerHackett) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SawyerHackett\/status\/1491579201224327169?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 10, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>But now, Chappelle\u2019s spokesperson insists the comedian was not objecting to affordable housing at all.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDave Chappelle didn\u2019t kill affordable housing,\u201d Chappelle spokesperson Carla Sims <a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/blogs\/in-the-know\/593906-dave-chappelle-says-he-didnt-speak-against-development-because-of\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said<\/a>, according to The Hill.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNeither Dave nor his neighbors are against affordable housing, however, they are against the poorly vetted, cookie-cutter, sprawl-style development deal which has little regard for the community, culture and infrastructure of the Village,\u201d Sims continued.<\/p>\n<p>The Yellow Spring council killed the development as presented. Instead of including duplexes, townhomes, and two acres of affordable housing, the project will only feature single-family homes.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cConcerned residents and a responding Village Council \u2018killed\u2019 a half-baked plan which never actually offered affordable housing,\u201d Sims concluded.<\/p>\n<p><i>Follow Warner Todd Huston on Facebook at: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Warner.Todd.Huston\">facebook.com\/Warner.Todd.Huston<\/a><\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Comedian Dave Chappelle has denied that he spoke against a plan for affordable housing during a city council meeting in his Ohio town. 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