Friday free-for-all

Here it is, your rainy friday free-for-all open topic post.

Whats going on out there?
-City staff moves to protect rentals
-no byline column in the Sun says bad idea
-a critical look at the Liveable Region plan
-What boomer buyers might look for
-US economic growth at 4 year low
-Pacific NW & Texas not seeing the slump

What are you seeing? Post you news, anectdotes, links and what-have-you here!