Tom Rasmussen Wants to Enshrine NIMBYism on His Way Out

Tom Rasmussen Wants to Enshrine NIMBYism on His Way Outby Ansel Herz{{ image: 1 }}Three-term city council member Tom Rasmussen doesn't consider himself a NIMBY. NIMBYs are wealthy, crotchety homeowners opposed to change in their neighborhoods, whose rallying cry is "Not in my backyard!"But among elected city leaders, Rasmussen has long been most closely associated with them, and not without reason. In 2013, amidst a growing NIMBY outcry over microhousing ("I don't think most people want to live